Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD contains 4 short, easy-to-do, 15-minute meditations: two mindfulness meditations, a progressive muscle relaxation and a body scan meditation. It is id... more »eal for busy people looking for an easy way to incorporate meditation and relaxation into their lives. Rivka's soothing voice gently guides listeners to deep stillness and calm. Here's what some of Rivka's students have to say about Creating Calm: "I love Rivka's gentle voice" "Gives me a deep feeling of well-being" "Helps me to sleep peacefully" "A good introduction for beginners" "Perfect way to end a hectic day"« less
Creating Calm In Your Life: A Guided Meditation and Stress Reduction CD contains 4 short, easy-to-do, 15-minute meditations: two mindfulness meditations, a progressive muscle relaxation and a body scan meditation. It is ideal for busy people looking for an easy way to incorporate meditation and relaxation into their lives. Rivka's soothing voice gently guides listeners to deep stillness and calm. Here's what some of Rivka's students have to say about Creating Calm: "I love Rivka's gentle voice" "Gives me a deep feeling of well-being" "Helps me to sleep peacefully" "A good introduction for beginners" "Perfect way to end a hectic day"
"I bought this CD based on these reviews. These must have been friends of this author because this CD has to be the worst meditation CD I have ever had. The first half is repetitious basically talking about watching your breathe and following it. Nothing else! The second part is no better. Let me just say, I don't write reviews and for me to write this review means it was a terrible CD."
Excellent Guided Meditation
Brian J. Miller | Cambridge, MA United States | 12/13/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Rivka's Creating Calm is simply one of the best guided meditation CD's available. Rivka's voice, her material and the pacing of her meditation is perfect for doing just what this CD says it will do -- create calm in your life. Unencumbered and undistracted by the usual new-age background music (tinkly bells, soft choruses or sitar riffs) Rivka leads you simply and directly to that calm, still point that is the door to your true self. I especially liked the tracks "Short, Simple Meditations" and "Excellent for Beginners." The first removes the barrier of "I don't have enough time" and the second dissolves the problems of "It's too complicated or scary to be with myself." Very nice, refreshing and different, work."
Review for calm
shell | 12/09/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been looking for a CD to help me relax for awhile now. Most of the meditations on the CDs I've heard are too long, too complicated or just boring. This CD has really helped me. The meditations are simple and direct. The teacher's voice is very gentle and that alone makes me feel much calmer. I definitely recommend this CD.
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A Great Buy
Dolores Meyerhoff | 12/03/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My mind is always so racey. I barely slow down on a given day. My husband gave me this CD for my birthday and I was pretty hesitant to use it. At first I found it hard to sit for the fifteen minutes, but having someone guiding me along the way really helped. I found the instructions straight forward and the teacher's voice to be very soothing. I use it most days now to unwind. I like that there is a variety of different meditations to choose from and the fact that they are short. I recommend this CD to anyone who needs help calming themselves down."
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Meditation is deeply personal
Anne Britt Orlik | Wisconsin | 01/18/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"i read the conflicting reviews of this CD and realized that different people want different things from a meditation CD. i chose this one. i personally find music distracting, so the fact that i can focus solely on a calm voice helps me get into that really relaxed place. i've also done plenty of meditation in yoga and writing classes where i was guided into a forest or cave or whatever... i really like that in these meditations i'm focusing on relaxing my mind and body without traveling all over. these are simple, straight-forward, short trips to a deeply relaxed place. works for me!!!"