Through stillness, the body’s own way of coping with distress, you can relieve anxiety and related conditions and discover the many benefits of living calm.
Stillness Meditation Therapy (SMT) brings deep mental rest through simply letting go!
SMT Consultancy offers Stillness Meditation Therapy (SMT) to assist the natural regulation of the nervous system through deep mental rest.
Anxiety, depression, panic disorder and related conditions are in epidemic proportions in the world today.
Founder and director Pauline McKinnon is well known as the author of In Stillness Conquer Fear. Her personal experience in overcoming anxiety and agoraphobia lead her to this work in helping others find relief as she had done. As a practicing psychotherapist and meditation specialist, Pauline’s purpose is to:
“assist you in understanding anxiety while learning and practicing empowering skills to reduce symptoms and bring calm control to your life”
Private consultations and group sessions are available by appointment.
About Stillness Meditation Therapy
Stillness Meditation Therapy (SMT) is the calming practice of learning to sit still and do nothing more than remain in correct posture.
Can Stillness Meditation Therapy Help Me?
The practice of simple and natural stillness facilitates personal freedom: less stress, less anxiety, calm control and a better life.
History of Stillness Meditation Therapy
Classic books demonstrate the authority of renowned & innovative Australian psychiatrist Ainslie Meares. Pauline McKinnon was invited by Meares to further his work.
SMT Consultancy
Stillness Meditation Therapy Consultancy offers proven treatment for anxiety related conditions and the search for a better life. We enjoy working with all age groups and offer the experience of many years! In stillness we support you as you learn, effortlessly, to release tension and to experience and live your own inner calm.
Clients who complete 12-16 facilitated SMT® sessions at the SMT Centre, report a 54% reduction in their anxiety and stress levels.
We regularly look forward to meeting new clients while continuing to value and serve established clients, some of whom still return for ‘a refresher course’ after a lapse of months or even years.
We are conveniently located in Kew, which is close to nearby suburbs Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Mont Albert, Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Hawthorn, Box Hill, Doncaster, Surrey Hills, and Deepdene.
Introducing Pauline McKinnon
Pauline McKinnon is the Founding Director of the Stillness Meditation Therapy Consultancy in Melbourne. She is internationally recognised as the author of In Stillness Conquer Fear and was acknowledged by Dr Ainslie Meares as an exponent of his unique style of meditation.
In pioneering public awareness of anxiety as a social problem among other works, Pauline is also known for her well loved book for children Quiet Magic and for “Living Calm in a Busy World”, her contemporary commentary on the Meares concept of therapeutic meditation.
If all goes well, 2022 will see release of the new illustrated version of Pauline’s children’s book, Quiet Magic’ – a story that we hope will assist future generations for years to come.
Latest Research on Stillness Meditation Therapy
Toby Woods from The University of Melbourne summarises his PhD research into contentless experience (also described as complete stillness) in meditation.
This research provides evidence that it is much quicker and easier to access the stillness experience in Stillness Meditation than it is in classical forms of mindfulness practice.
Stillness Meditation participants were found to report a highly positive experience of stillness that involved little awareness of mental activity and a high degree of calm, ease, restfulness, and mental relaxation. The experience reported in Stillness Meditation was found to be more absorptive than in the mindfulness traditions, and to have more the quality of pure being with a complete absence of doing, and of reaching a ground state of the mind.
SMT Teacher Training
SMT teacher training involves commitment to an initial consultation with Pauline McKinnon and a series of individual and group SMT sessions.
Supervision, practical experience, self-directed learning and submission of a written assignment may lead to satisfactory accreditation as a Stillness Meditation Therapy teacher.
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SMT assists the natural regulation of the nervous system through deep mental rest. At our facilitated sessions you will learn this practice correctly and benefit from our extensive experience ... we aim to help you change your life!