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Sacred Ground: Music and Window Frequencies for Meditation (Brain Sync audios)

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A wonderful journey through the four brain wave states. Each of the four tapes encourages a different brain wave state, starting with alpha on tape one and going down to deep theta on tape four. They do indeed train the brain to relax and reliable evidence shows that these tapes induce a meditative state within the brain more reliably than any other technique. The music on tapes one and four is way above average for this kind of New Age stuff - its real music not just synthesised fluff. I have bad Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and listen to these tapes every day as a way to learn to increase my relaxation response and enhance a state of healing. Great stuff.

After struggling for years with trying various tools to gain consistency in my meditation practice, this CD has been a great find. It has four segments and suggests that you use each at least once a day for a week before moving to the next segment. Each segment takes you to a deeper level of brain waves. I have been able to observe my own progress because as I move to the next segment, that segment resonates with me even better than the previous one. Contrary to the previous reviewer, my sense of the music is that it is perfect for helping move me into a place of stillness and meditation, because of the underlying brain-sync sound technology. It is important to use ear phones (as suggested by the CD)and NOT play it through speakers.

I bought these tapes 7 years ago and they are so good that I am still using them.

I started using them when i discovered yoga and wanted to learn how to meditate. I used these tapes for my first tries at meditation. The information about the tapes talk about "kindling" or moments of high awareness and or clarity and insight. I didn't know what that meant at the time.

I recently picked up the cover again and read the information and realized that I indeed get many moments of kindling that also included some moments of extreme joy but mostly moments of quiet and serenity and many moments of clarity and insight.

These are indeed the effects of meditation that you might be looking for as they were for me.

Meditation can really affect your everyday life and help you create a more effective and fulfilling life for yourself. These tapes are a wonderful, helpful tool to start your meditation practice and to continue it in a different way if you have already tried meditation.

Good luck in your search!

This is a REALLY good CD for relaxation... my background: I had a half dozen Bob Monroe tapes way back when, and only one ever really did anything for me; an awful 2-CD set by Shakti Gawain; some Yoga Nidra stuff which isn't bad; Howell's "Focus" CD which is OK but not 5 stars; plus some other garbage not worth mentioning. Well, this CD may be the best I've yet come across. I had some good "lucid dream"-ish meditations with that one Monroe tape, so I can't rank this ahead of that, but I can say that this is BY FAR the most relaxing binaural beat type stuff I've ever listened to: I don't know if it'll ever get me, as it claims, to "the elusive theta state" (whatever that is), but I do know I've got something here for "intense relaxation", and that's a good thing: in fact, good enough to warrant all 5 stars. Good stuff!

[Edit: another year gone by and several other meditation CDs tried out: this remains the best of the best for absolute relaxation.]

[Edit: three years after original review: still the most relaxing CD I've ever heard.]

I give this 4 stars because I can easily imagine someone will like it more than I did - there is music here, and if you don't particularly like the music (me), then the package becomes much less attractive. I have been a junkie of binaural entrainment CD's - I just like to see what people have done - and for me, the music here is counterproductive. It is, for me, too lively for deep meditation. There are places where it slips into more trance-like places (*****), but it doesn't stay there.

I absolutely love this CD. I find it very helpful for meditation. I also listen to it to relax after a long days work and help wind down.

I'm surprised these producers don't realize when you're relaxed and in a meditative state, sudden changes in sound will startle you. This happens even in some of Kelly Howells other cds. That long pause of reflection in silence, is broken and makes you JUMP. There are definitely a few of those in here. Cosmic Rain -track 3 (Open Higher Consciousness) has some sound effect of water dripping in an echoing cave. It doesn't start until maybe 12 mins in. The waves of music are broken by these crisp semi-loud drops that, to me, don't need to be there. It makes me jump EVERY TIME. I want to skip tracks like these all together.

I don't have enough of a 'higher consciousness' opening during or after the use of these tracks to make them worth it. Its just the same calming frequencies from other CDs from her. Go for a guided meditation instead and skip this one. I would have given it 3 stars, but those startle factors really knocked it down.

This CD is very effective. I can feel myself slipping into the alpha state very easily. Great for stress relief.

This was a nice set of relaxful Cd's, I have some quite similiar. I think the Best of Kelly Howell is given in her Cd called "Mediation 2" however. I haven't quit listening to it since I recieved it, 4 months ago. THAT ONE is a Must!!
I might go back to this one sometime but it's defiantly not one of fav's...