On A.M. Yoga Meditations, Gael Chiarella, author of the Yokibics Mind Body Workbook for Everyday Living, guides the listener through four meditations. Chiarella speaks gently and with surety. Accompanied by subdued flute music on the disc"s four fifteen-minute segments, she encourages both beginning and advanced meditation practitioners to find balance, energy, and the empty spaces with which to hold the present moment. Mindful attention is given to breath, imagery, and affirmation. Each track--used in daily rotation to address specific need, or played all at once for an intensive session--serves multiple purposes, acting as clearing agent for negativity, well of energy, and centered courage with which to approach the day at hand. High production value and Chiarella"s spot-on guidance make A.M Yoga Meditations an excellent way to open one"s spirit to a day of deep presence. --Paige La Grone