Ainslie Meares on Meditation: Dissolve Tension, Anxiety & Pain.Tap Your Inner Wealth. Includes Relief Without Drugs* & Poems Written by Meares.

Ainslie Meares (1910-1986) was an eminent psychiatrist of international reputation who made major contributions to medical hypnosis. He melded mental homeostasis with the essence of mysticism. Dissolving tension, anxiety & pain. Taping the wealth within. Rest naturally in meditation and live a calm, active life.

"People told me what they wanted to know and I wrote Ainslie Meares on Meditation - it includes Relief Without Drugs* & sample poems written by Meares." Owen Bruhn, 2017.

Inside...

• Foreword by Pauline McKinnon
• The story of Meares' life and works - the early years and, the hypnosis & meditation periods
• Relief Without Drugs* by Ainslie Meares with summaries of the "Relaxing Mental Exercise" and Notes on Pain prepared by Bruhn.
• The later refinements - the Stillness Meditation process, making the stillness more general & living calm.
• 30 sample poems by Ainslie Meares to help plan which poetry books to get.
• Meares' teaching protocol and personal meditation practice
• A summary of Meares' method
• Also includes:
  • Meares recommendations on his own book's,
  • Recommendations on the best of Meares' books from those available in 2017.
  • A list of related books by other authors.
  • Getting some rest if sleep eludes.
  • How Meares' poetry fits into his method.
  • Footnoted references are provided throughout the book.
• Plus more...

"I highly recommend this book to all who aim to live and teach 'a better life'." Pauline McKinnon, invited by Meares to teach meditation 34 years ago.

Owen Bruhn BSc Hons, G Dip Occ Hyg, G Dip Erg, Dip Gov (Insp), is a health, safety and wellness practitioner. He is licenced to teach Stillness Meditation Therapy and is a (teaching) member of Meditation Australia. He is also a Primal Health Coach and utilises the principles of the Egoscue method.

In 1984, Bruhn attended Ainslie Meares' meditation classes for nearly 12 months. After a painful injury in 2011 he spent several years studying, began to write about and teach Meares' method. His first book, Ainslie Meares on Meditation, includes a biography of Meares, Relief Without Drugs* & 30+ sample poems by Meares. It also summarises Meares' refined Stillness Meditation method.

His second book, A Key To The Books of Ainslie Meares, is soon to be published. He is currently working on a third book that integrates Meares' method with core ideas of the evolutionary health movement.

Bruhn lives with family and dogs in Melbourne. As a child he was interested in eastern arts (tai chi, yoga etc) and the outdoors. www.mearesbook.com.au *distilled version