This is a double CD with four mediation exercises destined to develop your empathy with other human beings (yourself, family members or friends, people we know superficially, and humankind in general).
The CDs are accompanied by an leaflet explaining the different exercises.
Bodhipaksa's voice is simply wonderful. His pacing, his tone and the lack of music help the listener to enter a soft estate of meditation necessary to practice the different exercises of empathy (love and kindness, compassion, joy and Equanimity) and open your heart to the world out there. Moreover, it is extremely relaxing.
Those people who like music in the background might not like it, but I find that true meditation is only possible with silence and a good "guru".
Easy to follow meditation-relaxation CD without the religious mambo-jumbo. The introduction is very short an and tells you in 8 minutes what yoga nidra is all about, and the other four parts are the exercises of relaxation; you can do them all together, or just two by two. The narrator's voice is very soothing, without music of any sort. I think the lack of music is a virtue as you focus on the exercise not on the music, and facilitates awareness. It certainly achieves what it preaches: deep relaxation similar to the one you get when entering sleep. To be honest my body started to react, physically, as when entering sleep, with my muscles kicking on their own and relaxing almost from the beginning. Most recommended to manage stress or simply to relax or to sleep (which is a contradiction!).
The only down of the CD is the poor quality of the sound, especially clear in the 10 silent minutes includes almost at the end.
