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Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression |  | Artist: PhD. Elisha Goldstein
Label: Mindful Solution Series
Category: Music
Buy New: $16.95
as of 9/10/2010 19:59 CDT details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 41694
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 804879097426
EAN: 0804879097426
ASIN: B000XHFPDM
Release Date: September 27, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | What is Mindfulness? | | • | Mindfulness, Stress, Anxiety, and Depression | | • | The Four Ways | | • | Taste of Mindfulness | | • | Meditation for the Body | | • | Meditation for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression | | • | Keeping the Practice Going |
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 "Like lying on the side of a river watching the debris float on by...so, too, can we observe the happenings of the mind" April 7, 2010
mwreview (Northern California, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This meditation CD focuses on the concept of mindfulness. Mindfulness is being connected to the present moment. Unlike most meditation CDs, the listener must give these exercises his or her full attention. The listener is not encouraged to fall asleep and is often reminded to reign in focus if the mind begins to wander. The key is to pay attention to day-to-day activities, even mundane ones like taking a shower or eating a meal. People often miss out on little experiences because their minds are constantly cluttered with anxieties, worries, anticipation and other things that can lead to stress. Mindfulness practices are designed to help people get control of their minds. This CD is over 79 minutes, so you definitely get your money's worth, but other CDs have used the meditation techniques used here without the "mindfulness" tag, so I question the usefulness of this CD outside of the concept itself.
The first three tracks are introductions to what mindfulness is and the ways it can be practiced. At one point, Dr. Goldstein lists vocabulary words pertaining to emotions. He says that people sometimes confuse thoughts with emotions which masks the true emotion. Negative self-talk can, therefore, be confused with facts. The vocabulary of emotions did not strike me as being all that useful as finding a word to describe an emotion does not, to me, seem that significant of a difficulty. Goldstein also describes six ways of thinking that can lead to stress and anxiety: catastrophizing ("what if..."), emphasizing the negative, mind reading, trying to be the eternal expert (always having to be right), thinking one knows how people should act/behave (leading to anger at others or guilt over one's self), and blaming by holding others responsible for one's pain or blaming one's self for the pain of others. Goldstein states that it is best to approach rather than ignore negative emotions.
There are three meditation exercises ranging from 5 minutes, 17 minutes and 24 minutes in length. In the introduction to them, the listener is guided to breath through the belly. This technique is used in many meditation and anti-anxiety CDs. The listener is also encouraged to recognize thoughts and emotions as they come and go and understand that they are not permanent. The point is also to focus on the meditation exercises and keep the mind, that is bound to wander, on the present moment.
The first and shortest meditation focuses on belly breathing. There are many silent segments in this and the other two sessions. There are also long silent moments after each "ding" that indicates a new track, which is a little annoying. The second session shifts to physical sensations of the body which has long pauses as Goldstein guides you through different parts of the body. Again, this technique is used in many other anti-stress CDs. The final and longest meditation session is also designed to notice sensations of the body (though it does not go specifically through the body parts). About mid-point through the exercise, Goldstein has you ask yourself if you feel safe enough to continue. I am not sure what that was all about as it is basically the same type of exercise as the other two sessions and it doesn't change much from that point on.
In sum, I am intrigued by the concept of mindfulness for relieving stress, but I think more innovative ways could be found in presenting this idea on a CD. Instead of the belly breathing and focus on the body parts that is so often used in these types of CDs, I wish other techniques were tried. Maybe during the silent moments, the listener could be guided to listen for sounds or how the air feels, etc. Not just internal things but external things as well since we are supposed to concentrate on the moment. There are probably other, more unique ways to teach mindfulness on CD. I think the concept is important, but the techniques have been done before.
 A little fast.... October 21, 2009
Amy (Maine, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the information on the CD but find the person speaks a little quickly. I find that I have to really concentrate to process. I'll have to listen to it again to see what I missed.
Great For Calming An Anxiety Attack July 24, 2009
Susan Livingstone (San Francisco, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The best thing about this audio is Dr. Goldstein's voice. Just listening to him speak was instrumental in calming me when I could feel the stress mounting. He has a warm, soothing, chocolatey brown sort of voice that helps you focus on what he's saying, which is great, because what he says makes a lot of sense.
I used it as a tool to help get rid of panic attacks, and it made a difference. Great for daily mediation exercises, if you do those, and helps you relax physically as well. Good info, pleasure to listen to, highly recommended.
 Soothing and helpful on so many levels June 14, 2009
Andrew Chase (LA,CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
THis CD is excellent. I have been looking for a CD to help me with my meditation and mindfulness practice and Dr. Elisha Goldstein's voice and ideas were extremely insightful and soothing. I felt really relaxed and accepting of myself and my situation each time I listened to it. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who has any issues with anxiety or depression or really every day chaos. I look forward to hearing more of his work and following Dr. Goldstein's success.
Very helpful stress reducer June 12, 2009
E. davis (wasington, dc)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dr. Goldstein's solutions for stress reduction has greatly increased my ability to relax and fall asleep. I have anxiety and have a hard time calming down. This CD teaches techniques that are very useful and calming.
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