Meditations for Everyday Mindfulness

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About the Artist
Beryl Bender Birch is the best-selling author of Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga and one of the most popular yoga teachers in the US. Beryl coined the term "power yoga" in the late 80's (along with Bryan Kest) as a way for "western minds" to relate to the (then obscure) ancient practice of astanga yoga, which she had already been teaching for 10 years. She is the founder/director of The Hard & The Soft Astanga Yoga Institute in New York City, East Hampton, and Vermont and has been practicing yoga since l971. Beryl began training teachers in l980 and is widely admired for her accessible and down to earth style and her passion for practice. In 2000 Beryl was named one of seven American women "innovators shaping yoga today." She currently writes the asana column for Yoga Journal.

Product Description
Yoga Masters Meditation Series audio programs are powerful guided meditations led by teachers from the most respected Yoga schools in the world. Their words, energized by deep personal experience, will lead both novice and experienced practitioner into deeper states of peace, insight, and awakening.

Yoga pioneer and best-selling author Beryl Bender Birch will guide you through her favorite meditation programs, helping you to relax, focus, and be more mindful of whatever you are doing, not just during yoga class or meditation, but throughout the day, every day. Based on principles from a variety of meditative traditions Beryl's guidance offers a practice for quieting and focusing your mind, gaining a greater awareness of your "self," and connecting you with the present moment - where the true joys of life are lived.

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Meditations for Everyday Mindfulness

Average customer rating:

One of The Best

This is the best meditation cd I've yet found.

Very Pleased

Meditations for Everyday Mindfulness
Beryl Bender Birch
Manufacturer: Relaxation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0001ZMWZA
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

Introduction To Everyday Mindfulness
How To Chant OM
Japa Yoga: Chanting The Mantra OM
Pranayama: Conscious Breathing
Tonglen: The Practice Of Sending And Receiving

Album Description

Yoga Masters Meditation Series audio programs are powerful guided meditations led by teachers from the most respected Yoga schools in the world. Their words, energized by deep personal experience, will lead both novice and experienced practitioner into deeper states of peace, insight, and awakening.

Customer Reviews:

One of The Best.......2006-12-24

This audio lives up to the promises contained on the advertisement and delivers. I've followed Beryl for years and the products she puts out are often time concise yet practical. The audio is easily acessible by noice and advance alike. Ever so wise Beryl makes it perfectly clear shat there is no right way to meditate. She explains that some of us respond to quiet mediation and some of us especially novice to more guided. I like a mixture of both.

There is a brief explanation on being mindful enough that you understand but not too much that your lost in translation or new agey. Of the three meditations you are encouraged to use the one that fits more in tune with your soul spirit and use the others sparingly or on occasion. The OM chant was incredible for me followed by the mindful breathe. The last did not register with me but hey such is the spice of life, I am sure somewhere the opposite rings true for someone else.

You will not get the melodic or mood music normally associated with meditation audios. Rather you get Beryl's voice and some light sound in the background, which never distracts you.

When used mindfully your energy and awarness will no doubt be on the up and up. Or if your too much energy as yours truly it will balance you out!

This is the best meditation cd I've yet found........2006-10-05

I used to meditate but haven't done it for years, and wanted to teach my wife how to meditate so we can start doing it together.

I surveyed literally about a dozen meditation tapes from the library, and most of them had something or another that I did not like. Some have really cheesy and prominent synthesizer "music" in the background. Those got rejected right away.

Some were good guided meditations but they either talked too much during the meditation or their voices were annoying - one had a weird accent, and one spoke in that awful condescending tone that some new agers take on when teaching, you know, all "soft" and "fuzzy" instead of just talking normally but in a relaxing way.

So this cd actually shows you 3 major forms of meditation that are often used. The teacher has studied with famous meditators and spiritual guides, so she knows what she's talking about.

She does talk quite a bit through the meditations but when you're a beginner you need this, to learn to remember to come back to the meditation and not let your thoughts run wild. That would be my only complaint here, that she talks a little too much for me, but it's okay as I said because this is a learning experience. If it were an actual meditation, all we would need is a bell saying "start meditating now" and another bell to mark the end, with 5-10-20 min. of silence in between. (I actually saw one like this for sale! I don't know why the person would not just buy a timer!)

Anyway, this cd teaches you the proper way to chant "Om" or "Aum" and then guides you through a meditation where you chant "Aum". Chanting is good for many people as it's a bit easier than just being "completely quiet". I think it's a good way to start "Sitting" or "Practicing" as the Buddhists call it.

The next meditation she teaches you is to just follow your breath in and out. This is a very good meditation, just make sure you breathe deep, down in your abdomen, not in your chest like many people breathe. Your belly should go in and out as you breathe.

The last one is a meditation of breathing in pain and suffering and breathing it out in order to heal yourself.

All are excellent meditations and this was way better than any of the other 11 or so I tried.

See my other reviews for some of the clunkers I found.

Very Pleased.......2004-07-30

I am so pleased with the results I have received from this Cd

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