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• Is a medically based form of mediation
• Developed in 1950’s by Dr Ainslie Meares
• Meares taught people to relieve and manage anxiety by experiencing mental rest
• When correctly practised – anxiety levels and reduced and distressing symptoms gradually disappear – bringing about a more peaceful, balanced life
• Without learning how to rest the mind, the level of stress and anxiety generally does NOT go away instead it compounds
• The more stress you experience the more you get stressed

What is stillness meditation?

It is sitting still, options include:
o Sitting in a chair letting your thoughts run wild
o Quiet music
o Chant
o Sitting at the park, breathing deeply, being lost in your thoughts