Embracing silence and inner stillness

“There is a way between voice and presence where information flows.  In disciplined silence it opens. With wandering talk it closes.” - Rumi

There are many gifts that age and being in the menopause has given me and one in particular is being comfortable with silence.  I was drawn to meditation earlier in my life and integrating this with transpersonal psychotherapy and mindfulness has become a discipline that has led me to appreciate inner stillness and silence.

For even the briefest of moments in the day, I can now draw on stillness, especially when I find myself drawn down one of the many paths that my wandering mind has taken me down.  It enables me to stop, turn around and gently bring myself into the present moment.  I am aware that however fearful I was from the experience of going down one of the paths and into the darkness, I can now be still and quiet for long enough to remember to turn on a light which allows me to re-orientate myself and to see in the dark.

“There are many gifts that age and being in the menopause has given me and one in particular is being comfortable with silence.”

Rachel Podger

The information that then flows, nourishes and enriches my life in a way that in my earlier years I believed was possible only through the external world of eating all the right foods and reading the one book that would open my eyes and revolutionise my life.

The discipline of mindfulness and meditation, alongside transpersonal psychotherapy, is a gift that opens and brings flow to my life in a way that I did not believe possible.  I feel grateful and optimistic that with continued practice and commitment to the discipline of being in silence and taking a pause from wandering talk, I will remain nourished and uplifted through this time of change.

“Listen to the silence. It has so much to say.” - Rumi