Owen's Books

Still Mind and Sound Body factors that support Stillness Meditation:

• Emotional evolution including how Stillness of mind evolved to help cope with anxiety, nervous tension, fear & pain.

• Stress reduction and homeostasis.

• Transforming old & outdated emotional reactions. Facilitating new & emerging psychological reactions

• Sound body factors like sleep, nutrition, diet, motion and so on.

• Better living (work, leisure, relationships etc), happiness, values & quality of life.

• From Crooked Body to Joints in Line (epub) adds to the chapter on natural motion to support health.  www.amazon.com.au/Crooked-Body-Joints-Line-principles-ebook/dp/B086RVMSKV

During the 2020-2022 Melbourne lockdowns Owen distilled Meares' ideas into this book that includes:

• Meares' Stillness Meditation method.

• Meares' theory of mental homeostasis.

• His meditation teaching protocol.

• Teaching Stillness Meditation in modern times.

• Providing a health service. Includes discussion of National Code of Conduct Law that applies to meditation teaching and meditative touch therapies (eg Reiki, yoga, etc).

• Meares' work on cancer.

When he heard about Reiki poetry Owen was intrigued. Poetry is a part of the Stillness Meditation system too. In this book:

• How waka became part of Reiki.

• Why some waka are Gyosei and others are not.

• How to incorporate waka (or poetry) to support your practice.

• Translation, aesthetics and reading waka with Illustrative examples.

• 101 waka (78 by Emperor Meiji, 23 by Empress Shoken). Plus two translations of tricky ones.

• A summary phrase list to help understanding & teacher preparation.

• Japanese language verses for kotodama (word spirit) recitation.

• Overlap between Stillness Meditation and Reiki with tips to enhance practice.

• A  Chapter consisting of examples of Dr Meares' Zen like verses.