Pregnancy Relaxation: A Guide to Peaceful Beginnings

Dana Schardt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 9, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Childbirth Celebrations
• ASIN: B00004RIAL
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,215 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #74 in Music > Indie Music > Miscellaneous > Self-Help

Track Listings

1. Miracle of Life

2. Peaceful Beginnings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful but expected a stronger focus on mom/baby connection, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pregnancy Relaxation: A Guide to Peaceful Beginnings (Audio CD)

This CD focused primarily on breathing, which definitely relaxed me. I do agree that it can help one fall asleep. I liked the soothing background music as well as the spoken voice. I was hoping it would also help with the prenatal bonding between mom and baby, which I find it lacking. I think the focus on breathing in Schardt's CD will be very helpful during labor.

As a comparison, I also purchased the following CD on Amazon's Zshops.

A Mother's Lullaby CD Guided Meditation/Relaxation/Bonding for Pregnancy

I liked "A Mother's Lullaby" more than "Pregnancy Relaxation" because "AML" focused on the Mother/Baby connection in addition to relaxation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delivers as titled..., October 13, 2003

By A Customer

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This review is from: Pregnancy Relaxation: A Guide to Peaceful Beginnings (Audio CD)

I bought this CD and find it to deliver on its title promise. It is a pregnancy relaxation cd and not one that focuses heavily on bonding with baby, although she does refer to that too. It has two tracks where the speaker guides you thru a meditation/relaxation while really nice soft background music plays. I really find the music soothing and am glad that she allows the music to play for awhile after done with the guided imagery. Basically the first track is a breathing focused meditation/relaxation and the second is a progressive relaxation exercise which leads one in tensing certain muscles and then relaxing them, all to background music. All in all, I do relax when listening to it, and turn to it for those reasons. I guess I only wish there were a few more selections on it but I'd buy it again.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pregnancy Relaxation: A guide to Peaceful Beginnings, May 27, 2000

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cory l. muir (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pregnancy Relaxation: A Guide to Peaceful Beginnings (Audio CD)

I very much enjoy this CD for many reasons. It addressed completely my need for relaxation. The techniques; guided imagery, music and breathing exercises were excellent. I found the references to my unborn baby comforting and empowering. It seems Dana Schardt is a consumate professional and very passionate about the need for relaxation during pregnancy. She has filled a long standing void.

I am ordering a CD for my sister-in-law with the confidence she will benefit from it as I have. Thank you Dana!