| Although you don't have to use specially recorded | | | | you weren't sure about initially go on to be your |
| meditation music - anything that relaxes you will | | | | favorites in a few weeks or months. Just keep |
| work for meditation - there are benefits to using | | | | this in mind when you're listening to online samples. |
| meditation tracks that have been recorded with | | | | Also remember that the purpose of meditation |
| the sole purpose of sending you into a meditative | | | | music is to help you to meditate. Which may |
| state. OK, some tracks are just "new age" music | | | | sound obvious but it's something that gets |
| - maybe pipes playing or keyboard music swirling | | | | forgotten from time to time. When you listen to |
| around you - but there are also a number of | | | | an online sample, you're not actually about to |
| music pieces that have been recorded with the | | | | meditate. Try to put yourself in the right "place" if |
| sole purpose of helping you relax and go deep into | | | | you use this method to decide on a track or CD |
| meditation. | | | | to purchase. |
| Some sites that sell meditation music will allow | | | | Another option is to get yourself a dedicated |
| you to sample the tracks before you buy. | | | | meditation track that uses extra "tricks" such as |
| Amazon is a good example of this, as are some | | | | binaural beats to enhance your meditation |
| of the sites dedicated to selling meditation music. | | | | experience. This will work with you on several |
| That said, first impressions aren't always the best. | | | | levels and will almost certainly be the best choice |
| A track that is "immediate" could get boring over | | | | for your meditation music. Look for binaural beats |
| a period of time. You'll likely remember this from | | | | or other brainwave entrainment methods if you |
| various pop songs over the years - the ones that | | | | think they will work for you - it's certainly the |
| you like on first hearing start to pale on the | | | | method I use on a daily basis for my meditation |
| second listen and after three or four times just | | | | sessions. |
| get filed and never played again. Other tracks that | | | | |