Yoga for Emotional Flow: Free Your Emotions Through Yoga Breathing, Body Awareness, and Energetic Release (How to Ride the Wave of) Audio CD – Audiobook, April 1, 2003

This set consists of two CDs. The first CD provides a simplified introduction to yoga thought and covers concepts such as duality, interdependence and the distinction between feeling an emotion and acting out. It also talks about the development of witness consciousness, introduces the concept of an energy body and talks about how this is related to working with emotions. The first CD also briefly discusses yoga as a physical practice and an overall life philosophy. It's a good introduction for those who know very little about yoga, but have some real curiosity about the very basic concepts.The second CD is where the real value of this set comes in. Disc TWO begins with an exercise called the daily body scan which puts one in touch with the sensations that are occurring in the body. Since emotions are related to what is occurring in the body and awareness of changes in these sensations, the overall effect is to heighten awareness of emotions as they are expressed or held in the body.The second exercise on this CD talks about riding an emotion as a surfer would ride a wave. It builds on exercise 1 and helps the individual to disidentify with their emotion it while fully feeling it. This causes a felt shift and perhaps a healing transformation. This often happens in therapy, so this is not exactly a foreign concept.I particularly like the third exercise on this CD which you do before you fall asleep. It is similar to exercise 2, but it brings in the events of the day and has a very relaxing phase that quiets the nervous system through deep and relaxed breathing. Physiologically, by extending the exhalation by relaxing the abdomen and avoiding chest breathing, the parasympathetic branch (calming) of the nervous system is activated. If you don't like deep explanations, then all I can say is it will help you with problems with insomnia.If you are interested in working with emotions in this way and would like to read further, I suggest THE POWER OF FOCUSING and/or FOCUSING and Tara Bennet-Goleman's excellent book EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY. For a truly great and comprehensive introduction to yoga, I highly recommend THE YOGA TRADITION by Georg Feurenstein. If I could rate this book a 6 I would and it is a tremendous bargain at under $30.00.

I stumbled across this CD set a few years ago.The first CD explained why my connection with my emotions was so important and also helped me to understand more of what I had learned in other books about how my feelings are constantly guiding me.The second CD has three different guided exercises that have helped me feel and release my repressed emotions. I realized in doing the second one, "Riding the Wave" that sometimes I had been close to feeling my intense emotions, but my mind distracted me from continuing...since it is not comfortable to do it at first...but it got easier the more I practiced.I am a Spiritual Life Coach and this CD is a now a required part of the course I teach as no other resource I have come across teaches someone how to comfortably feel their feelings as effectively or as easily.I usually am reluctant to give a 5 star rating to too many things, but this inspired work deserves it!

This is a wonderful cd set (2 cd's included).In the first CD Stephen Cope talks about being a human being, emotions, purpose, and being a witness and how yoga integrates with these emotions. I have not listened to the whole CD, but most of it...it's is exceptional!!!! It is wonderful CD to have in your car to listen to again and again.The second CD is 3 meditations. All three of them are lovely, but my favorite is called Riding the Wave. You can do each one separately or together. I love Stephen Copes voice, but I kind of wish that they would have added music and/or nature sounds to the meditation tracks.This is a must have CD and Amazon has the best deal going at $16.97 for the 2-set CD (retail price is $24.95)Also, Stephen Cope has a wonderful Kripalu Yoga DVD/VHS that is very good. See my other reviews on Amazon.

My husband and I used this regulary for a few months, and we both saw dramatic differences in how we handle and approach life. It came at just the right time to help me move my yoga practice "off the mat." Stephen Cope's technique is amazing: his voice, words, attitude, intent are all set at just the right level to provide a deeply accepting posture. In many ways it is the best self-hypnosis device I've ever found. I can't say enough positive things about Yoga for Emotional Flow!

I was a little let down by this CD. I am a fan of other things Stephen Cope has done and was expecting to be really excited by this. But there is nothing new here and it seems much more surface level than his other works (perhaps it is the spoken vs. written, but I find people like Pema Chodrun and Jack Kornfield very compelling on audio). This would make a nice introduction for someone who really has not spent much time on yoga/meditation, but is probably not for people who have read Cope's work.

For anyone interested in a totally accesible guided meditation, the first CD provides a step by step methodology which is easy for any beginner and valuable for seasoned pracititioners. The verbal cues are perfect, the tone is soothing, the infomation is clear and spot on. I have given this CD set a gifts to friends going through difficult times, chemotherapy, separations, as well as to people new to yoga. Once you listen to this, you will want to share it!

Stephen Cope has a pleasing voice to listen to. Both CD's are very helpful when you need to unwind.

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Excellent resources for different techniques, breathing, meditations, and offering a variety to choose from very resourceful as you can use these within your yoga classes, and in your personal life.

Although this product was a little difficult to find at first, once I found and ordered it, it came within the stated number of days.