Guided Meditation CDs

Meditation For Dummies
(Book and CD edition)

Did you know the meditating crowd are a happy bunch? Meditation produces euphoric brain chemicals which means feeling good all of the time! Not only that, they experience greater health and have extended life spans. Studies reveal that meditation reduces and can even reverse diseases. Ex cancer victims can testify to this.

Also meditation dissolves all the subconscious phobias, depression, anxiety, anger and fear which have built up over the years. This is why meditators are emotionally balanced and feel more content and happy with their lives. Also they have constructive relationships and more friends.

Not only that but experienced meditators have awakened many dormant talents inside of them. Talents and abilities that they never even knew they had. Most people have an abundunce of abilities within them which they never discover because our current programming and constant mind chatter keep our abilities hidden from us.

Scientists have discovered that meditators minds function at a superior level by testing, measuring and assesing on all levels they know. Many great inventors, scientists, philosphers and entrepeneurs recieve their innovative ideas during meditation.

So with all these benefits why are only a few doing it?

Well, because it takes hours and hours of meditation every single day for years to receive results. So only dedicated people like zen monks and a few individuals have the disclipline and time to pull it through.

That's where guided meditation CD's come in.... because at a push of a button you can reach deep meditative states like a zen monk.

As you can see from the diagram there are 4 categories of brain wave patterns. These are electrical impulses which are generated by the nerve cells. When these stop pulsating you are dead, well at least on an earthly plane.

Brain waves determine our emotions, thoughts and our state of being. Basically the quality of life is determined by these pulsating frequencies!

Right now you are in Beta which means you are awake. Okay you could be sleep reading or you could even be in alpha which means you're relaxed and focused, producing extra serontonin and in a super learning frame of mind. Alpha states occur easily before you hit sleep and before you wake up. It also happens during meditation and allows you to access the surface of your unconscious mind. People that have sleep difficulties are over producing beta waves which are also conducive to feelings of anxiety.

Theta is when you're sleeping and dreaming - this is commonly known as REM sleep. You produce more catecholamines in this state, which are important for learning and memory. This is when emotional experiences are integrated into your life and determine your beliefs.

Delta is when you're sleeping but not dreaming. Growth hormones are released at this stage. It's a deep, trance like state where you loose your physical feeling. During this time you can access your deepest unconscious mind. Meditation can open the path so that you become aware of what's going on there. This gives you the power to change your unconscious behaviour.

"As Dee says ... "When first diagnosed, I went through the emotions of death: the anger; the denial (though brief); the depression; confusion; and disbelief [does this sound familiar to you?] and as such it took months to work through. Meditation helped me deal with those emotions and brought forgiveness, acceptance (that the situation did exist), positiveness, clarity, hope, love, peace and harmony."

Psychotherapist, counselor and researcher Dr. Jacqui Dodds reveals the stunning results of her study on cancer patients in a new ebook. She also explains how people can tap into their mind's healing ability to find peace, hope and clarity regardless of how scared, anrgy and anxious any one may be feeling.

Dr. Jacqui Dodds's patients found that through meditation they got to know and believe in themselves which was really important in the healing process. They also learned how to visualise themselves actually healing and how to execute some real good mind relaxation techniques.

Let's face it cancer is totally scary and often there is so much confusing information on what route to take to heal the body of the nasty cancer.

These days medical scientists are accepting that meditation has many great health benefits and even has the ability to heal sickness.

Dr. Dodds's EBook, called Threatened by Cancer? Meditation does help comes with 2 Guided meditation CD's!

1. A Purification Guided Meditation

The first meditation is a clearing and healing meditation. It's an excellent meditation for supporting healing in the body and helping to clear those parts of life that cause difficulty. Maybe they are traumas from childhood or aspects relationships which are not working well and causing pain and discomfort.

**This guided meditation is excellent for using the mind to clear the body of cancerous tumours and other forms of disease**.

2. A Loving Kindess Guided Meditation

This is an excellent meditation for increasing the love and good feeling in one's life. The meditation can be directed at one's self , family and friends and people you work with. It can also be directed towards people you have difficulty with. Love is the healer!

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There are a lot of guided meditation CD's out there. You want a good quality audio's that use binaural beats and brain wave technology to get you into states of alpha, delta and theta. The reason being is the meditation brainwave pattern is a combination of alpha, delta and theta. Theta brainwaves are are those which contribute to the meditation experience. Theta brain waves reveal the subconscious stuff inside of you like creatvity, different talents, hurts and make you aware of your own behavior. Via alpha & delta brainwaves the awareness of the subconscious is bought to the surface, thus allowing you to recognise who you really are.

Just think of all the things you do unconsciously. You may think that's just the way life operates. When you become aware you will stop doing the things that are sabotaging your success and happiness. Nobody consciously carries on inflicting pain onto themselves unless they are seriously mentally disabled.

A good quality guided meditation CD must offer more than just pretty music and sound effects. It should involve brainwave technology that takes you into a true meditative experience.

I have been using holosnyc for a long time. The programme is so structured that it takes you to deeper levels of alpha to delta slowly. You can compare it to exercising. You don't immediately run a marathon if you've never trained before. You slowly train your body daily. Gradually you build up on your strength and fitness until you are ready to run a marathon.

Holosync does that it, first takes you into alpha, then immerses you ever deeper. What I love about holosync is that the first 30 minutes is titled The Dive. You should listen to this for 14 days before you get into Immersion which is also 30 minutes. So all in all it's 1 hour of meditation.

I personally listened to awakeing prologue for 3 months before I moved on to my next level, Awakening Level 1. The subsequent levels take about 5 months to go through because the immersion levels also get deeper. So you listen to The Dive as usual and then to Immersion but after about 5 weeks when you feel that immersion isn't quite doing what it does to your brain when you first began listening you move on to Immersion 1.5. There's 4 CD's in each level. It goes up to 12 levels and takes you about 5 to years to go through all of them, if you are meditating as Bill Harris, the founder of Holosync recommends.

I've tried just about every guided meditation cd on the market. I find that on most of the programmes the music always irritates me at some point. After all music is man made and not every one likes the same. Even if the CDs have brainwave technology in the background I wish they would just keep the "cover up sounds" simple. That's what I love about Holosync, no kitschy musical sounds over chirping birds. Only rain and tibetan bells in The Dive and pure Rain for Immersion. Also if you so desire, you can have your own subliminal affirmations embedded into the technology. By the way the Audiofonix quality is excellent. (Be sure to use good headphones). You feel like you are sitting in the rain, without getting wet.

I'll admit the programme is not cheap it costs $179, 00 for awakening prologue only. You listen to that for 3 months and move onto the next level which costs about $250,00. Some people in the mind community say Bill Harris is greedy for asking for so much money. In all honesty I'm perfectly happy to pay because as I say I've tried almost every thing and know that this is good guided meditation material.

I know new guided meditation CD's are continually being released onto the market. I often go check out their websites but truthfully it leaves me cold, especially when I get to hear the sample audio. But hey just because it doesn't feel right for me, doesn't mean that you won't benefit from it. I'm just telling you what I think.

Besides I really appreciate the customer support which Bill Harris offers. You get free coaching - you can just call up and get help. Because believe me shit happens as repressed emotions start surfacing. Interesting. I love the ride. Actually I remember when I was on Awakeining Prologue and I had a phase where i was totally forgetful and kept dropping things. Then a support letter came and it said exactly that these things may be happening. It's only because your brain is readjusting to the new neural pathways that are being formed due to the intense meditation you're under going. Think of exercising - your muscles hurt when you first get serious about exercising - but they get used to the programme - then you train a bit more intensely and you get to feel them being worked again. So it is with the brain.

Plus Bill offers a free online course when you get Holosync. The online course really got me thinking about my values, dreams, hopes, aspirations and what I really want out of life, financially and emotionally. And I especially enjoy Bill's attitude, there is no fancy schmancy esoteric or law of attraction, come "The Secret" stuff even though he was featured in The Secret. He's lectures and talks which you get to hear are grounded and based on reality, not "magical thinking" as Bill likes to call it.

So as you must have realised by now I'm totally enthuisastic about Holosync as the ultimate guided meditation CD. And I'm wondering if I should even bother giving you a review of other programes such as The Meditation Program. Don't get me wrong it's good value for money -it has all the binaural beats and brainwave technology. But as I said I get irritated by the music, which doesn't mean you will. Infact it could very well be the perfect program for you. After all you can buy the download version for 85 bucks or the CD version for a 125 dollars, and that includes all 8 levels. Which makes it a ton cheaper than Holosync. And Hale Carton is also one of the good guys and also offers full online support.

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Sennheiser HD-555 Audiophile Headphones

When listening to guided meditation CD's you really need an excellent pair of headphones which feature a wide frequency response range. Have a rich sound, are comfortable and durable. Remember that a good meditation programme like Holosync has deep carrier frequencies which a normal plug earphone won't be able to transmit.

If you've been listening to audio with no-name headphones to save money, I advise you to invest in a branded pair like sennheiser. You'll be amazed at the difference a good pair of headphones will make when listening to guided meditation CD's.