Customer Reviews

Guided Meditation

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4 star:		(4)
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2 star:		(1)
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I found this tape to be the best tape I have ever bought. I found that it helped me to relieve anxiety and lift my spirt. I have used many other tapes but hers is superior to all the rest. The brain wave music combined with the meditation is wonderful. Side 1 kelly howell takes you on a wonderful healing jouney where you can recieve healing and guidance. Kelly howells voice is very soothing and you will find that you don't want the meditation to end. I have many of kelly howell's tapes and think they are the best. They are the only tapes I have ever seen results with, and the results were fast. She has a web page from the tapes that are hard to find you can purchase them there and they have alot of information on brain wave music and some sound clips from a few of her tapes

I initially gave this 5 stars but decided to rereview and dock it one star - the presentation is extremely smooth but a couple complaints: (1) the discussion is often quite corny; this is typical of a lot of meditation CDs in general so the occasional wild claim can be forgiven, but it seems every other thing out of her mouth is something like "You may find the you feel an exillerating sense of contentedness and etc..." (or some such). It's just too much; here and there is OK, but after a while it's like: just guide my meditation, don't tell me how wonderful I feel - let that be the by-product. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, and (2) Sometimes when talking there will be little blurbs mixed right or left along with what she's saying... initially it's kind of cool, but they're mixed a little too loudly so the stimulating effect she was going for is lost a bit: it becomes more jarring than the gentle tweak it's supposed to be.

Overall, though, still a good guided meditation.. but in retrospect I much prefer an old Bob Monroe tape I have (Moment of Revelation from the Mind Food series) which is very similar in technique; or for guided point-by-point relaxation, a Yoga Nidra CD I've reviewed here.

Kelly's soothing voice and tranquil story make this one of the best guided meditation tapes available. If you have heard any of the meditation tapes related to the popular Celestine Prophesy book(s)and liked them, you will very much enjoy this tape. A very pleasant experience!

The CD starts out with a monologue saying how good the CD is. The background music sometimes overwhelmes the speaker and at other times disappears all together. The speaker gives instructions for something to meditate on, and then there is a long period - sometimes too long - of music. The speaker sometimes has an echo like voice over that I found distracting. Not something I can recommend.

I own guide a few guided meditations CDs, as I find them very helpful in navigating this journey we call life. That said, not all meditation guides are created equal. Kelly Howell, however, ranks among the more useful for me. I find her voice well modulated, the imagery practical and useful while wisely leaving room for the listener to embellish and create within the guided meditation that Kelly provides.

This was actually my second purchase of this disc, a gift for a friend.

This is a really nice meditation CD. I own a few of Kelly Howell's CD's. This one is very similiar to her Healing Meditation CD. However, I prefer this CD. It is one of my favorites.

This is a very soothing, relaxing CD. Kelly's voice is easy to listen to and the ambient background is quite pleasant as well. I appreciate the fact that half the CD is guided meditation and half is just the music with Theta frequencies. I often fall asleep to this.

I love doing this meditation. It provides a very tranquil start to my day. Kelly Howell's voice is pleasant and calming. The music is also peaceful and beautiful. She takes you to an idyllic place and gives very effective descriptions of what you see, hear, feel and do there. I especially love the segment describing the wall around the side of the mountain and how you follow the wall, running your hand along it, feeling its roughness. Of course, guided meditation has a future purpose, and it's not possible to say, at this point, if it's accomplishing that purpose. I am enjoying the process, though.

I was looking for a guided mediatation Cd, on the advise of my therapist to help me sleep. I recently have had a terrible time trying to get to sleep.

But, being as how I've used it six times and have still not yet heard the end of it...not once...I'd surely have to say, it is truly relaxing and calming !!!

One of my favorite Kelly Howell CDs. It has two tracks: the first one is a guided meditation, the second one is all music. I would recommend this one.