Not yoga nidra. Only music.
922848
The MP3 I dowloaded is all music. Not yoga nidra, which is a spoken word, guided meditation.
1173427
I'm not a fan of yoga and this DVD did nothing to change that.  I didn't like the poses and didn't feel like it was helpful or enjoyable.  I've just gotten by with looking up prenatal yoga poses and doing them myself.
273365
I have been searching for more Tibetan music since Seven Metals and have been consistently led astray by choice snippets on other albums. Unfortunately, this album has an overly electronic sound to it and several edgy, irritating cuts. The first song is the best of the album! The rest are anything but "meditative".

If you are looking for relaxing music, skip the electronics and listen to real temple bowls.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Seven-Metals-Singing-Bowls-of-Tibet/dp/B00004THCW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Seven Metals Singing Bowls of Tibet</a>
788791
Really wish I hadn't spent the money. It's just Dyer chanting and it's not peaceful or pleasant to listen to. There are much better meditation CDs out there. This one comes across creepy. I'd recommend Bernie Siegel or Belleruth Naparstek.
1474777
Yoga is about so much more than excersize. To the man down there with his sad review, Yoga means to YOKE to be in union with GOD. The asanas were brought to the West and now it is just an exercise routine to you and millions of others. Asana means simple this - SEAT. Seat to meditate with God. How dare you call people who may not do 500 asana a day "armchair yogis". That is highly offensive! I suggest you do your research SIR before you go babbling bad reviews, as this author is one of the most sought after yoga and related topics authors! Yoga is about much more than Patanjali's methods of stretching to prepare yogis for meditation. Which apparently you don't do, its obvious.. so you will NEVER recieve the true benefits. Youre just going thru the motions if you are only doing asana for exercise or you think its cool. You will not gain anything but a nicer looking body. And if thats all you're looking for I suggest you go to your local gym and do pilates or lift some weights. Or perhaps you may find a Guru who will teach you the tru meaning of Yoga, which I hope you do. Learn some humility!

--Chizzle's wife

Shishya Gauri-Pahari Sitaya Das
2152336
The magic flute of Jon Anderson sounds more like a clarinet to me.  30 minutes of naff music.  Do not be fooled - this is not the great man from Yes.  I only bought it because I thought just maybe it had some link to 3 Ships.  Wrong !!  It should not appear in the ' real ' Jon Anderson listings.  Misleading and disappointing.  Cheap and nasty.  Anybody know who this particular Jon Anderson is ??  On reflection, I don't want to know.
1413498
Nitin Sawhney is at the opposite end of the spectrum with interesting progressive sounds and vocals while Miguel Migs is indeed stuck in '95 with some boring, repetitive, unoriginal waste of time music. its not exciting or novel. its just lame. everyone who has left him a positive review must have been tripping on E when they heard it, since a lot of music sounds really good when you're intoxicated. i am reviewing his Selected Nrk Work 2000-2004 album. not worth the download time.
1520279
I do not claim to be an expert on Hindu invocations to the Gods, and I do not mean to sound disrespectful to the Hindu gods or to the religion, in fact,  I have the most respect and reverance toward the Hindu sacred books and to the discipline of yoga, but when I first decided to listen to what I had impulsively purchased without doing an adequate review of the item, I was shocked and horrified that I had been suckered in by a pretty picture!  I must sheepishly admit that I just assumed that this was a legimate sample of Hindu invocations,  and maybe it is, but there should be some sort of warning on this entire album to forewarn the buyer that this may not be what you are looking for. Indeed,  I was looking for an album of some of the beautiful Hindu chants I had heard when learning to meditate seriosly when I was in my late twenties, and when I was meditating before I went to sleep at night. Believe me, I'm sure this album is a rip-off at the $8.21 it is being asked for, much less the $.99 I paid for for just one song "Krishna,  krishna". I must also admit I was doing yet another search of things to add to my Kindle, taking advantage of all those $.99 bargaiins I could find, which was why I decided to purchase just one song, rather than purchasing the whole album.  If I had been in my right frame of mind, I would have taken a couple of minutes, or three, to preview the such stated songs on this album. I would have learned quite quickly, that most of these "songs" only lasted 15-30 seconds and that they sounded like a Hollywood spoof on a foreign religion. Most certainly,  I would not have purchased even one song from this album. Also, I would probably have lookked to see if there was any more information on the artist, of which there wasn't anything said about him. Out of curiosity, I did take a look at two other albums by the same artist, which though the songs were of much longer duration, still sounded like  a Hollywood joke and probably not a person of legitamate Indian,  Hindu, or yogi descent.  Buyers Beware!
87476
The tempo and rythm are okay for background music while doing yoga exercises. It is not one of my favorites.
836802
Yoga nidra means yogic sleep, a state of mind where you are in a deep sleep state and at the same time awake and aware that you are sleeping. With all due respects to Janakananda I don't think he accomplies this on his CD.

According to Swami Rama, and I consider him a far more experienced and advanced yogi, the real yoga nidra requires concentration on the heart center after some 'warm-up' excercises', because the heart center is the center of deep (dreamless) sleep. And it requires quietness around you. Something that's not on this socalled yoga nidra where the voice speaks all the time, and when the concentrationpoint is on a postulated "golden egg" in the middle of the brain.

I have done this excercise many times over the years, and I have to say I've come to find it a rather confusing mixture of genuine yoga nidra related practises like mentally contacting various parts of the body, and working with the seed mantras traditionally associalted with the chakras in yoga and tantra on the one hand. And on the other hand some fantasy journeys, walking in a wood, contacting different animals etc. that has absolutely nothing to do you with yoga, and come from a totally different tradition.

In true yoga nidra you give yourself up and let things happen spontaneously, while Janakananda forces and manipulates you in to feeling this golden egg, something that has nothing to do with genuine meditation, that is always a state beyond the verbal mind.

The best about this CD is Roop Vermas beautiful music.

It's certainly moving to read the many happy accounts of people thoroughly enjoying this CD, but if you really want to dig deep into this fascinating field, Janakananda is not the right place for you.
4273908
This music CD. It is not Non-stop and it was not mixed. I wish they said it is not NON-STOP. Then I would not have bought this download.

People today will sell anything anyway they can. I am highly upset that they will not return the money. FALSE Advertising.
4232287
this isn't the locust music group that come from the future. this is some other one. Sounds kinda cool with  some weird sounds moving around but it does not have the cosmic energy, precise musicianship, and techniques that come from another galaxy often heard on plague soundscapes and new erections
868847
What a disappointment.  And this from Maranatha!  The song selections are the lure but after my purchase, I was so disappointed that the songs were recorded in the alternative music genre.
The recording artists sound awkward and I don't recommend using this for any type of worship atmosphere.  It's very distracting.
Sorry but that's what I felt.
3296766
To me this CD is way too religious. The first part is a lecture on sounds and whatnot. I wasn't interested in that part of it.  I wanted to get to part 2. It was sounds. I liked the sounds. What I didn't like was how they said the sounds were "the words of God" or something like that. I wouldn't suggest this CD for an atheist that wants to meditate. I would have loved this CD with just the music/sounds and no talking about what the sounds mean.
4298993
I guess the one track I had heard before I bought this was the one that was the most spa like - Track 8 by Sayama. The rest is hopped-up pop-jazz...annoying, not relaxing at all..... disappointed.
976765
The music is far too loud for this to work as a mediation. All the music choices were poor for a CD that's meant to help you meditate.
1671115
I was so disappointed with this.  If Archangel is grand entrance music for a warrior on a white horse, Miracles is background music for a quiet, lazy day at a beach.  Not bad, if that's what you are looking for, but suffice it to say that this isn't what I'm looking for from TSFH.  Lesson learned; listen to the music clips before buying online, even if you think you know the band.

I am going to give the album "Invincible" a shot now.  At first "glance", it sounds like it will be worlds better.