Imaginal Nurturing CDs
The
guided imagery in these CDs connects you with your inner child,
a younger part of your self, to facilitate experiences of nurturing,
and empowerment, and connectedness.
"I have just had an incredibly moving, profound experience.
The tears in my eyes are tears of peace, of hope and joy. What an
incredible guided imagery you have created. It is absolutely beautiful.
Your voice is so gentle, so loving, so nurturing. You have the voice
of our Earth Mother."
Páll Einarsson, a psychotherapist in Iceland wrote: "After having listened to the CD about 5 times, I started to feel a connection to my own heart in a way that was very healing for me. I find the CD to be a very good tool to work with early attachment failure and to go along with other psychotherapy methods. Highly recommend it to clinicians and clients alike."
THE IMAGINAL NURTURING SERIES
"I'm So Glad You're Here!" ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Women
"I'm So Glad You're Here!" ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Men
Adventuring Spirit ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Women
Adventuring Spirit ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Men
"I'm So Glad You're Here!"
With these guided imageries, you have the opportunity for experiences of gentle nurturing and connectedness. With my voice leading you, you are able to meet yourself afresh as the infant who came into this world whole and gifted. The infant here is a representation of the core of who you really are. This recording is not about healing the wounded child but rather developing a new relationship with yourself in the present.
There are two imageries provided. In "Getting to Know You", you are invited through your imagination to hold this infant and to spend time becoming acquainted with each other. "Taking it in" gives you the opportunity to provide nourishment for the baby. In both cases, you have the experience of the infant being held and nurtured as well as that of the nurturing adult. These scripts are interwoven with the beautiful, clear singing voice of Jen Turner. These recordings are especially valuable for self-soothing between sessions for clients who are fragile. They have also been found to be effective at bedtime for those with insomnia. There is no bilateral stimulation in the "I'm so glad you're here!" recordings.
The following samples are from MP3 sound files of I'm
So Glad You're Here! ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Women.
To hear a sample
of the music
from I'm So Glad You're Here!
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From"I'm So Glad You're Here!"
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"I'm so glad you're here!"
Written and spoken by April Steele
1. Getting to know you (21:52)
2. Taking it in (20:55)
SONGS
Vocals and guitar: Jen Turner
Listen to my Heart Song (Paramahansa Yogamanda)
Cradling (Jen Turner)
Return Again (Shlomo Carlebach)
Child of the Universe (Anon.)
Honouring (Janey Walters)
I Don't Have To (Jen Turner)
Producer and Engineer: Jerry Paquette, Raincoast Studio
Adventuring Spirit
These guided imageries take
Imaginal Nurturing to the next level by guiding you from
the secure base through experiences of exploration and back.
In the first imagery, you are invited into the lovely room of a
toddler. The secure base is established as you rock with the child,
and then observe as the little one is drawn over to the toy shelves
across the room. Upon returning and re-connecting, this is repeated
with you experiencing it from the child perspective. The second
adventure is a trip to the park for you and a three or four year-old.
These imageries are rich with sensory experiences that foster
curiosity and pleasure away from the secure base as well as feelings
of loving security. They were originally created for use
to address anxiety and to help empower individuals in asserting
themselves. They have also been found to be valuable to help
parents understand how their young children experience
the world. The Adventuring Spirit recordings incorporate periodic
slow, soft, and brief bilateral stimulation.
This series of professionally recorded CDs was developed in response to requests from clients. The imaginal experiences facilitated promote a new relationship with yourself - compassion, caring, respect, and playfulness. For therapists using Imaginal Nurturing as a component of their work, the use of these recordings between sessions allows the client to move forward that much more quickly and solidly in their therapy. They may be used over and over, each time providing a different experience, each time consolidating the new relationship with self. In keeping with the principles of Imaginal Nurturing, the participant is guided through the perspectives of both the adult and child, to gain a felt body experience of both nurturing and being nurtured and a sense of connectedness from both perspectives.
I encourage therapists who are using Imaginal Nurturing without having taken the Developing a Secure Self training to try at least one of these CDs so that you have the opportunity to experience this process yourself.
Because of the gender-specific nature of our language, there are separate recordings for women and men. They are substantially the same in other respects. Because they induce a state of relaxation and inward focus, these recordings should not be used while driving.
The following samples are from MP3 sound files of Adventuring Spirit ~ Imaginal Nurturing for Men.
From Adventuring Spirit
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Adventuring Spirit
Written and spoken by April Steele
1. "Look at you go!" (22:31)
2. Enjoying the richness (24:52)
Piano and keyboard: Judy Rietveld
Producer and Engineer: Jerry Paquette, Raincoast Studio