Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace: A Guided Imagery Meditation for Physical & Spiritual Wellness

I decided to purchase this cd as a tool to help me `allow' manifestations into my life. (I guess to truly understand me reasoning you would have to be a follower of the law of attraction principles.) Anyway I found this cd to be wonderfully relaxing. I love the speaker's voice, soft and serene as if she is a best friend who only wishes you happiness. I have to say that I was scared to relax fully upon the first hearing of this meditation for fear of falling to sleep and leaving my subconscious victim to `Who knows what' she might have been saying. Anyway after listening the first time fully aware I was impressed with her guidance. She takes you through stages of healing your body of ailments through "light" and creates many emotions in you that help you allow powerful vibrations (once again law of attraction). One particular scene I liked was when she tells you to imagine you have a box in front of you with a huge bow, and you get excited by wondering what is inside of it...Excitement offers a powerful vibration that puts you in a state of allowing. I feel that I am going to deep for any beginners so I will just sum this up by saying this is a great cd to use in addition to any spiritual or law of attraction books or principles you may also be studying. I for one can say I have personally seen wonderful things manifesting in my life and I definitely give partial credit to this cd. I listen to it just about every night as I go to sleep. (Wonderful to listen to as you drift off)

I’ve tried meditating on my own and I’ve tried other meditation cds, but they don’t seem to be able to stop the sounds in my mind. I have bipolar disorder and sometimes my mind is racing so fast that nothing seems to calm my brain down. This cd seems to be able to. The music in the background is calming and the lady guiding you through the relaxation process is also very calming. Sometimes it can take listening to half the cd, but eventually I seem to be able to go through the journey of the guided meditation. It gives you the choice of waking from the process refreshed and awake or to fall into a relaxing sleep. I given this cd to. Y mom who also loves it. I also plan on letting my friends know about it. I find that when I do the cd on a regular basis, I’m more calm and have a better outlook on life. I’m so glad I came across it!

This CD does not really helps you to sleep, but it does achieved the relaxation part which is very important to have a pleasant sleep, I never have sleep problems but sometimes after I listen to it I feel alert and awake . The music and the voice are very nice. what it really does it helps to let you day begin a refresh you mind. The magical part of it is, every time you listen to it you ll find something new or something has new meaning as she says. that is awesome

I have bought this product five times. For myself. I can never find it when I need it, and even when I have tried to download it to my music and just never is the same as the CD. This is an amazing guided meditation and sometimes you just need this woman soothing voice, and you can feel yourself healing your body with your mind. I have probably done this meditation 40 or 50 times and I never fail to fall asleep if I want to during it. It is great to use on sleepless nights. And it’s also great to use for anxiety, and also just general health.

I have listened to this on tape many times and in the process of ordering the CD decided to write a review because i see this is unreviewed. I have listened to a variety of stress-relief and this is simply the best I have ever encountered. First, Susie's voice is simply wonderful. Not cutesy or overdone, but like your best woman friend pointing out to you what you already know. Second, many tapes are ok for a listen but feel wearing or repetitive on repeated listens. Not here. Most important, i have listened to this frequently in times of high stress and it has never failed to help me relax and feel more peaceful. Also, there are at least two levels of "present." While you can find inhere a beautiful reference to "present" as a gift, you can also view the present as the "now" that we always have with us. Absolutely excellent!

I bought this to relax. The woman's voice and the background music definitely relaxes you to a point of almost sleeping, but at the beginning, since I'm new to meditation CDs, I was a bit anxious from her whispering voice and kind of wanted to laugh at how she speaks to you like you're a bummed out child. I was about to fall asleep in the middle of imagining my body parts relaxing, but then she said the fatal words "now relax your genitals." WHAT?! This woke me right up because a) I was grossed out b) I wanted to burst out laughing and c) I was confused. How would one go about doing that, especially as a woman? Was that necessary for me to relax? No! I get the point- head to toe relaxation, but let's skip over the "genitals" part! The only thing I do like about this CD is that her voice does relax you for a few minutes and she does give good ideas of how to envision your stresses going away, so you can use those images throughout the day to help with daily stress. I think there has to be better guided meditation CDs that aren't as....I don't want to say "lame" but that's all I can think of.

This is a great meditation CD. It is very soothing and relaxing. You will definitely slow down when you listen to this CD and you tend to mentally drift away which is the whole point of meditation anyway. If anything else, it's a great aide to help you sleep. Some folks use meditation to "awaken" their mind, but it puts me right to sleep. I use it as often as I can, but it's 30 minutes long so I don't always have that much extra time to just listen to a CD and try to relax. I would recommend using for the sleep benefits more than anything else. If you have a hard time getting your mind to slow down before bed or find yourself focusing on too many things right before you go to sleep (most of us do), then this will be a good tool for you. I highly recommend!

We each pull from this tape exactly what we need. I look forward to listening to it every night. Her voice, the background music, and the imagery are soothing and healing. I have never made it to the end of the CD because I fall asleep within ten minutes. My mind used to race at night and not even Ambien could put me to sleep. This CD and the DVD Yoga for Stress Relief have helped me immensely and now I feel empowered and at ease with life. This CD is true to its name: it will bring you peace and physical and spiritual wellness. This is the CD you have been waiting for your whole life - ORDER IT NOW!

This is the first meditation type CD I have ever listened to. I don't know why it took me so long to purchase one. The first time I listened to it - I fell asleep before the 20 minutes were over. The music and the voice were so calming and mellow - I just drifted off. This is very unusual for me - I normally toss and turn for 1/2 hour or more and then quite often get up and go to read in another room hoping to get tired enough to try to sleep. I have been listening to this CD as well as Soul of Healing Meditations with Deepak Chopak alternatively for the past week - who knew that sleep could come so easily! Recommend this highly.

Really good cd for guided meditation, best I have had to date.

This is by far the most calming, relaxing cd I have listened to. I keep it on repeat all night long and have to admit I have never once heard the entire cd, start to finish. Just something insanely soothing about this particular cd. Have purchased many times as gifts and all recipients are amazed. Her voice is so pacifying. I used to think of myself as an insomniac, and hope I haven't jinxed myself by writing this review.

Use it - fab!!

the cd is a great way to relax for half-hour.