Psychosomatic Wellness: Guided Meditations, Affirmations and Music to Heal Your Bodymind [Audiobook, Illustrated] [Audio CD]

Candace Pert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

A world-renowned scientific researcher presents music and meditations for ¿reprogramming¿ the bodymind to a state of health, harmony, and vitality.

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About the Author

Candace Pert, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized psychopharmacologist and leading-edge researcher, celebrated for discovering the opiate receptor and for her groundbreaking theories on neuropeptides, consciousness, and reality. She is author of Molecules of Emotion (Scribner, 1999) and Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d (Hay House, 2006), and has published more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591797934
• ISBN-13: 978-1591797937
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Books on CD > Health, Mind & Body > Fitness
  • #95 in Books > Books on CD > Health, Mind & Body > Meditation

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone In the World Needs This CD, February 8, 2008

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Creativity Galore ""love to laugh"" (Philadelphia CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I personally write visualizations and am a published author. This CD has had the most profound effect on both me and my husband of anything we have ever used. We have been under considerable stress and he has had trouble sleeping for years no matter what remedy we tried. Two nights with this CD and he has slept every night since starting it. I had asthma as a child - had a bout of it again for the last couple years and was on Advair and Albuterol. Since using Psychosomatic Wellness I am off the Advair and use the Albuterol sparingly. Spread the word to everyone you know about the healing, life-changing power of this combination of words and music.

56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Psychosomatic Talent, January 16, 2008

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I should have known when the title felt ill-advised (pun) and clunky.
This CD doesn't flow, either. Pert, whose book "Molecules of Emotion" I've read and admired, does not have the best voice for this sort of meditative exercise. But here's the main thing: the CD advertises "a music to heal your bodymind," but I found the music evoked in me a feeling of loneliness and even creepiness. Some of it was harmonically dissonant which brought up feelings of irritation and edginess. I have to wonder how healing a sound is when the body is shrinking from it. Okay, this could just be my problem, but I have no trouble reacting nicely to other pieces of music that are deemed restful, healing or joy producing, like Mozart, Bach or Josh Grobin.

I also thought the programming of the CD was badly done, wasting much time. There should be no Intro. That should have been written in an accompanying booklet. The Affirmations section was too long and repetitive for me and too many of them didn't apply to my life. The last song, Honor Who You Are, was musically forgettable and the singer's presentation of it was uneven, sometimes raw and loud, sometimes too low.

I would not recommend this CD but I would also add for anyone else that your response might not be what mine was. Musical tastes are, after all, highly individual. For what it's worth, a friend of mine who listened to it liked it very much and especially enjoyed the last song because, as he said, "It sounded like a fresh young teen's sweet and naive rendition earnestly done. Very charming." Yeah, that's what I want in a mature, introspective, influencing, meditative CD. Having said that, I feel like Simon Cowell. So I will fall back on the very words he uses: That's my honest opinion.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take a listen, I promise that it will be good for you., January 28, 2010

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Timothy Wilken (Carmel, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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As a practicing physician, I began using healing mediation to help my patients in the late 1970s. I created individual tapes for each patient, my scripts were based on a blend of breathing techniques, progressive muscular relaxation, auto-genic training, guided imagery, and self-hypnosis. These tapes proved to be powerful tools for helping my patients heal both emotional and physical injuries.

In 2007, when I was personally challenged with a serious illness, I reached for them to help me heal myself. Since then I make it my practice to use healing meditation frequently. While I have memorized many scripts, I am constantly searching for new healing meditations.

It has been my delight to have discovered Candace Pert's Psychosomatic Wellness. Working with musicians, singers, and guided by body and mind scientists, she has created two powerfully healing meditations. I keep them on my iPod so I can listen whenever I have a free moment. There are 5 "songs" on the album.

The first "song" is the Introduction, you only need to listen to it once.

The second one is the healing meditation. It is called Adaptation of Niels Bohr Meditation... . I try to listen to this at least once a day. It is 25 minutes.

The third one is also very good. It uses a series of powerful affirmations to program the subconscious with positive and healthy beliefs. It is called Affirmations inspired by Belleruth Naperstek... . I listen to it whenever I have time. It is 16 minutes.

The fourth "song" is a Musical Reprise. Very pleasant. It provides the perfect back ground for imagining your cells working to repair and heal your body. It is 7 minutes.

The fifth and last "song" is a song. It is called Honor Who You Are. Very wise and very pleasant. It lasts 3.4 minutes.

I can't recommend any healing meditation that I like better than this one. I have always known that meditating was good for me, but with practicing Medicine 40 hours a week, and publishing three websites, I always had a bit of difficulty finding the time. Now, I actually look forward to listening to these. I awoke this morning at 5:30AM with the need to start my day the right way. I listened to all four "songs" this morning, They were wonderful.

I am currently recommending this CD to all my patients. Take a listen, I promise that it will be good for you.