Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD

Rivka Simmons | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: November 1, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Floating Records
• ASIN: B0002TQZSK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #131,659 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mindfulness Meditation One (15 minutes)

2. Mindfulness Meditation Two (15 minutes)

3. A Progressive Muscle Relaxation (15 minutes)

4. A Body Scan Relaxation (15 minutes)

Editorial Reviews

Yoga Journal, January/February 2005

"With her soothing voice and empathetic approach, she does indeed create an atmosphere of calm."

Product Description

Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD contains 4 short, easy-to-do, 15-minute meditations: two mindfulness meditations, a progressive muscle relaxation and a body scan meditation. It is ideal for busy people looking for an easy way to incorporate meditation and relaxation into their lives. Rivka's soothing voice gently guides listeners to deep stillness and calm. Here's what some of Rivka's students have to say about Creating Calm: "I love Rivka's gentle voice" "Gives me a deep feeling of well-being" "Helps me to sleep peacefully" "A good introduction for beginners" "Perfect way to end a hectic day"

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guided Meditation, December 13, 2004

By	Brian J. Miller "primematter" (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD (Audio CD)

Rivka's Creating Calm is simply one of the best guided meditation CD's available. Rivka's voice, her material and the pacing of her meditation is perfect for doing just what this CD says it will do -- create calm in your life. Unencumbered and undistracted by the usual new-age background music (tinkly bells, soft choruses or sitar riffs) Rivka leads you simply and directly to that calm, still point that is the door to your true self. I especially liked the tracks "Short, Simple Meditations" and "Excellent for Beginners." The first removes the barrier of "I don't have enough time" and the second dissolves the problems of "It's too complicated or scary to be with myself." Very nice, refreshing and different, work.

70 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You've got to be kidding!, May 2, 2005

By	Joe "IJoe" (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD (Audio CD)

I bought this CD based on these reviews. These must have been friends of this author because this CD has to be the worst meditation CD I have ever had. The first half is repetitious basically talking about watching your breathe and following it. Nothing else! The second part is no better. Let me just say, I don't write reviews and for me to write this review means it was a terrible CD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars meditation is deeply personal, January 18, 2007

By	Anne Britt Orlik (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD (Audio CD)

i read the conflicting reviews of this CD and realized that different people want different things from a meditation CD. i chose this one. i personally find music distracting, so the fact that i can focus solely on a calm voice helps me get into that really relaxed place. i've also done plenty of meditation in yoga and writing classes where i was guided into a forest or cave or whatever... i really like that in these meditations i'm focusing on relaxing my mind and body without traveling all over. these are simple, straight-forward, short trips to a deeply relaxed place. works for me!!!