Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Marc Allen (Reader), Shakti Gawain (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2005

For many people, getting started with relaxation techniques, for health or other reasons, can present a real challenge. This recording introduces easy and effective guided meditations to help change the way people respond to anxiety. Thousands of people have found these simple techniques helpful in achieving a more balanced lifestyle. Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations offers self-care for anyone coping with the demands of an overbooked schedule, a hectic pace, or life in an increasingly complex world.

On Track One, Allen's soothing voice combines with quietly inspiring background music to gently guide the listener through complete physical relaxation, a vital first step toward stress reduction. The creative meditations on Track Two allow the listener to accomplish inner work on health, abundance, financial success, fulfilling relationships with others, and attainment of life purpose.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Those just beginning relaxation techniques will find this tape an excellent audio introduction to methods of guided meditation. Allen's voice blends with background music to provide an instructional guided relaxation routine, including creative meditation directions. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

Over soothing background music the author gently leads the listener through a series of meditations that progressively relax the body head to toe. The mental images, largely focusing on positively uniting mind and body, are satisfying affirmations that seem to touch the inner doubts and worries that occur when people stay centered in their intellects. You get where you want to go in life by holding those images in your head first--completely, intensely, and with a calm and relaxed mental state. What comes after that is as automatic as riding a bicycle, says Marc Allen, in a narrative style as smooth and integrated as this way of thinking about change. T.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: New World Library; Unabridged edition (August 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577315235
• ISBN-13: 978-1577315230
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marc Allen is an internationally renowned author, the president and publisher of New World Library, and an accomplished musician and composer.

His most recent book, The Greatest Secret of All, guides the reader in unraveling the secrets of happiness, inner peace, ease, and fulfillment. Bestselling author Gay Hendricks says of The Greatest Secret of All: "It is a wonderful contribution to humanity. It gives us the key to a life well lived."

Marc's most popular book is The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. It is an entire course, filled with keys to success. Over the years, he has written and published several other books, including Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success, which brought his principles to those in the business world, and A Visionary Life, which remains one of the best books ever written on personal fulfillment. He has also published The Ten Percent Solution: Simple Steps to Improve Our Lives and the World, and produced a popular audio CD, Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations. In recent years he has expanded his reach to deliver his message through a variety of digital formats.

Marc co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain in 1977 and has guided the company from a small start-up with no capital to its current position as one of the leading independent publishers in the country. Along the way, he has published many books that have changed lives, including Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, Deepak Chopra's The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and Shakti Gawain's Creative Visualization.

Marc is a well-known musician and composer as well, having produced five albums of music for his label Watercourse Media. His latest composition is a soaring, orchestral work called Awakening, and his first instrumental album, Breathe, has now sold nearly 100,000 copies and has been named a "New Age Golden Oldie" by NAPRA.

Marc has discovered, through trial and error, a proven set of principles and simple practices that can help each of us live the life of our dreams, doing what we love to do, while adhering to compassionate, conscious values. His books, audios, and seminars -- and the powerful books he has published -- have been life-changing experiences for millions of people.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Relaxation, February 23, 2006

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Rhonda (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations (Audio CD)

I am a teacher who works with children who suffer from emotional problems and children who are undergoing treatment for life threatening illnesses. This tape/cd has been extremely useful for my students, their parents, for myself and for my fellow teachers. I have been using it and recommending it for 5 years, and have never had a person who did not find it very helpful. I have ordered every relaxation tape, but have never found one that has ever come close to the effects produced by this one. I use it every night before I go to sleep, and we even bring it with us when we travel. This is an A+ relaxation inducer!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An effective way to relax yourself...., March 27, 2006

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Rick Sheridan "AudioColumn.com" (Xenia, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations (Audio CD)

Here is a great CD to de-stress with. Allen's soothing voice blends with background music to offer a guided relaxation routine on the first track. Later, on the second track, affirmations are provided for the listener to accomplish inner work on health, abundance, financial success, fulfilling relationships and attainment of life purpose.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Inspiring as well as soothing", December 13, 2006

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This is the best meditation media I have heard to date. The sounds and material are superb. I use it in my office while crunching numbers or other stress related tasks. It is absolutely inspiring in a soothing way. Thank You Mark!