Harmony of Mind and Body: A MARI Experience

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Instructions (2:16)
2. Harmony of Mind and Body (0:54)
3. The MARI Experience: Music-Assisted Relaxation and Imagery (29:08)
4. Immersion (1:32)
Disc 2

1. Dvorak - Going Home Medley
2. Kobialka - Mystique
3. Bach - Air on a G-String
4. Kobialka - Mystique

This 2-CD set is designed to help you relax to promote your health. As developed by Susan E. Mandel, Ph.D., MT-BC, MARI is the systematic application of music, verbal cues and guided imagery, suggested by the music therapist to elicit the patient's relaxation response. The live MARI experience was individually taped for each patient's personal use, and careful research showed a functional relationship between MARI and measured outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation patients.

In 2005 Kobialka and Mandel produced a CD recording of the MARI experience. The recording of Mandel's spoken voice and Kobialka's performance of musical arrangements and original compositions was successfully tested in a follow-up research study.

Now the MARI Experience is available as a two-CD set, the first CD containing Mandel's guided imagery combined with Kobialka's musical selections as well as instructions, and the second CD containing only the musical selections.