Healing Yourself with Your Own Voice [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Don Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

Ancient cultures looked at the human voice as the link between the inner and outer psyches. The voice was viewed not only as an instrument of self-expression, but also as a powerful means of self-alignment. Healing Yourself with Your Own Voice is about rediscovering the natural power of the human voice, and its role in establishing a balanced, healthful life. Don Campbell, founder of the Institute for Music, Health, and Education, and author of the national bestseller The Mozart Effect?, leads you through step-by-step exercises to demonstrate how different sounds affect the brain and the body. Exercises focus on the alignment of mind, body, and voice; an ?inner massage?; much more.

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Book Description

This program is about rediscovering the natural power of the human voice, and its role in establishing a balanced, healthful life. Campbell, founder of the Institute for Music, Health, and Education, leads listeners through a series of sound exercises which explores the phenomena associated with sound and brain synchronicity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Don campbell is a composer, musician, and educator on the transformative power of sound. He has appeared frequently on such programs as CBS’s "This Morning" and NPR’s "All Things Considered." Don Campbell is the author of nine books, including the national bestsellers The Mozart Effect® and The Mozart Effect for Children®. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591794374
• ISBN-13: 978-1591794370
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healing Yourself with your own Voice, July 22, 2000

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Kathleen Heintzelman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Yourself with Your Own Voice (Audio Cassette)

I thought this tape was excellent. I listened to it in one sitting and could apply the knowledge. It tells you in plain english why using your voice can heal you. Nobody ever told you why chanting or using vowel sounds could heal you. The tape is fulfilling but leaves you wanting more knowledge of the power of your own voice that we all possess. A hidden jewel.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great healing and thinking guide, July 23, 2005

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K. Rowley "diva" (Tokyo) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healing Yourself with Your Own Voice (Audio Cassette)

I think this is one of the best items I have bought this year and believe me the competition has been tough! It's not recorded perfectly but it is a fantastic and fun tool - I really recommend it to anyone interested in any or a combination of the following: voice/vocal development (I'm an opera singer and a teacher, and a researcher with interests in healing...!), acting, singing, healing, self-confidence/self-help, teaching with or without connection to music, sound therapy etc etc. Its relevance is far-reaching.
When you practise the exercises they really do work - they're soooooo easy too, which is of course a bonus! It's not a theoretical technical guide but nevertheless it allows you to find a very natural means of self-expression, without interference from your over-critical mind and often limited imagination. It's great for tuning into your body and becoming "whole"!!!! I can't recommend it enough!

1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing, November 20, 2011

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Jon Norris (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healing Yourself With Your Own Voice/Audio Cassette (Hardcover)

I had hoped beyond hope that this wasn't as bad as most Sounds True products have become.

I was wrong.

This is a typical product of theirs: starts off with an introduction telling what you bought (duh...). The main program, rather than getting to the point, drones on forever with overwritten fluff, poorly read. The voice sounds almost like it is computer generated at times. The reader (the author, I assume) tries to sound interesting, but comes across very strangely, even goofy at times. It was almost painful to listen to him.

I was hoping the author actually had something valuable to say, but getting through all the endless buildup to the few tiny things of value was more than I could take. My time is valuable - I don't appreciate people wasting it with a ton of padding to stretch material out. This content is easily 90 percent empty over-writing which contributes nothing. If you like long tirades with lots of side trails, then you might enjoy this. I, however, was hoping for instruction to help me with vocal toning and healing, not a lot of background material about Greek theater and other such irrelevant stuff, nor a bunch of stories designed to make me believe that vocal healing was possible.

I already bought the CD, people, I don't need to be sold again and again and again. Get to the point. I thought I was buying some instruction, not a history lesson.

I wanted a CD full of instruction, exercises, and focused information about healing with my voice. I was severely disappointed. (Can you tell?)

All the usual mistakes are here: excessive rambling; lack of documentation (the only listing of the topics is on the disc - kind of hard to refer to it when it is in the player, people); the empty feeling after listening; the sense that they took 5 minutes of actual instruction and stretched it into a full CD, and so on.

There were a bunch of extra paper leaves holding the CD that made it seem like there were things missing. No booklet, no external listing of the program to refer to while listening, no explanations, nothing.

If you like long stories and endless talking with little actual information, then you will enjoy this. If you are looking for good, solid instruction in clear, concise terms, I think you will be greatly disappointed, too.

Jonathan Goldman's work is far better (once he ditched Sounds True and started doing his own stuff).

Not recommended. Save your money.