Body Scan: Managing Pain, Illness, and Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation

Features

• Audio CD
• Published by: Breathworks December 1, 2005
• ISBN 10 Number: 0955012007
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0955012006
• Book Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 ounces

Product Review
A friend who is bed-bound with severe back pain told me that these CDs were "the best." -- Marlene Eltschig, Germany

The Body Scan has become part of my daily (and nightly) routine. It grounds and 'recharges' me. -- Collette Walsh, a writer and journalist who has lived with rheumatoid arthritis for 16 years.

Product Description
The Body Scan is a meditation practice that helps us to develop habits of greater ease and awareness of the body. Adopting a comfortable posture (lying down or sitting) we 'scan' through the whole body with our awareness, using the breath to 'let go' of areas of pain and/or tension.

This CD contains two body-scan meditations of different lengths. Body-scan meditation is a mindfulness practice that anyone can do while lying in bed or any other flat surface. The meditation directs attention to various parts of the body, bringing awareness and openness to the sensations that are experienced. By bringing awareness to these different areas, you'll begin to experience a relaxing of the muscles and joints, allowing you to be more fully present and at ease in your body.

Reader Reviews
I love this CD!!! Its amazing to have at my fingertips a tool that I can use to prompt me to take "time out" from the day (and activities), in confidence that I will return to it with more awareness of and connection with my mind and body after doing the practice. I sometimes use it as a "stop-gap" between doing one thing then the next, and can choose whether to do it for twenty or forty minutes. Sometimes, I just feel tired and lie down thinking its for twenty minutes but once I'm there, realise that its one of the kindest things I could do for myself - and keep lying on after its finished playing! I don't remember giving myself the permission to do that prior to using the CD (probably cos it was very rare for me to go just lie on my bed!). Now it's a real treat - one to which I can give myself fully, and after doing so, I'm more wholly present to the rest of my experience(/my life?!). I don't have loads of money, but I can safely say that this has been my best value-for-money CD ever, based on the amount of times I've played it, the quality of my "listening experience", and its endurance factor - cos I'll still be using it years from now. Hope this helps anyone unsure about trying this CD. But don't just take my word for it - decide for yourself!!