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| |  | Autism Awareness Products | Home » » Indigo Dreams (3 CD Set): Children's Bedtime Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness | | | | | | | Description: | | Now children can relax and learn research-based, stress management techniques with all 3 CDs in the Indigo Dreams Series, by Lori Lite. Over 3 hours of stories and music! Indigo Dreams entertains your child with 4 stories and music while introducing breathing, affirmations, visualizations, and progressive muscular relaxation. Children follow their friends along as they learn to fall asleep peacefully with The Goodnight Caterpillar, breathe calmly with A Boy and a Bear, build self-esteem with The Affirmation Web, and visualize with a Boy and a Turtle. Indigo Dreams offers slightly shorter stories with female narration and forest animals. Indigo Dreams entertains your child with 4 stories and music while introducing a different version of breathing, affirmations, visualizations, and progressive muscular relaxation. Indigo Ocean Dreams is designed to entertain your child in an ocean setting while introducing them to 4 research-based relaxation and stress management techniques. Children follow their sea friends along as they learn to release and manage anger with Angry Octopus, build self-esteem with Affirmation Weaver, implement breathing with Sea Otter Cove, and visualize with Bubble Riding. Indigo Ocean Dreams offers 4 slightly longer stories with male narration. Indigo Dreams: Garden of Wellness offers 5 stories plus a music soundtrack. Children follow their garden friends along as they use positive statements to build self-esteem and encourage healthy eating with Caterpillar Choices. The Perfect Club inspires self-acceptance and tolerance of others. Children learn the emotional coping techniques of breathing and visualizing to release angry, hurt, stressed, or sad feelings. Any child, whether or not they have been bullied, teased, or excluded can benefit from the techniques presented in these stories. All 3 CDs empower children to decrease stress, anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and other challenges while increasing self-esteem. Each 60 minute CD includes calming voices, sounds of nature, actual techniques, and an additional music sound track to further enhance your child s relaxation experience. While written for boys and girls ages 5-11 in mind, any age child can benefit from these various research based stress-management and coping strategies presented throughout these 3 CDs. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Lori Lite | | Publisher:
| Stress Free Kids | | Publication Date:
| September 17, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0978778197 | | Package Length:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Exactly what we needed!Nov 14, 2008
By M. H.
"homeschooling mom"
I hope to put into words how transformational this CD is.
My 8 year old son has a lot of anxiety due in part to his reading disability. So whenever I introduce a new concept to him (home charter school), he immediately thinks he can't do it, he gets extremely frustrated, and gives up before even trying. Awful. I was desperate to find something to help, and I knew something like Indigo Dreams had to exist. Lucky for us, I found it.
I downloaded it in MP3 format right away. My husband was very skeptical, but he knew we had to give it a try.
I prepared a small alcove off of our living room to create a "relaxation station". I painted it chocolate brown, brought in a couple of live leafy plants, set a dark green cushion on the floor, along with a few coordinating pillows. I set up his CD player with headphones, and explained to my son that during school, I will set aside time whenever needed for relaxation station. He was excited to try it out.
So on the first day of school, he got overwhelmed with his phonics lesson. He got through the lesson though, knowing that he would get down time. So shortly after, off he went to relaxation station. He was sitting up on the cushion, against the pillows. Literally, ten minutes later, he was nestled in, and sound asleep.
He LOVES "The Angry Octopus" from Indigo Ocean Dreams. That is his favorite. He says that he uses his imagination to see the story. When the octopus is angry, he feels angry too. And when the octopus breathes to calm himself, he does it too. He sees colors and the characters and the environment. He loves the sounds of the ocean. He says that it relaxes him and makes him feel good. (I think hearing a male narrarator helps too, whereas my daughter would prefer a female narrarator.)
Since using relaxation station on an as needed basis, my son no longer has the outbursts as I described earlier. He still gets frustrated from time to time, but now he is becoming an eager learner! He is progressing in school like never before! There are still challenges, but this CD helped remove one of the barriers, which was anger/frustration. Awesome!
I have recommended this to elementary teachers, special education teachers, and physical and occupational therapists. I have recommended it to moms of kids who are perfectionists or have anxiety or anger issues or are highly sensitive.
I am so glad I found this product. Even my skeptical husband admitted to its success. :)
My 6 year old daughter also enjoys this. She especially likes the breathing exercises. Although she does not share the same challenges as her brother, she still does benefit from the stories.
I would highly recommend this to parents, teachers, therapists, and specialists who work with children.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Helps my daughter sleep and relaxJun 18, 2008
By Colorado Mom
My daughter loves these tapes. She has a hard time winding down and getting to sleep. At first she said she thought they were a little boring, but I explained that bedtime tapes aren't supposed to be fast-paced and exciting. Within a week she was asking for them every night. She started telling me what she was learning from them: how to relax, what to do if she felt mad during the day, focusing on what makes her happy and content, etc... Not only have they helped her fall asleep, I really think they have helped her deal with her emotions during the day as well.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Works MiraclesOct 01, 2008
By Richie
My children ages 5,7 and 9 love all 3 of these CDs.The narrator of Indigo Dreams has a voice that can lull them to sleep even on the most difficult nights. They love the Ocean CD with the seachild/mermaid character and can really relate to the angry octopus. They now remind each other to take a deep breath like the octopus when they are losing their tempers. It is quite funny. All of my children are now using the techniques from the stories including positive statements like the dolphin. My oldest has been having trouble sleeping due to stress and worry about school. He constantly asks for The Garden of Wellness CD. The stories hit you in the heart and the practice tracks help him get rid of his worries and fears and anger and fall asleep quickly and soundly. I highly recommend this set. UPDATE: I just added the new MUSIC ONLY CD to our collection! Another hit at our house! Incredibly relaxing. A must have for any parent looking to get their kids in slumber land quickly!Indigo Dreams: Kids Relaxation Music Decreasing Stress, Anxiety and Anger, improve sleep.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
The best way to calm kids and introduce mindfulnessDec 02, 2010
By Linzer
"LB"
I have to admit that I was skeptical about these CD's and their ability to work "magic", but after spending countless nights unsuccessfully dealing with my daughter's recent bed-time anxiety, I was willing to try just about anything. We tried these for the first time last week. My daughter had slipped into "fight or flight" mode and was ready to start arguing and postponing the dreaded bed-time routine. I popped in the affirmation CD, and we listened to the first three stories by candle-light. Amazingly, I could feel her body relax and I could sense the stress moving right out of her in waves. I'm sold! The most amazing part is that she has an ADHD-innattentive type diagnosis, which usually means that she finds it hard to be focused on something. She sat perfectly still listening to these stories and she didn't even flinch when the cat jumped up on her. I was in awe of how peaceful and relaxed she had become. I carried her to bed while she was still awake, and she gently melted from my arms under the blanket. Thank you so much to Lori Lite for this wonderful, calm way of helping my daughter to get to a happy, safe place. I can already see my daughter learning to generalize the techniques and breathing, which will enable her to find this sense of calm on her own in the future. Sleep still isn't perfect, but it is getting so much better with the help of these CD's. My son enjoys listening too, and it makes for a nice bedtime ritual. I even find myself breathing and visualizing along with the octopus and otter and I'm more calm as a parent! THANK YOU Lori Lite!!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Missouri therapistSep 30, 2010
By sdecatur
I am a therapist. My 7 year old daughter has been using these CDs to get to sleep. I find the stories very practical, relaxing, and age appropriate. I often suggest the Indigo Dreams CDs for clients of all ages, because they have a nice variety of relaxation techniques to help clients reduce anxiety, cope with stress, and build self esteem.
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