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Stress Reduction and Creative Meditations

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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!

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.

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!

This has to be the best relaxation cd we have ever used. Even my son (he's 9) enjoys listening and will usually fall asleep before it get very far. I would highly recommend it to any one.

I have had this as a cassette version since the 1990s and have always come back to it after trying other progressive relaxation techniques.I have purchased the most recent version and it is idential to the cassette.
You will find Marc Allen's voice either extremely soothing or very annoying, so please find a version to preview first. He speaks in a very low, personal way that I find soothing and so do most I have recommended it to. Only 1 person did not like it.
Side 1 puts you in a meditative state and uses progressive relaxation to get you completely relaxed. I like this version because it is not one of those "tense your leg and let it go", which I find more anxiety provoking than relaxing. He guides you to simply relax each muscle group without tensing first.. Then he does some healing/purifying imagery, ending with a few minutes of the haunting, lovely and soothing background music that plays throughout.
Side 2 puts you "under" more quickly and guides you through some affirmations. Personally, I do not use this side, but side one is worth the price and more.
I believe Shakti Gawain wrote the script and that Marc Allen is just the reader, so if you want more of the same I would try looking her up.
Simple, easy to follow and effective. Highly recommended.

I was disappointed. Shakti Gawain is good, I could hear her just fine. The male narrator is drowned out by music, however, and I just couldn't make out what he was saying.