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Indigo Dreams: Adult Relaxation-Guided Meditation/Relaxation Techniques decrease anxiety, stress, anger

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I bought this CD based on the reviews and was HIGHLY disappointed. I was looking for a Guided Meditation to aide me in relaxing and this does the opposite for me. It starts out with an "I Love Myself" mantra, aka "Affirmations." The rest of the CD actually makes an attempt at guiding you through mediation but it serves, at least for me, only as a distraction. After giving it more chances, I found myself constantly questioning if the writer has ever meditated in her life. There is never silence, offering a chance to collect your own thoughts. Rather than bashing every track (which I could easily do) I will give one example. During the "Muscular Relaxation" track, the same saying is repeated over and over and over and over again for different parts of your body. There is no visualization and you know EXACTLY what will be said next after listening to the first three lines. In the end, I found that it makes me angrier rather than relaxed. Feel free to buy my copy.

I tried this CD for 2 reasons:
1)my kids love the entire "Indigo Dreams Series" and
2)I couldn't wait to see if the adult version would be as impactful for me.

This CD was exactly what it claimed; straight forward, no-nonsense techniques for real people. This is the first CD that actually fit into my schedule by getting right to the point. The narrators voice was incredibly soothing and calming. That coupled with the easy to follow explanations and directions of the techniques and music was more than I expected! I learned four distinct techniques with each one taking only 10-15 minutes!

This is a winner for anyone looking for a way to fall asleep or manage anxiety and stress.

Love it, love it, love it. My children have been using the Indigo Dreams CDs for years. They have had such a positive impact on my family that I finally decided to try one for myself. The stress managing exercises help me wind down from my daily stressful routine. I used to toss and turn till 1 am unable to shut my mind off. Now, I look forward to getting in bed knowing the CD will help me stop thinking long enough to fall asleep. I love the visualization that is also designed to boost my immune system. All of the techniques are easy to follow and listen to. The speakers voice is soothing and the music is also first rate. This entire series has become a part of my families lives. My kids are now enjoying the new music CD.Indigo Dreams: Kids Relaxation Music Decreasing Stress, Anxiety and Anger, improve sleep.

Usually I don't write negative reviews but this tape is just the WORST. I bought it mainly because I was looking for a good relaxation tape to help me get to sleep and it got so many wonderful reviews that I picked it out of about 5 I was considering Every segment of this tape got on my nerves but the worst was the relaxation segment. He repeated the same four idiotic phrases for every part of the body that was supposed to be relaxing. For instance "you will relax your feet, you feet will relax, your feet are relaxing, your feet are relaxed" This phrase was repeated each and every time you were supposed to be relaxing different parts of your body. This tape got me more aggravated than relax me. The affirmations were also a joke. He repeated the same thing several times. Last but not least the visualization was ridiculous. I had a hard time trying to picture a rainbow entering my body and then changing colors from red to orange to yellow, etc. which was supposed to touch your inner organs and do I don't know what. I guess I've made my point...save your money, don't buy this tape.

When I first popped this CD in, I absolutely hated it, and turned it off after one minute. Mind you, I have bought two other Indigo Dreams CDs for my young daughter, who loves them. I was so disappointed, I was tempted to return.
Fast forward six months. I have a health crisis and am urged to listen to relaxation CDs. I give this one another chance, and just past the point where I first ejected it comes a line " you may find you can only listen a few minutes at first..." I laughed, and continued. Now I crave this CD - I sleep better after listening, and the concepts percolate into my mind during my day. Highly recommended.

As a single mother and a manager in a Technical Support department, I have quite a bit of stress in my life. I used to take it all with me at the end of the day and often ended up continuing to "work" all through the night. This has been a tremendous help in guiding me to relax at the end of the day and just let go of all the stress and worries. The more I use it, the easier it is to relax - both at the end of the day and when I find myself in stressful moments during the day. I am now trying the Indigo Dreams children's version with my kids to help them calm down and get ready to sleep. I really like the positive nature this takes in empowering the listener to direct herself.

This is a great relaxation CD! I have little experience meditating and have found it hard to keep up with it because I'm a person who has a lot of trouble clearing my mind and making time for things like this. This CD is perfect because the exercises are easy to follow and can take as little or as much time as you want them to. The exercises are great in that they really do allow you to clear you mind, as they all give you something to focus on, all the while relaxing you with soothing music. And if one or two of the exercises don't work for you, you can concentrate on whichever ones you are most comfortable with. A great beginner relaxation CD!

This is a great CD for manageing stress and anxiety. It's not a magic cure, but it helps greatly by guiding your mind and body into a relaxed state. I have panic attacks and I have had to many problems with medicine. I was looking for someone to give me the tools to help me relax in tense and anxious moments. I have to say that although I have not put the tools learned from this CD to the test yet, I have faith that they will help me to get through the anxious and stressed out moments of my day and evening. I like that each technique starts out individual, meaning you don't have to listen to the whole CD if you just want to do the Breathing track, you can, and each track has it's own beggining and its own end. I like that it fades out with a couple of minutes of relaxing music at the end of each track, or session, this allows you to calmly transition. One thing I would like to mention is that I was under the impression that Lori would be the voice on this CD, and in fact it is a mans voice, which is not clear in the description of the product. However, the mans voice is very southing and smooth so it wasn't a problem for me. This CD is definatly worth the price and it's perfect for anyone who doesn't know what to do to calm their body and mind down when its reacting to stress and/or anxiety. I wish there were more adult CD's by her, like something for situational anxiety, maybe a CD for handling crowds, or the dentist.

This CD is great! The first time I used it was after a very stressful day when I was hoping to take a nap but was so wired I couldn't sleep. This CD is so soothing, I was able to completely relax my whole body and fall asleep. The quality of the recording is so crisp and clear and the man's voice is very calming. It is almost hypnotizing. There are a few different sections to the CD. It is great that the body relaxation part (about 15 minutes) is near the end and is then followed by very relaxing music (about 10 minutes), so after I fell asleep my CD player automatically shut off. I highly recommend this CD. Thanks!

The quality and content of this CD was no surprise. We own the one for children and loved it. This CD has proven itself as well. The CD is a wonderful evening or bedtime tool to slow oneself down, to relax, to destress. The quality of my sleep is much improved and my heart rate has slowed down considerably which can only improve my overall health as well! This family owns several of the Indigo Dreams products and every one is a wonderful tool. As you can tell, I recommend all Indigo Dreams products highly!