Hi RitaLucy,It's best not to listen to your session over and over - Mike even suggests for those persons who WANT to listen a second time on the same day to allow 6 hours between listening to the scheduled session - and that session only. So,I would say that it's not the best thing to do for the most optimal results. A one time thing shouldn't be a big deal, but on a continued basis, this would not be optimal.Do you have a tape (as you mention in your post) or is it actually a CD? (Lots of folks say "tape" when referring to a CD.) If you have a tape, there usually is a setting on the machine so it won't rewind and play again - it looks like an arrow pointing in a "U" turn direction -that should be off. If you have a CD, then you usually can program your player to play the desired session once and then shut off automatically - for track 1; for track 2 it would shut off anyway unless you had repeat selected.Hope that helps answer your question a bit! Take care. ~ Marilyn