If you enjoy listening to guided poetic imagery with relaxing music in the background, “Harmony of Mind and Body: A MARI Experience“, a 2-CD collaboration between Daniel and Susan Mandel, Ph.D., MT-BC, may be of great interest to you.

MARI (Music-Assisted Relaxation and Imagery) was originally conceived by Mandel as individually-designed tapes for cardiac rehabilitation patients, and the idea expanded into important music therapy research regarding the impact of music on the health of people living with coronary heart disease. Daniel and Mandel created a CD in 2005, but now the MARI Experience is available to the general public for the first time.

“I go there to let go

a mantra in my mind

varying shades of color

emerge behind my eyes

Breathe in - blow out

steady while it deepens

my body feels heavy

mind through silence listens

- from “Immersion“, disc 1, Harmony of Mind & Body

Disc 1 contains brief instructions as well as Mandel’s voice and the music of Dvorak (Going Home Medley), Kobialka (Mystique), and Bach (Air on a G-String). Disc 2 is just Kobialka’s musical arrangements.