Guided relaxation CDs & tapes

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Relax and Release - Tina Everett
Track one combines gentle 'tense and release' relaxation with breathing exercises and imagining muscles becoming warm and heavy. It ends with a brief visualisation and I the way several different techniques are used to create a very complete relaxation, Relax and Release. 14 minutes. Track two repeats track 1, then adds a visualisation taking you through a rainbow of natural colours: from a field of red poppies to an expanse of purple heather. 27 minutes, with music.
£7.50 (CD £9.95) + delivery from The Inner Bookshop, t 01865 245301. £1.40 p&p £2.75 shipping * choose 'surface mail' delivery as tapes/CDs go air mail for this price.

Imagery for Relaxation - Dr Duncan Johnson
These two visualisations have been used to help people with heart disease to relax. The first takes you to a beach where you enjoy the sights and sounds of the sea and imagine yourself breathing in and out with the movement of the waves breaking on the shore - a wonderfully relaxing exercise ( Imagery for Rlxn 1). The second visualisation transports you to a beautiful garden; from here you take a balloon trip and drift through the sky. With both tracks the emphasis is on helping you create your own scene rather than describing one in detail: Imagery for Rlxn 2. Very hypnotic music on both tracks, each 20 minutes long. Comes with a booklet giving relaxation advice.
Tape £9.20, CD £13, both + p&p: £2.50, Europe £2.90, Worldwide £4 - from The British Holistic Medical Association, t +44 (0)1278 722000.
* Special offer! * To buy this CD for £13 inc P&P please contact the BHMA on +44 (0)1278 722000 or email admin @ bhma.org and quote calming.org. Many thanks to the BHMA for its generosity.

Deep Relaxation - Andrew Johnson
I love the wonderfully slow tempo as the narrator leads you through releasing muscle tension, relaxing your breathing and into a visualisation, using self hypnosis. You just let yourself slip slowly, lazily, into deep relaxation. 40 minutes, with music and sounds of the sea, Deep Relaxation.
Where to buy: Special Offer! Use the button below to buy the CD direct at a special reduced price of only £10 inc. shipping. Or visit Andrew's website, where you can buy an mp3 download for £8.99. t +44(0)1292 88 66 99. Andrew's Boosting your Confidence CD also contains a beautiful 15-minute relaxation.

Deep Relaxation £10 inc. P&P worldwide

Complete Relaxation - Glenn Harrold
This hypnosis session combines a gentle relaxation of the body with calming suggestions and wonderfully soothing stereo effects ( Complete Relaxation), including sounds of the sea. Side Two is a visualisation that starts in a lovely garden, then leads you to a beach. Each side 25 minutes. See the Amazon links below for more reviews. Diviniti has more information, including  samples, on other tapes in the series: I like Guided Meditation (for its Healing White Light relaxation) and Creating Inner Peace & Calm.
CD £varies + a hefty £3.23 p&p from Amazon (also in some book stores); Amazon.com, Amazon.ca. Or direct from Diviniti, t 01732 220 373: tapes £8.95, CDs £11.95 p&p £1.60 (UK)/£3 (worldwide).

Seashore Sunset - Judy Cooper, narrated by Alan Roberton
I fell asleep the first time I played this tape. After mentally relaxing each part of the body, you imagine yourself afloat in an old sailing boat on a warm sunny afternoon. You sail into a lovely bay, land and walk along a coastal path until you find a place to relax and watch the sun slowly setting over the sea, Seashore Sunset. With wonderfully peaceful music and sounds of the sea, 30 minutes. Side two has music and sea sounds but no narration so that you can create own visualisation. One of a series of eight 'Nature's Way' tapes.
Tapes £6.95/CDs £11.95 + delivery from Dawn Awakening, t 01803 864822. £1 p&p per order, £1 shipping for a single item - at cost for multiple items (email for details).

Focused Relaxation - Eli Bay
This relaxation is all about letting go of tension as you slowly sweep your mind through each part of the body. And as the tension releases, the relaxation flows in. Closes with a visualisation, sunning yourself on a beach as the sun glistens on the ocean beyond. Focused Relaxation. 25 minutes. The other side of the tape gives an overview of stress and how to handle it. Comes on the CD 'Let Go': track one is Focused Relaxation, track two is Cortical Relaxation - another excellent guided relaxation.
Prices in $Cdn ($1Cdn=US$0.75/£0.40, approx) Tapes $12.95, CDs $21.95 + delivery from The Relaxation Response Institute. Delivery: $6 CD/$7 tape; $3.50, + taxes; $4 CD/$6 tape.

Well Being Relaxation
A 15-minute gentle tense and release programme (also known as progressive relaxation) with some very peaceful music; side 2 is music only [or try a longer progressive relaxation]. Autogenic Relaxation: after relaxing your breathing you imagine each part of your body in turn as heavy and warm which, in combination with the music, creates a very mellow experience, Autogenic Relaxation; 15 minutes. Side 2 has some gentle stretching exercises, which can be done standing or sitting.
Tapes £3.50 (CDs £6.50) + delivery from Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust (who also have  2-minute long, hifi samples): p&p £1; shipping £1.50 per item.

Relaxation Tape Three - Diana Lampen
It's Diana's soft and calming manner that makes this such a good relaxation. She takes you slowly through your body, slowly relaxing each part in turn with the help of your breath. A brief visualisation follows, and then the tape plays out with relaxing music. Side two has another relaxation of your body, with optional 'tensing and releasing' of muscles ( Relaxation Tape 3), followed by a lovely visualisation of a seashore sunset and music. 30 minutes each side. Also see her Guided Meditations tape.
Tape £6, CD £8 - both inc. p&p worldwide from Diana Lampen.

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