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Summary: Boring and not enough actual practice
Review: I guess if one had never heard of imagery or guided relaxation, all the talking and talking about it would be of value. I expected more guided meditations, imagery, whatever, than this provided. It was mostly discussion and explanation and very, very little guided imagery. And the little of that that was found was done by Dr. Rossman. (See next paragraph for why I think that's bad.) I also just spent $60 for 5 CD's with about 15 guided meditations of Dr. Rossman for healing cancer from within. (From his web site) While these WERE actually all meditations, the fact is that each one is almost exactly identical, except for a small piece in the middle of each. I feel that when you've heard one of Dr. Rossman's meditation tapes, you've heard 'em all!
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Summary: Boring and not enough actual practice
Review: I guess if one had never heard of imagery or guided relaxation, all the talking and talking about it would be of value. I expected more guided meditations, imagery, whatever, than this provided. It was mostly discussion and explanation and very, very little guided imagery. And the little of that that was found was done by Dr. Rossman. (See next paragraph for why I think that's bad.) I also just spent $60 for 5 CD's with about 15 guided meditations of Dr. Rossman for healing cancer from within. (From his web site) While these WERE actually all meditations, the fact is that each one is almost exactly identical, except for a small piece in the middle of each. I feel that when you've heard one of Dr. Rossman's meditation tapes, you've heard 'em all!
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Summary: wonderful and helpful every time!
Review: I have been practicing and guiding imagery meditation since I first learned this amazing technique from Dr. Irving Oyle in 1978--and I have found Dr. Rossman's tapes and CD's to be without question the most comforting and helpful that I have heard. Dr. Rossman's warm, caring voice conveys his wonderful personality even through a recorded guided meditation, and it is even better to learn about this technique by listening to him than by reading his excellent books (which I also recommend very much). His conversation with Dr. Weil is uplifting as well as informative, even to those of us who have "heard it before", and I can imagine it will represent an incredible opportunity for people who are new to imagery and wanting to learn more. I have learned something new each time I have listened to these CD's, and the experiential sections are just wonderful. Highly recommended!
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Summary: The world's most soothing voice?
Review: I have been using Marty Rossman's audios, initially for self-help, but eventually to help my clients as well, for over a decade. Just as I did, clients often need considerable repetition before they can internalize his intonation and phrasing. Anything new from Marty is a must-have for me. Do yourself a favor--learn to talk to yourself the way he "talks" to you on this CD. Your life will change.
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Summary: A wonderful tool for health and healing
Review: I was very impressed with this 2 CD set! It offered a great review of the thinking behind how imagery works, from two of the most respected and knowledgeable physicians in the field of Integrative Medicine. I have training in Interactive Guided Imagery, and have used it with my children (ages 5 through 14yrs)as well as myself and my patients (critically ill children and their families). This set is invaluable to me and I have recommended it to many patients and friends...ALL with positive responses once they have listened to the CDs. The guided sessions with Dr. Rossman are soothing and applicable for use in many areas. This set is well worth having as a practitioner aid, but even more importantly, as a tool for anyone to use to promote their own health and well-being.
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Summary: Solid foundation, useful building blocks, practical modeling
Review: On the first CD, Drs. Weil and Rossman present a nicely threaded conversational discussion of the current conceptions underlying approaches to mind/body healing. For the new listener it is very informative and inviting, for the experienced listener it is reinforcing and encouraging. The second CD provides three guided imagery exercises designed to elicit and experience the concepts of safe personal place, inner healing wisdom, and facing symptoms or problems with a creative exploration for solution. Dr. Rossman's voice is very soothing and patient, fostering a sense of invitation and permissive guiding. While the three relaxation induction sequences are repetitive due to being identical, they should be viewed and understood as discrete experiences which normally would not be done back to back. Relaxation and meditation are best mastered through repetition and consistency. For those of us more experienced it is sometimes difficult to allow ourselves the opportunity to go the way of an other, and will be challenged with overcoming our own critical resistance. The principle imagery experience and learning to be gained from each sequence, beyond the relaxation induction itself, comes from the personal place imagery recruitment, inviting and meeting a representation of our inner healing wisdom, and creating a symptom/problem/solution dialogue. These pieces are each very nicely constructed and contain a wealth of practical modeling points for the kinds of words and phrasing that can be used to optimize seeking, and thus, open to the creative healing wisdom that lies within.
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Summary: Author's Reply
Review: Unfortunately, Ms. Garza's review is at odds with the great deal of feedback we've received about this two-disk introductory set. One CD is a conversation between Dr. Weil and me about the mechanisms and uses of mind/body healing and the second disk features over an hour of guided imagery processes for self-healing. On Fighting Cancer from Within, my 5-CD set for people facing cancer, she is correct that I made all the relaxation inductions the same, because they work best via repetition, but the imagery opportunities and suggestions featured in the middle sections each address particular challenges from different phases of the cancer journey. We also have a full refund policy if for any reason someone doesn't like any self-help guide they purchase from us.
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