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

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!

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)

This cd is good. My problem is I have to call myself down—to really focus. I definitely will use this cd. I think it will help me deal with pain even though pain can distract when trying to relax and focus.

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.

Since I am hearing impaired, this was not beneficial for me. I can only hear mumbling. I'm sure people with good hearing will benefit from this, but not me. So, just be aware if you are hearing impaired this might not be for you.

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!

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!

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

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.

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!!

Good but the introduction is a bit long.