Taking Stillness into life
When the art of ‘stillness’ is truly captured, it’s really another form of beauty therapy!
I’m always interested in the progress of our clients as they walk the walk of Stillness Meditation and we review this formally at certain times during their course. But far from the formal assessment of individual progress is the appearance on people’s faces as they gradually begin to live calmly.
Very often at first meeting, the new client’s strain visibly shows. When anxious, tense, stressed or depressed, the facial features appear tight, twitchy, nervous or sad. Hands are restless. Nails may be bitten down. Legs are crossed and uncrossed and the eyes, often close to tears, are wide with apprehension. After so many years’ observing the effects of ‘stress’, it’s just not possible to miss these things. Read more