Ainslie Meares on Teaching Meditation

<p>The late Dr Ainslie Meares MD was an eminent psychiatrist who made major contributions to hypnosis. He transitioned to only teaching Stillness Meditation (mental ataraxis) as it was most effective.</p><p>During the 2020-2022 Melbourne lockdowns the author distilled Meares' ideas into this book that includes:</p><p>• Meares' Stillness Meditation method.</p><p>• His theory of mental homeostasis.</p><p>• Meares' meditation teaching protocol.</p><p>• Teaching Stillness Meditation in modern times.</p><p>• Providing a health service.</p><p>• Meares' work on cancer.</p><p>The author Owen Bruhn is a Teaching Member of Meditation Aust. Accredited SMT Teacher 2017-2024 and has trained to practitioner level or higher in several meditative touch therapy systems. For details see his website. Bruhn learnt from Ainslie Meares over the course of 1984. After an injury in 2011 he learnt to teach Stillness Meditation and founded what is now called Stillness Meditation Touch Therapy in 2015.</p><p></p><p>Previous books:</p><p>Ainslie Meares on Meditation 2017. The 2026 revised edition is</p><p>Dr Ainslie Meares on Stillness Meditation includes updates and</p><p>explains the 5 pillars of Stillness Meditation.</p><p>Still Mind Sound Body</p><p>From Crooked Joints To Body in Line</p><p>A Key to the Books of Ainslie Meares</p>