Guided Meditation Audio offers great help in the implementation of meditation. The practice of meditation offering many benefits (watch the video on Guided Meditation Audio: Research and Benefits) more and more people turn towards that ancient practice.
Quieting the mind, and turning the attention inward could however be challenging for the modern woman or man, who is so used to thinking (worries, trying to control life). Guided meditation helps to canalize the attention back onto the breath and the body.
Here are 6 popular guided meditation audios (paid and free) that you can explore. They are best sellers and/or highly visited sites.
1. Fragrant Heart – Heart Centered Meditation
This site offers free and paid audio recording of meditations. It combines music and guiding voice.
Plus: Wide choice of free samples.
Minus: Meditations are short and don’t give you enough time to let go.
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2. 1 Hour Meditation
This site has been created by a yoga instructor who has been working with thousands of students over several years. It offers 3 meditation audios for beginners: 1 Hr Meditation; Eliminate Stress; Deep Sleep
Plus: Offers Quality Audio that can be played on any device; Focused on beginners; competitive rates for professionally created guided meditation audio.
Minus: Samples audios are too short.
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3. Learn How To Meditate with Anhol Mehta
This site offers a program including videos and meditation techniques such as Zen Meditation, Mantra Meditation, and Mind Meditation.
Plus: Visual support offered by videos are a plus; full support for duration of training.
Minus: Fees higher than average.
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4. Tara Brach
Tara blends western psychology and eastern spiritual practices in her teachings. Her site offers paid products and free recordings.
Plus: Her smart mix of psychology and meditation
Minus: Her voice may not be warm and soothing enough (as in the other sites reviewed) to help letting go during the session.
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5. Meditation Power
This site is different from the previous ones as it uses isochronic music support. This type of music helps the brain to relax.
Plus: helpful for people that have a hard time concentrating as it ‘works’ just by listening to it; professional site with a wide choice of audio meditation.
Minus: Short free samples; the music may sounds ‘strange’ the first few listening sessions.
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6. The Healing Waterfall
This site offers guided meditation through CDS and MP3 and guided imagery to help meditate and relax. Winner of Reader’s Choice 2012.
Plus: High quality of recordings; large choice; low prices.
Minus: no minuses found yet (please feel free to share your experience in the comment section).
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I hope that you found this review useful and more importantly that you will explore the sites and use them to help you in your meditation.