Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness

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   Kerstin Sjoquist October 3, 2010 at 9:13 pm

   Review by Kerstin Sjoquist for Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
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   The Indigo Dreams series is exceptional: The writing is delightful, the narration gentle and soothing, the music is dreamy and non-intrusive, and the relaxation techniques effective (even on a kid in her 5th decade of life!) Because I create guided meditation CDs for adults, I am extremely familiar with what is in the marketplace. More often than not I’m dissappointed, but I’m happy to say that Indigo Ocean Dreams delighted me. Not only does this CD help the listener to relax, it gently addresses some of the issues that can cause stress (anger, anxiety, poor self esteem, etc.), helping kids to find constructive ways to have more calm in their waking life as well. I’m looking forward to the next CD!

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   Bonita October 3, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Review by Bonita for Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
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   My 10 year old daughter has been going through a tough time…lots of drama related to her friendships and anxiety about the foregoing issues led to pretty severe bouts of insomnia. I ordered these cds based on the reviews, and was so pleased. My daughter listened to them at bedtime, and the first night, slept the entire night through. She was able to relate to the stories, and the positive affirmations were something new to her that she truely embraced. I highly recommend that parents buy this series for their kids if they are struggling with anxiety or social concerns. I listened to them too, and found them helpful as well.

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   Emily Davidson October 3, 2010 at 9:47 pm

   Review by Emily Davidson for Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
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   Ocean creatures make this fun. My girls (ages 3 & 5), can relate to the octopus in the first story, stomp and get mad, then get under control. Then I can remind them later to be like the angry octopus and get control of themselves to fix things, instead of just being angry.

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   S.C. October 3, 2010 at 10:44 pm

   Review by S.C. for Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
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   I never take time to do these reviews as I am too
   
   busy. But this one deserves my time.
   
   My son (5) is a bit on the anxious side due to some
   
   surgeries, a very active mind/tense body, and quite
   
   simply due to his personality. I have tried to teach
   
   him breathing techniques and a small amount of
   
   meditation- he didn’t really learn them all that well.
   
   However he LOVES both the Indigo Dreams cds for
   
   kids and learned the breathing techniques
   
   immediately. I was surprised to hear him say one
   
   day out of the blue “MOM! On the cd there’s one
   
   called “Bubble Ride” and you can feel the bubbles
   
   cascading all the way down to your fingertips and it
   
   REALLY makes me relax!”
   
   He won’t go to sleep without them now. He
   
   associates it with relaxation and sleep so all I have
   
   to do is turn on the cd player and he immediately
   
   closes his eyes and gets down to the business of
   
   relaxing towards sleep. Before the cds, he would be
   
   up and down in his room for up to an hour before
   
   he would settle down and stay in bed.
   
   My neighbors 10 yr old daughter is also very anxious
   
   due to a break-in in their new home recently and
   
   some other issues she has. I suggested this cd
   
   awhile ago but her mother didn’t buy it. Finally after
   
   they had yet another sleepless night due to some
   
   bad night terrors and were exhausted, I walked
   
   down and physically handed one of our cds to them
   
   so they would try it. She said her daughter loves
   
   them and zonks right out. I never did hear if they
   
   have “cured” her of the night terrors and anxiety
   
   but I do know they bought their own copies the
   
   next day!
   
   It’s a good thing too because my son was literally
   
   crying to get his Indigo Ocean Dreams copy back
   
   one night (he had the other one – Indigo Dreams
   
   though!) and I had to walk down to their house in
   
   the dark and trade them for our Indigo Dreams
   
   copy!
   
   The woman’s voice is so soothing. It’s
   
   wonderful. I love to listen to it too. The pace is
   
   perfect also. Thank you so much for these cds.
   
   Children have so much to deal with in their little
   
   lives and it’s wonderful to see someone paying
   
   attention to this and teaching them these
   
   techniques they can learn easily and use for the rest
   
   of their lives! Thank you Thank you!

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   Michelle Rosenthal October 3, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   Review by Michelle Rosenthal for Indigo Ocean Dreams: 4 Children’s Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness
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   Indigo Ocean Dreams I would highly recommend this CD for mental health workers who have children on their caseload. Finding resources for children are very difficult so I was very happy to locate this product. I have been working with several children experiencing anger management and anxiety problems and they really enjoy this CD. Also, their parents benefit from the techniques and the time spent with their children practicing the techniques.