Though less than an hour long, this meditation guide not only relaxes, but also creates an enduring residue of calmness, in part through KRS Edstrom's voice. The program guides listeners through muscle relaxation and emotional letting-go, and for that purpose Edstrom’s imagery is both appealing and effective. While being directed to loosen one muscle group after the other, listeners hear enough references to the mind-body connection and the personal change process to satisfy even those who have trouble taming their intellects into submission. Between these ideas, the various counting-down relaxation maneuvers, and the tastefully placed music, this a program that people at all levels of constriction or overactivity will be able to warm up to.      -  AudioFile Magazine

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The soft, deep tones of the author's voice are well suited to this brief lesson on managing externally caused stress. Her voice is calming and seems to slow everything down. Accompanied throughout by new age music, she guides our awareness of where in our bodies we experience such stressors as loud noises. By focusing on those body areas, we can stop denying stress and enjoy more physical calmness, more satisfying relationships, and more success with our goals and obligations. Edstrom's meditations are pleasingly vivid and sensual--just what you need when driving frantically to get to a meeting on time. Her concise insights on stress are among the most cogent and inviting on audio.      -  AudioFile Magazine

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KRS Edstrom's Inner Mastery programs are well-crafted blends of her silky voice, calming background music, and intuitive insights on how we experience stress with our entire bodies. Using her voice to good effect, she offers two guided meditations that soothe, center, and relax the deepest parts of ourselves. The intended results are calmer breathing, improved awareness of tension in the body, and a natural awareness of how to relax the mind and body when we want to. As a primer on how to engage one's stress and manage it better, and as a rejuvenating resource, few relaxation programs sound as inviting.     -  AudioFile Magazine

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This and apparently all of the six audio programs in the author's Inner Master Series use mindfulness of the present moment (vipassana) as the basic therapeutic tool--in this example to promote the type of intense relaxation that helps people fall asleep. The two short meditations on the audio involve breathing exercises and vivid instructions to focus on releasing tension from specific parts of the body. It's a visceral, nonintellectual approach to insomnia, so it might not help if it's a difficult marriage or job stress that's keeping you awake. The author's voice is exceptionally well-suited for this kind of audio--smooth, gentle, and curiously well-connected to her listeners.     -  AudioFile Magazine

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