Bringing calm to our clients – ‘old and new’

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if most of our daily life experience just simply brought us joy?

Joy is a word that frequently comes into conversation in any working day. And I understand. In listening to others, my own early life anxiety challenges serve me well in relating to others’ stories. Of course, being human means experiencing our beautiful times alongside times of loss, sadness, broken-ness, loneliness, bewilderment and fear. For many there is no apparent escape, no ease within and no real joy … as people speak their needs …

“My mind is busy, distracted … feels overwhelmed … tight with nervous tension, exhausted, ‘burned out! And there are headaches, butterflies in the stomach … phobias, avoidance behaviour … and depression, social phobia … maybe the life-limiting isolation of agoraphobia”

And some want to feel ‘more organised’ … less cluttered, more productive.

Most importantly, most just simply want to feel happier … joyful

Let’s not forget that life challenges and worries will arise. Unpleasant events trigger negative responses … anger or deep regret can be regular visitors as unwelcome memories surface. And loss for many reasons, but especially through bereavement or health challenges, will bring accompanying, often overwhelming grief. These and more unsettle our inner self while accompanying fatigue weakens our personal strengths.

But when we capture the art of ‘mental rest’ in stillness, the stress reaction and the symptoms of tension, anxiety and depression are relieved.

To quote it’s originator (renowned psychiatrist Ainslie Meares 1910-1986), Stillness Meditation Therapy (SMT)) is the body’s own way of coping with distress.

As our clients deepen their stillness and begin to experience living calm, they move toward their goal of becoming calm, peaceful and more joyful. And then along comes confidence. Confidence leads to productivity and these lead to courage.

And courage means meeting life’s challenges, crossing each bridge as we come to it and gradually discovering and reaching ambitions and dreams.

Bringing calm to our clients – ‘old and new’

And remember … once learned, anyone can achieve this better life. It’s natural. Stillness Meditation Therapy is not a challenging system or technique to learn through action. In SMT there is no mantra, no chanting, no mindfulness, no need for breath control or the focus of background music. Stillness is about not doing anything … just simply being in profound physical and mental rest with the outcome of experiencing deeply, one’s inherent calm.