Customer Reviews

Sleep Easy: Guided Meditation for Deep Rest

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I have used this CD now for about three months. It is not only very pleasant to listen to, it is also very intelligent. Mary suggests that you not 'try' to sleep, but just relax and pay attention to your body and thoughts. As you do this, you slowly relax more and more until you effortlessly slip into sleep.

Now, when I lay down to sleep, I automatically start to scan my body, readjust my position until I feel comfortable, and observe my thoughts. As I do this, I often fall asleep without the CD.

Highly recommended.

I have been using the Sleep Easy CD for several weeks now. It is very easy to listen to. Mary's voice is quiet and reassuring, and the music with it is also very helpful. At first I didn't think it would help me to sleep, but many times I drop off to sleep before the meditation and music are complete. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who has challenges with going to sleep.

This CD is a different approach to sleep, but one that I found very effective. This goes beyond just a relaxing meditation to a deeper process that allows you to change your unconscious patterns that get in the way of sleep. At first, I didn't notice much, but after listening a few more times, my sleep was deeper and more refreshing. Good alternative if other approaches are not working.

I am encouraged by how quickly I drifted off to sleep, faster than I usually can. The music is wonderful and soothing, and the voice is gentle and reassuring. I also notice a definite change in the quality of my sleep. It seems deeper and less easily disturbed. On days after using the CD the night before I feel more relaxed and refreshed.

At first I didn't like the CD because the woman's voice seemed a little to hippy-trippy, laid back to the point that was distracting. BUT I love it now, because her voice has a relaxed soothing quality. It's also very helpful to me that the whole point of the CD is being "easy," relaxing. I don't have to concentrate on golden light or relaxing my toes or anything. As the name suggest it's just eeeasy.

My husband & I were both undergoing a lot of stress that made it very difficult to fall asleep. We didn't want to take medications. I was skeptical of a CD being able to put us to sleep but I was desperate so I ordered this one. From the sample I heard on Amazon, Mary's voice sounded very soothing and the music was soft and soothing as well - not the case with some of the other CDs I sampled. The first night we tried it, we both fell asleep before the music ended. I don't even know if I was paying attention to what Mary actually said because it was her voice, not the words that was so relaxing. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is having difficulty falling asleep, or even if you're just stressed out and need to relax. I think I will probably try some of their other CDs.

In general, I love the Maddoxes' work. Mary has an amazing, soothing voice and is very articulate and imaginative in her descriptions of the thoughts and feelings and ideas she guides you though. But this CD seemed to be a recycling of the 'Just Relax' CD material, sometimes verbatim. I didn't hear anything new, which was disappointing. I would have preferred to be taken on a journey. Andrew Weil has double CD set about getting to sleep and the journeys on the second CD about preparing for sleep and moving towards sleep (as if you are on a beach and walking slowly into water) are more what I was hoping for.

I also would prefer a second meditation for sleep rather than a whole other track of music. Music, for some reason, keeps me awake. A soothing voice is more likely to help me relax and sleep.

This CD has helped me sleep better and longer without waking up several times during the night. The voice is comforting and soothing and the suggestions are very supportive.

Sleep Easy helps me get to sleep whenever I am under extra stress. I have been able to stop relying on sleeping pills which never really worked that well.

I was surprised how effective this CD was in helping me get a good sleep, better sleep than I've had for a while. At first I wasn't sure if I liked the approach, but the more I listened, the more sense it made. Mary really gets to some deeper issues around the whole insomnia thing, for which I'm grateful.