Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Your Present: A Half Hour of Peace
Book Review: Not as wonderful
Summary: 3 Stars
Before deciding what relaxation audio to buy, I read the reviews on this page and based my decision on them. The CD is not as great or magical as described by some of the other reviewers; it certainly does not make me fall asleep. And it really does not help you relax. Maybe the reviewers *believe* or *sense* that the CD helps them relax since you are sitting still or laying down with your eyes closed for thirty minutes. And that is relaxing. But then you can do that without purchasing this CD. Book Review: not quite a sleeper
Summary: 2 Stars
This is the standard guided imagery stuff, from head to toe. You know the drill. "Feel your little toe: tense and relax. Ahhh - there. Isn't that wonderful?" And so on all the way u[ to the top of your head. It is distinguished from other similar products on relaxation only by the somewhat artifical and condescending voice of Mantell. Honestly, the coyness and honey dripping from her lips are more effective of keeping you awake than in encouraging relaxation. Her voice encourages you to lie there and wonder if she is for real, and soon your mind is going a mile a minute trying to remember if you have ever heard anyone else with such cloying vocal qualities. If you like being talked to as if you were a child, especially one looking for sympathy, then this CD is for you.Book Review: The perfect blend of soothing female voice and music
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the fourth addition to my collection of calming CDs--I find them great substitutes for medication.
This CD is my first with female voice and also the first with music.
The combination is very effective--the speaker is very re-assuring and supportive, which adds greatly to the overall effect. Her voice is so very comforting. I imagine her massaging my temples as she speaks. I have never made it to the end of the CD without falling asleep.
Highly recommended.
Book Review: It seems everyone else likes this, but I was disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I couldn't stand listening to this woman's voice. There was just something about the way she whispered to me like a 5 year old telling me a secret. It just drove me crazy and was definitely anything but relaxing.
I'm glad it is working for other people, but personally I just couldn't stand it.
Book Review: Even I can learn to relax!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great stress buster! I wish I'd discovered this sooner. A half hour a day for the past 2 weeks is all it took, and I'm already feeling calmer and more in control of my life.