by Tommy Fassbender

Created on: December 23, 2008

Breathe, relax, repeat after me and chant "ohm." For the busy amongst us (and who isn't tied up these days), these websites allow skip out on meditation classes and instead carry peaceful sounds around with you on your MP3 player instead.

The world we live in is becoming an increasingly stressful place: we are stressed out over our jobs, our relationships, our finances, our bills and our security more so than ever before. We even have our lives thrown out of balance by the occasional problems that spring up out of nowhere to dampen our day and perplex our minds. And for these same stress causing events, many persons have turned to some form of meditation throughout the years to undo the havoc a stressful life can wreak on the mind.

But times have changed. Today, not everyone has the time to go to traditional meditation classes that take an hour per session, two or three times per week. So even though meditation has the power to center our thoughts and restore the balance to our minds and bodies, help in concentration, provide a more restful sleep and improve problem solving skills, many neglect mediation because they are too busy working, taking care of their families and running a household.

Whether it is by therapy, prayer or meditation, all of us can start to take better care of our mental health. Here are six sites where you can buy and download meditation music to your Ipods or music players so you don't miss out on your much needed stress reduction. In all these sites full membership is optional, but you have to have an account with some of these sites to buy and download meditation music that is not free, as purchasing suggests. There is even a website at the end of the article for an additional seventh site for good luck.

Mysticamusic

Mysticamusic is a great site to buy and download meditation music. Mysticamusic offers user reviews of every track as well as a listen before you buy and download meditation music for free. To buy and download meditation CDs from Mysticamusic, however, you have to sign up for an account. The prices of the meditation CDs range from 0.99 cents to $9. Mysticamusic offers music genres other than meditation music which include: Sufi, devotional, instrumental, discourses, classical, classical dances, south Indian classical and comedy. But mainly, this site allows you to buy and download meditation music that is essentially of Asian Influences.

Christian Meditation

Christian Meditation and Relaxation offers an alternative for Christians

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