I had no idea what to expect since I'd never listened to Bernie Siegel before, but I thought I'd give him a try. I was very surprised these meditations reduced me to tears. I had no idea these were inner child work. I downloaded this from the library - so I only had their description to go on. I turned on my Zen, laid down on my comfy bed, closed my eyes, listened to the sound of Bernie's soulful voice, and before I knew it, I was in tears. Wow! I didn't know what hit me!
I didn't have much fathering as a kid, and what I did have was VERY poor. I sure would've loved a dad. Bernie sure does have that appealing dad voice. The kid inside me - who I didn't even know was so "there", climbed up in this guys lap and didn't want to get down! Or grow up...hey kid - you're supposed to be driving a car! Oh well, plenty of time for that. I'm a good visualizer, and I found these to be REALLY good meditations. I'm going to be doing more of his meditations - that's for sure!
I'm not real new to this, I'm a pretty seasoned meditator. I'm in the process right now of getting my certification in medical and dental hypnosis - I want to do work with kids in particular.
Because of some physical pain that I can't seem to manage any other way, I do a lot of meditation, guided imagery, yoga nidra, mindfulness meditation - which is my least fav - I admit I like to be entertained, I love BMV audio by Mark Vanderkeere - which are completely awesome! They're an incredible "experience". My favorite is the remote perception CD - you feel like you're somewhere else. I've done Ron Stubbs guided visualzation and hypnosis - both very good - you feel like you're in the presence of someone very loving and accepting - never any judgements! I love Deepak Chopra - his voice, his accent - he sounds like such a kind, loving, and gentle soul. I could listen to him 24/7 for days on end.
I also do a lot of hypnosis - and in my experience the best I've come across is the UK's Glenn Harrold, but when Mark Vanderkeere comes out with his quantum hypnosis CD's I'm sure they'll be awesome too. Brian Weiss is excellent - one of my favorites - his voice is so gentle and kind - I just love him. His book Many Lives, Many Masters brought me into a whole new realm of meditation. Linda Otto's sensual hypnosis series for men and women is absolutely beautiful, and very, very sensual.
John Holland's meditations are very good, and he is just amazing - and so knowledgeable. Ken Cohen is amazing to listen to if one is interested in Qigong. Osho is utterly incredible - he never ceases to teach me something new. I just can't get enough of his philosophies. Silva exercises are very, very good - you just float away it seems, but you can do it w/o spending gobbs of $$, although the program is excellent - I'm not knocking it.
I got carried away there - just love meditation. I will be definitely be doing more of Bernie's - and if you have any suggestions for other good ones for me, please let me know!
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