A bit more about Marion...

“My early influences of the power of stillness began as a child, attending Quaker meetings. Although I did not appreciate its value at the time, after I left school I embarked upon a life long search for inner peace and stillness, and began to study and practise a whole range of different meditation traditions. Starting with Silver Mind Management and then Transcendental Meditation techniques, I moved through various yogic traditions, including the Shivananda meditative practices.

I then experienced the powerful work of Brandon Bays and The Journey. Brandon’s suggestion to fully feel my emotions and use them as ‘gateways’ to stillness brought a new dimension to my practice. Together with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and his invitation to find the stillness in his book ‘The Power of Now’, these two teachers brought me to the end of a thirty year search.

Up until then, despite experiencing some benefits from all that I had learnt, I had still not fully felt the depth of blissful stillness that I knew was possible. My mind, as well as my emotions, still got in the way. My experience with Brandon offered the final piece of the puzzle, and now the work that I do and the meditation that I teach is a distillation of all these years of experimenting. Simplicity and ‘no efforting’ is the key. An allowing and a welcoming of all our thoughts & feelings, sounds, and even aches and pains in the body, using these as reasons to relax, will carry you naturally and effortlessly into deep relaxation.

There is an ocean of stillness that underlies all things and it is just waiting to be found.

Together with my colleague, Gillian, we founded Relax for Health in 2004 with a vision to bring the wonderful benefits of meditation and deep relaxation to individuals, groups and organisations.

It is with huge gratitude and appreciation that I honour all the many teachers that have guided me over the years. The power of my meditation practice and the stillness that suffuses my daily life continue to sustain and awe me. My hope is that you too can benefit like I have done. I wish you peace and happiness as you find this out to be true for yourself.”

Marion Howells

Nov 2008

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