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Guided Mediations: For Developing Calmness, Awareness, & Love
(Audio CD)
Bodhipaksa
Ideal for beginners to meditation, this CD will guide you through the most fundamental Buddhist meditation practices, and is a straightforward guide to working with your mind in order to become calmer and happier.
The Mindfulness of Breathing practice will help you to develop more calmness and peace of mind; the Metta Bhavana will help you to develop a more positive attitude to yourself and others; and walking meditation is a powerful method of bringing awareness into your daily life.
This audio CD contains three guided meditations:
The mindfulness of breathing (27.12)
The Metta Bhavana (development of lovingkindness) (26.50)
Walking meditation (19:48)
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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief
Martha W. Hickman
Back Cover:
For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are strength and thoughtful words to inspire and comfort.
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Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate
Sharon Salzberg
Product Description:
Join Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein -- two of America's
most respected instructors -- for a step-by-step course in
Insight Meditation. Learn at home, at your own pace, with this
complete curriculum. The course includes:
-A 240-page Insight Meditation workbook: This workbook is designed as a complete self-guided curriculum. Organized into nine lessons, your workbook features more than 75 step-by-step mindfulness exercises, question-and-answer sections, glossaries, and photographs illustrating correct meditation postures.
-Two 70-minute compact discs: Six meditations teach you these cornerstone practices in the Insight tradition.
-Twelve Insight
study cards: Reinforce your practice with these daily reminders
of the fundamentals of meditation in a convenient, portable
form.
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Insight Meditation: An In-Depth Correspondence Course
Sharon Salzberg
Joseph Goldstein
Product Description:
When you seek to live a spiritual life, what matters most is not
what you know, but the actions you take. How can you best embody
the spiritual principles that uplift you and those around you?
On Insight Meditation, you will learn one of the world's
great contemplative practices - as it was taught by the Buddha
himself - and then passed "candle to candle" for 2,500 years.
Based on the curriculum developed at the Insight Meditation
Society's retreat center in Barre, Massachusetts, this audio
correspondence course is presented by IMS cofounders Sharon
Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, who are among the West's most
respected meditation teachers. Students will learn with a
qualified instructor how to establish and sustain a daily
meditation practice. As each lesson unfolds, students learn to
see past the illusion of life's obstacles and move toward an
awakened mind-state - the true freedom we seek to achieve.
Now you can experience this rich and sacred retreat environment in your own home, with these same masterful instructors. Insight Meditation presents: 18 hours of classical teachings, practices, and meditations. an 88-page workbook with interactive exercises, resources, articles, and much more. One-on-one guidance from your personal instructor.
From great mystics to those in chronic pain; from political leaders to spiritual seekers; from bus drivers to CEOs - those who have developed a personal meditation practice confirm its power to enrich every aspect of daily life. For most of us who have tried meditation, the question has always been: "How do I keep going?" Insight Meditation offers the answer to this question: 12 months of personal guidance and support as you illuminate for yourself the way to freedom, one moment at a time. With 88-page workbook.
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Guided Meditations: For Relaxation, Acceptance, & Insight
(Audio CD)
Bodhipaksa
Mindfulness has been shown in clinical trials to be an effective way of reducing stress. It is a form of focused awareness that helps to prevent the runaway thinking that gives rise to physical and emotional hyper-arousal. The two meditations on this CD help us to develop this transformative quality of mindfulness, by means of which we practice acceptance of our present-moment experience in a non-judgmental way.
Although the meditations on this CD are Buddhist in origin, they can be practiced by people who follow any spiritual tradition or none at all.
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Meditation For Beginners
Jack Kornffield
Product Description:
Start Meditating Today with This Beginner's Guide. Have you ever thought about
trying meditation, but didn't know how to get started? On Meditation for
Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step
demonstrations to show you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily
meditation practice. In this complete beginner's course, Jack introduces you to
the "Insight" tradition of meditation. Zen monks draw from this same tradition,
yet anyone can use its principles to cultivate a profound inner calm, while
awakening to the truth of life. Four complete meditation exercises teach you how
to work with breathing, posture, attention, forgiveness - even difficult
emotions - to create tranquility and clarity in your everyday life. Now you can
begin meditating today - in just the time it takes to listen to Meditation for
Beginners.
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Wildmind: A Step-By-Step Guide to Meditation
Bodhipaksa
Product Description:
This is a guidebook to that inner wildness. Buddhist meditation teacher Bodhipaksa shows us how we can use simple meditation practice to realize the potential of our minds and hearts, freeing ourselves from restrictive habits and fears. Working gently with our minds and emotions, we can learn to benefit others, and ourselves, by developing a more loving heart and a clearer mind. Drawn from the very successful online meditation website, wildmind.org, it is written in short sections to encourage reflection and for practices to sink in.
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A Meditation for Relaxation & Wellness
(Audio CD)
Belleruth Naparstek
Designed to promote feelings of peace, calm, safety and support; reduce anxiety and stress; encourage hope, confidence, balance and optimism. To help face any stessful situation, or for general anxiety. (38 min.)
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Meditation As Medicine
Dharma Singh Khalsa
Product Description:
Proven effective by scientific research and presented here by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa and Cameron Stauth, the practice of Medical Meditation revolutionizes the healing process. By balancing and regenerating the body's ethereal and physical energies through simple meditations, Medical Meditation unites the mind, body, and spirit into a powerful triad.
Each Medical Meditation here has a specific physiological effect, targeting afflictions from arthritis to ulcers to cancer. Dr. Khalsa details the five unique attributes that endow this type of meditation with far more power than standard meditation. The combination of special postures and movements; exact positioning of the hands and fingers; particular mantras; specific breathing patterns; and a unique focus of concentration can change your entire biochemical profile, easing you into a calm, healing state. Practiced in conjunction with conventional or alternative medical treatments, cutting-edge Medical Meditation activates the healing force within you.
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Yoga Nidra Meditation
Swami Jnaneshvara
Yoga Nidra means "Yogic Sleep". It is a deep relaxation in which you leave the waking state, go past the dreaming state, and enter into the deep sleep state, while remaining fully awake and alert. This state of awareness is extremely beneficial, both for releasing stress, and for experiencing the joy of subtler spiritual explorations or experiences.
The voice will systematically guide you to explore your physical body, then move through 61 specific points within the body, and then practice ascending breath awareness along the body and spine. Your attention will be brought to the space between the eyebrows, then to the throat, and finally to the heart center, where you will go deep into stillness and silence, beyond the activities of the mind.
Following the custom of the ancient sages, the depth of Yoga Nidra comes from inner awareness of the levels of your own self, including your body, breath, and the subtler mind, rather than diverting attention through music or inner fantasies. This inner exploring through self-awareness is a more refined form of meditation that leads you deeper into the stillness and silence of your own being, while remaining fully awake and aware. The Yoga Nidra methods bring you to a place of awareness where you are able to completely let go of any words, thoughts, images, impressions, or pictures in the mind. You are guided to allow your mind to "empty, empty, empty" though you remain fully awake and clear of mind.
The practices on this CD will gently train your ability to direct your own attention, which is the primary skill in the art of meditation. You will find that you are gradually able to use these methods on your own, without the CD, and the benefits will be with you not only during your practice time, but also during the activities of daily life.
The Yoga Nidra CD
has five tracks. The first track is an introduction (8:02
minutes), describing the state of Yoga Nidra and the practices
on the CD. The next four tracks move through four sequential
practices that are listened to together, so as to form a
complete practice of 57:24 minutes (CD is 65:36 minutes in
total). These four tracks can also be listened to individually,
as complete practices unto themselves, which allows you to have
the benefits of practice when less time is available.
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Indigo Dreams: Meditation & Relaxation Bedtime Stories for Children
( Audio CD)
Lori Lite
Product Description:
Indigo Dreams is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain
your children ages 3-12 years old while introducing them to
relaxation/meditation techniques. Four unique stories introduce
breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation and affirmations.
Children follow the characters along as they learn to manage
their own stress, anxiety and energy. The narration is
accompanied by healing sounds of nature and an additional music
sound track to further enhance your relaxation experience.
The
Affirmation Web
A Believe in Yourself Adventure
Voted "Book of the Month" by The IAM Foundation
Affirmations or positive statements build self-esteem and empower children to be the best they can be. Children follow a girl and her animal friends as they weave The Affirmation Web. They learn to believe in themselves while replacing negative messages with positive self talk. Children love this feel good story and the positive effect it has on their lives. Show children just how special life can be. Feel good!
A Boy and a
Bear
The Children's Relaxation Story
Breathing for relaxation and wellness is a basic technique practiced by cultures throughout the world. Children love to follow A Boy and a Bear as they experience diaphragmatic/belly breathing. This self calming technique can be used anytime, anywhere. This easy, yet powerful stress management tool can offset the effects stress is having on today's children. Many children are classified as being hyperactive. Empower your child by teaching them to ground themselves and manage their own energy. Let’s breathe!
A Boy and a
Turtle
The Children’s Visualization Story
Visualization is an effective technique widely used for achieving sports goals, creating success and attaining wellness. Now children can follow A Boy and a Turtle as they fill their bodies with the colors of the rainbow. Colorful imagery quiets the mind and relaxes the body. Parents as well as children enjoy falling asleep while playing in the field of colors. Some children are sensitive to energy and can often use it for healing. Enhance your child’s abilities to feel and see energy. Relax with colors!
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The Soul of Healing Meditations
Deepak Chopra
Editorial
Review:
Featuring the
soothing narration of
Deepak Chopra
over the trancelike music of
Adam Plack,
The Soul of Healing Meditations serves as an introduction to
meditation for neophytes and as a more advanced tool to help overcome a
physical ailment and/or emotional toxicity. That may make it sound like
a digital elixir, but as Chopra says in his liner notes: "We like to
tell our patients (at the Chopra Center for Well Being) that the body is
the best pharmacy in the world and is capable of making wonder drugs."
His message here is that one can naturally prevail over serious life
challenges by becoming more attuned to one's body--by relaxing and
filtering out the external world, focusing on and influencing internal
sensations and biorhythms, and banishing negative thoughts and focusing
on the positive aspects of life. This CD is not meant as a cure-all for
physical or emotional ills. Rather, it's a supplemental experience to
other treatments or programs, and it shows how enlightening and
empowering meditation can be when practiced properly. Its actual effects
will depend upon the receptiveness of the listener. Plack's accompanying
soundtrack ranges from delicate ambient tones to more active Indian
music, appropriately serving the mood of each of the album's eight
tracks. --Bryan Reesman
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Inner Peace
Steven Halpern
Amazon Visitor Reviews:
"I was instantly blown away by the quality of this music and so I gave it a try and now that I have listened to these CDs several times I really must say that although I'm still a Steven Halpern fan I find Mehdi to be a great addition to this CD. I have them both in my multi-disc CD player and love the way they compliment each other. I highly recommend that you give this artist a try or atleast just go listen to the samples, I have a feeling you'll be glad you did."
"Steven Halpern is a new artist to me. I haven't heard or listened to his music in the past, but I came across Inner Peace while searching for a nice yoga/meditation cd. I thought at first, "This looks like it'd work." Now that I have listened to it, I have no regrets for purchasing it. It was worth every penny and the music was unpredictable. Gentle, calm, and soothing to its listeners, this cd has become a crucial element in developing peace and relaxing."
Detaching the World, Vol.1
Detaching the World
Album Description
As we explore
the depths of our "self", our "souls", through massage,
relaxation, and other healing modalities, we gain experience and
knowingness. The music from Detaching The World Vol. 1 is a
transient, which allows for this knowingness to occur in a
peaceful, tranquil, and comforting environment.
This CD has been created to provide over 60 minutes in running time without the use of vocals or percussion. Emil Gagliardi has introduced a new style of guitar called "The Nuit's Effect" named after its rich soothing textures and deep earthy tones. From the opening cut of "Tranquil Sunrise", Gagliardi's swirling guitar immediately sets the perfect mood for massage and relaxation. The density of "The Valley Beyond" swallows you up in a tapestry of color similar to a warm blanket while the hauntingly beautiful "Fallen Angel" resembles a fresh new day after a storm.
Gagliardi's vision of creating the perfect massage and relaxation music sets Detaching The World (Vol. 1) apart from all others. Its purpose is to serve gentleness and ease like the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.
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Detaching the World, Vol. 2
Detaching the World
Album Description
In the second
installment of the series, Connecting The Universe Music has
released a new relaxing journey with Detaching The World Vol. 2
– Ambient music for massage/relaxation/meditation. Through
exploration of the unconscious, this music was designed as an
offering by the artist to bring about complete relaxation to the
listener. It allows for the unknown self to awaken and remember
with comfort and ease.
Musician and creator Emil Gagliardi brings to us nine new tracks with Vol. 2. This CD provides over 63 minutes in running time without the use of vocals or percussion. As the opening track "Peaceful Country" begins, Gagliardi’s unique and inimitable style of ambient guitar immediately sets the tone for a tranquil relaxing atmosphere. On "Mirror", you feel yourself sinking deeper into the gentle hands of what the artist calls "The Nuit’s Effect" while "The Fellowship" and "The Fellowship Reprise" are a meditation of three soothingly calm guitars journeying to the mystical unknown. "Hawaiian Compressions" is a three piece composition symbolizing the warming atmosphere of the sun while gently slipping into the earthy picturesque tones of "Healing Within". The last track, "Pulse", is the capture of a meditation right outside the artist’s home where the ocean, mountains, and sky share one relaxed and rejuvenated heartbeat.
Emil Gagliardi continues to provide seekers of total relaxation with his unique and one of a kind style of music. As heard in the bestselling Detaching The World Vol. 1, his devotion to creating serene music for the healing arts goes unsurpassed by his peers. His music bestows upon the listener gentleness and ease like the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.
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Chakra Suite
Steven Halpern
Amazon Visitor Review:
"For the past year I have listened to this CD nearly every night, on repeat. I bring it to work to relax and de-stress to whenever I have a break. It is just amazing. It is my number one CD to listen to. My friends have really enjoyed this CD when they listen to it, and whenever I work on somebody for energy healing / relaxation with Reiki they love this CD as well. You will want to carry this CD around with you everywhere, even put it onto your IPod or any other MP3 player to listen to where ever you may go."
The Ease of Being
Mary Maddux
Album Description
The guided meditations
on "The Ease of Being" restore a centered state of awareness and
facilitate healing. Unlike meditations which keep the mind focused on
imagery, the body or the breath, these meditations contain phrases which
gently guide the mind to relax completely. In this relaxed state,
healing happens naturally and effortlessly. Repeated use of the
meditations develops the ability to be present in the here and now and
flow easily with life.
The CD contains 3 powerful guided meditations accompanied by soothing, healing music. "Silence: a Centering Meditation" is useful for both beginning and experienced meditators in becoming centered and achieving a deeply meditative state. "Allowing: Healing Meditation" creates a powerful "healing space" in which all that needs healing can arise and be healed. "Flowing Freely: an Emotional Healing Meditation" is especially useful when the emotions are rough.
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Mozart for Meditation
Amazon Visitor Review:
"This album delivers what it promises. Music for meditation. That may sound obvious but that is the albums beauty! I love classical music but usually have no idea who or what I am listening to. Many classical albums feature work from either a single composer and give a variety of their works or they celebrate many different composers and their varying works. It is the variety that can be the problem!! For people like myself, who have limited knowledge of classical music, how do we know what to buy? Often it is a particular style of music we are looking for to capture a particular mood. This album can be bought with the reassurance that what you get will play softly in the background from beginning to end and don't be surprised to find that you have drifted off!!! Wonderful, beautiful, music for meditation ...by some guy called Mozart!!!! "
Travelling the Sacred Current
Crystal Voices
Deborah Van Dyke
Album
Description
Newest release
from CRYSTAL VOICES creator & sound healer DEBORAH VAN DYKE -
this is the Companion CD to her new definitive Book on sound
healing: "Travelling the Sacred Sound Current: Keys for
Conscious Evolution" (available through Amazon.com books).
Recorded live in her healing sanctuary, the essence of sacred
ceremony is captured in this authentically beautiful CD. It
offers an exquisite treasure of timeless healing mantras &
chants, crystal bowl tones, drums, gongs, didjeridoo, nature
sounds, and Peruvian whistling vessels, which provide a deep
vibrational sound journey for inner attunement and healing.
Includes a powerful shamanic drum experience as well as a twenty
minute crystal bowl meditation. Sit back , relax, and be
prepared to embark on an inner voyage of transformation with
this sacred ceremonial music and Deborah's compelling and
soulful vocals. You will be soothed and transported to a place
of deep inner peace. This CD is truly a sound vision quest for
awakening, purification, and opening gateways of consciousness.
Music created with a sacred healing intention - an
frequency-shifting, soul-enriching experience.
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