Exploring the Liminal State

The liminal state describes those times in life when, surrounded by significant change or loss, we find our self immersed within a physical and mental space of uncertainty, disorientation, emptiness, confusion and anxiety.    These are transitional times, decision-making times and positive times common to all.  Yet these are times when the canvas of one’s life…

different meditation style

A very different style of meditation

“In this, Stillness Meditation Therapy, the full meditative experience is beyond the relaxation of the body and mind, beyond the transcendence of discomfort.  What is it then?  Is it something strange and unnatural?  No. There is nothing strange or bizarre about it at all.  Nor is there anything dramatic or exciting.  Do not expect ecstasy…

Stillness Meditation Kew

In Search of Peace. To Find that Balance

Some run for shelter, The tree holds firm And sways with the storm, The eagle is borne higher and higher Ainslie Meares M.D. Thoughts: 1980   Those words by my mentor, Dr Ainslie Meares, and drawn from one of his passages of Zen-like poetry, have long been an ongoing inspiration for my work.   His empathic…