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Deep Relaxation (Love Tapes)

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I love this tape. I bought it because I have panic disorder and I needed to find some way to help me to relax. Side one has two relaxation exercises, and side two is subliminal. I use the second exercise on side one whenever I need to relax. I've been doing this tape for about a year now, on and off, and at this point all I have to do is hear the narrator's soothing voice and my whole body relaxes! I listen to the tape in bed and fall straight to sleep after. I highly recommend this tape to anyone who thinks they need more relaxation in their life.

The tape has two sides, a verbal one where you are guided through stretching a number of muscles and a subliminal one with some relaxing music. I couldn't get relaxed on the verbal side. After stretching a muscle, the speaker would tell you to feel the difference between stretching and relaxing. Just as I was saying `Ahh', that's nice; he'd be off wanting you to stretch something else. By the time he was done, I was wide-awake. Instead of `Deep Relaxation' as a title, I think it should be `Lunch Break Limbering'. The other side did seem to help me to finally relax and get some sleep. Overall, it wasn't what I was looking for.

After my busy days I often am "wound up" and this cd helps me relax both my mind and body because the author involves both your body and mind in the exercise. It's called progressive relaxation .. a well known technique .. and I love the sound of Bob's soothing voice. I do carry a lot of body tension. I often find before this "tense/release" exercise is over I have fallen asleep. A great way to relax into a good sleep. It really solved my "getting to sleep" problem. The author also gives away a mini-mp3 called "alpha break" which you can do in 10 minutes. It does help rejuvenate you and I've used it often to "pep myself up" during the daytime.

It's a total disappointment! The background music is like the elevator music, I couldn't stand it! It is the common "stress your muscle then relax" technique which doesn't work. The instruction was terrible. I returned it!

Robert Griswold and all the Love tapes from Effective Learning Systems (I have over 10) are great. I have used a few different tapes by others and none of them even come close to comparing!