17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is incredible!!, January 13, 2005
This review is from: Living Life! Anxiety and Stress Free: Reduce Stress through Hypnosis (Audio CD)
This CD "Living Life! Anxiety and Stress Free" is truly amazing!
I absolutely felt more relaxed and stressed free after listening to this CD. I cannot believe what a difference it made.I HIGHLY recommend this product.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Give it a try!, September 16, 2008
This review is from: Living Life! Anxiety and Stress Free: Reduce Stress through Hypnosis (Audio CD)
I'd previously purchased another CD from him for weight-loss, and while the effects were limited did find the CD relaxing. So when my anxiety returned after years of living fairly free of it I decided to give this one a try.
I'm very pleased with the results. After using for less than 2 weeks it has greatly reduced my anxiety. My husband has even caught me preforming the anxiety relieving trigger subconsciously on a few occasions, letting me know that this is working on a deeper level.
I definitely recommend this CD.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Metro Hypnosis, February 1, 2009
This review is from: Living Life! Anxiety and Stress Free: Reduce Stress through Hypnosis (Audio CD)
I was awaiting this CD with great anticipation due to all the rave reviews. The name "Beverly Hills Hypnosis" also made it sound like it was going to be special--a new, modern style in meditation CDs. After listening to it about ten times, I am disappointed. It is 32 minutes with a brief introduction (1:40) and one 30-minute hypnosis session. I think I was expecting a longer CD that included more of an explanation of the "Beverly Hills Hypnosis" technique and maybe some success stories thrown in. I like anxiety CDs that combine information and stories with meditation tracks, but there are not too many of those, unfortunately.
When the voice of Trevor Scott (the founder of Beverly Hills Therapy) is first heard with a grating, geeky "Congratulations," I thought, "Oh boy..." Fortunately, his voice is better than the first word. Track 1 gives the usual disclaimers that come with hypnosis CDs (do not use while driving, etc.). He advises the listener to use the session once a day before bedtime for 3 weeks. The second track starts the hypnosis session. It is the first meditation CD I've heard so far that does not instruct the listener to breath through the abdomen. The first part has you imagining a relaxing energy moving through the different parts of the body from toes to head (even the back of the tongue).
The 6:00 point starts the use of imagery that includes countdowns to deeper relaxation. First, he places you at level A and then counts down to the twice-relaxing Level B and then the ten-times relaxing Level C (I remember thinking sarcastically during my first session, "I guess Level Z is death."). At the 10:00 mark you imagine a yardstick and move down to deeper senses of calm a certain number of inches at a time. Next (13:00) you walk down a staircase and then into an elevator that descends to the control room of the subconscious mind. Here you fiddle with switches and dials to turn off stress and anxiety and improve attitude and confidence.
At the 18:00 mark you are finally given a technique that can be used day-to-day: press and rub the thumb and index finger, take a deep breath and silently say "Relax." After spending more time in the control room, Scott counts down again; this time to sleep or awaken. The session ends with 2:00 of just the background music.
I've tried to figure out why this CD is not as effective for me as other meditation CDs I have, especially since it has seemed to have helped so many others. I think, to me, it just touches the surface and doesn't go deep enough. The arbitrary levels and numbers don't work as well for me. Maybe the images (stairs, elevators, control rooms) are too much like the real world and do not transport me to less stressful places like the other CDs do. It seems industrial, for lack of a better word. The background music with the gentle guitar, chimes and notes is very repetitive and it doesn't have the sound effects & techniques that seem to work in meditation CDs as in Glenn Harrold's works, for example. The price seems a bit high for what you get but, of course, if it works almost any price is worth it. If you are like me and want to start a personal library of anxiety relief CDs, give this a try, but wait for the Amazon sellers' prices to go down. If you don't want that many CDs, I recommend Glenn Harrold's "Creating Inner Peace & Calm" and Steven Gurgevich's "Relieve Anxiety with Medical Hypnosis." For me, they work on a much deeper level than this CD and have much more depth (Harrold's has two meditation sessions and Gurgevich's is a 2-CD set). They are also selling for less money than this one 30-minute session.
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