Customer Reviews

Meditation For A Good Night's Sleep

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It's true the voice of John Daniel's may be hypnotic, and he is certainly very good at helping you focus and maintain a clear image of relaxation and sleep. I have been able to fall asleep quite easily before the end of his part of the CD. But that music! Yikes! It begins like the shrill scream of an alarm clock, and if you have managed to fall asleep, it will wake you up, even if you are not a chronic insomniac. Who in the world would have picked out that sort of sibling for such a beautiful voice? It's really a shame, because I think Mr. Daniel's has a great gift, but I am considering retiring the CD now as though I fall asleep easy enough to his voice, I wake up with a screaming headache from that God-awful music. Most nights the very beginning of the music awakens me, I fall back asleep, and in the morning I have a headache. Truly horrific, I think I prefer being an insomniac. I set my CD player to "Repeat all" in case I do not fall asleep the first time around, but I have to rethink that idea too, because that twisted metal scream at the beginning of the music ends up scratching my brain all night. Sorry, Mr. Daniel's, you blew it.

I found this to be very helpful for two major reasons. First, the emphasis is on relaxation not sleep so the pressure feels lessened. Second the visual images are lovely... the only negative issue is that the back ground music could be lower, however, it didn't interfere to any great extent....nor did the second part of the tape that is all music. I think that this is a wonderful tape especially for those of us where sleep evades us because we are unable to relax

I've been having stress related sleep problems for over a year. My doctor recommended meditation. I had no idea what to buy, so I bought 10 different meditation CDs. While the other CDs had nice meditations, this CD was BY FAR the best for sleeping. There is only one meditation track on this CD, and it is unusually long (30 min). It is the perfect pace for slowly drifting into sleep. I would highly recommend this CD to anyone with sleep problems. The only (small) problem with this CD is the second track, which is just music. It is dramatic and wakes me up after the great meditation. I usually program my CD player to just play the first track and I'm thinking about copying the first track to another CD.

The first half of this CD is spoken, presumably taking you through a relaxation process. Unfortunately, the voice is so muffled, I couldn't understand half of what he was saying. Five minutes of straining to understand was sufficiently annoying to make me switch to the second half, which is music only. However, I found this music too fast and shrill to be at all restful. In the final analysis, the hum of my airconditioner is more soporific than this production.

I have to agree with the other reviewers who have said that the 2nd track (Music for Sleeping) startled them awake when it came on. It is loud and uplifting, not relaxing at all. It felt like the alarm clock was going off. But I think the first track is really good, and I was asleep before the end. So as someone else suggested, I burned just track 1 onto another CD and it works out fine. DON'T BE FOOLED by the sample of track 2 that you can listen to on the website, it is NOT representative of the actual track. Overall, I am not sorry I bought it because like I said, the first track puts me right to sleep. I would suggest not paying alot for it however, as only part of it is useful - do like I did and buy it used from one of the marketplace sellers for under $10 (including shipping and handling).

since i purchased this CD a year almost a year ago, i have had tremendously relaxing nights of sleep. i find that on nights i do not listen to it, i either don't get a good 'deep' sleep, or i am not able to awaken when my alarm goes off. on days when i really need to be up early in the AM, i put this cd on the evening before and it gets me into my rem sleep like magic allowing me to awaken feeling refreshed and not so quick to hit the snooze. definitely worth a try if you're looking for a good night's sleep.

I had been taking medication to sleep at night, when I put this CD into my routine, I have been able to reduce the medication to almost none. This is a great way to naturally get into a relaxed state so that sleep comes easily. John's voice is soothing and relaxing!

Ok, I was skeptical at first, but thought I would give it a try. I don't know how it works, but it does! I highly recommend this to people who have trouble sleeping!

I've not "consciously" heard more than a few minutes of this because the next thing I know I'm waking up from a long, refreshing sleep. I finally had to figure out to take it out of my "wake to CD" alarm clock, after being late for work several days in a row -- and I never even realized I was circling the field one more time! Thank goodness for hungry cats. This is something that WORKS on helping you sleep.

This CD is wonderful for insomniacs like myself. Since listening to the CD before bed, I have never slept better and recommend it for people who worry and think too much.