This mix of six brief, favorite-pick relaxation and meditation exercises offers a convenient and portable toolkit of quick relaxation techniques to maintain emotional balance and relieve stress fast. These guided imagery and meditation exercises for stress provide speedy access to a peaceful, healing mind state—especially useful when time is short and pressure is mounting.

Because most of these interchangeable guided imagery and relaxation exercises are under 10 minutes, they're perfect for listening just before giving a presentation, dealing with a difficult person or challenging social situation, or for just generally calming down to reduce frustration and achieve balance, quickly and easily. Here's the track list:

1. Introduction (2:56)
2. Favorite Place (7:32)
3. Sitting in the Seat of the Heart (10:46)
4. Surrounded by Protection (14:00)
5. Walking Meditation (13:17)
6. Settling into the Body (9:38)
7. Affirmations for the Healing Heart (14:18)

Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body technique that consists of positive words and images, set to soothing music, to offer user-friendly, quick relaxation techniques to help achieve specific healing or performance goals. Repeated listening once or twice a day for two to three weeks ensures maximum impact.

Different meditation exercises will appeal at different times, depending on inner mood and external circumstances. Mix and match however you wish.

These Health Journeys™ guided meditation exercises were written and narrated by guided imagery pioneer and holistic health expert Belleruth Naparstek, scored to the soothing music of Steven Mark Kohn, and produced by the Cleveland Orchestra's Bruce Gigax.

Listen to an audio sample of these award-winning, evidence-based guided meditation relaxation exercises and see for yourself why this popular program is such a word-of-mouth favorite among friends and family, and so frequently recommended by health care and mental health professionals nationwide.

These exercises are favorites from various Health Journeys™ programs. (73 min.)