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With this meditation, Danis Bois explores an attitude that underlies meditation: “Inhabiting the present moment”. Being in the present is at the heart of meditation, and all meditative practices aim to enter into a relationship with the now. With the help of a step-by-step process, participants explore how to sit in the moment and anchor themselves in the present as neutral observers. How to let things happen, to welcome them, to accept them as they are, without expectation, impatience or dissatisfaction. It’s about honouring everything that arises to perception, however minute. Later on, from the present moment, they will visit past and future. The notion of temporality is very broad when we talk about things that are essential. In terms of temporality, we could have a temporality that is connected with the time of the clock, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. And we can also see temporality in terms of eternity and a space dimension where we talk about ‘infinite’ and with temporality of moments of ‘eternity’. There is the time that is passing, the time of the clock, and then there is the time that we feel; and it is the feeling of this time that …

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This week Danis Bois touches on silence from a different perspective: in how it contributes to our everyday life In the previous meditations of this series, Danis Bois talked of the importance of silence in meditation. Silence is fundamental to meditation as we cannot meditate without it. But confronting silence is sometimes difficult for beginners as some of them struggle with the experience of silence. Silence is also the place that we have within us from which we can replenish, and finally silence is synonymous with the absolute as Danis Bois expresses with these words: “I know nothing that is as close to the absolute as silence’. As always, the meditation begins by devoting time to settling into an attitude conducive to appropriating silence: meaning to internalize it, to connect with ourself, to unite with the silent life within, to connect with others and become more present. And even those who are most resistant to silence end up surrendering to its charm. We need a bit of time before silence appears in its essence, before silence changes how you relate to yourself, before silence embodies within you, before silence internalizes. Through silence we can commune with ourself; through silence, we …

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Silence is at the heart of meditation.  Sometimes however, it brings us to face boredom through inactivity or anxiety through thoughts that are overwhelming, and prevents us from reaching inner calm.  Using a step-by-step process, Danis Bois enables participants to experience the beneficial effects of silence and to make it a place full of discoveries. Silence is not just an absence of noise, but it is a place where you connect with your depth, with yourself, and it allows you an introspection and to contemplate. It is also a way of being, a way of stepping back. It is a channel, a channel of transmission between us all. And through silence we discover phenomena that are invisible, not just inaudible Each meditation begins by establishing conditions conducive to silence as: “Before we learn from the silence, we are going to learn to settle into silence.” It is then time to explore the various aspects of silence and discover its secrets.  Chosen extracts: Two minutes of silence are enough to slow the heart, to lower our heartbeat, to lower stress and to refresh, as we bathe in this silence that we need so much, to regain our strength and a calm …

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In the previous meditation, Danis Bois focused on the essential role of silence in meditation as it is the foundation of silence.  He notes however that we do not all have the same attitude towards silence or aspiration for it. In this meditation, Danis Bois invites us to navigate the waves of silence, to become more aware as Albert Camus suggests with these words: “It is no longer being happy that I wish for now. It is only to be aware.” and to try a little to experience the flavour of silence. And we need silence to become even more aware, aware of ourself, aware of our own thoughts, aware of what we are feeling, aware of being alive, aware of our human essence that has the flavour of love.. The first phase of the meditation, time is devoted to gradually becoming closer to silence, by making choices and mobilising attention in a particular way, which is soon rewarded by the feeling of reconnection with ourself. . The more you go into your depth, the more you enter into a bubble that protects you from the external world. And silence settles! Take the time to see this alchemy arise where the external …

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Every year, at the end of August, around 250 people gathers in Chamblay in an Eastern corner of France, in order to meditate together, under the caring guidance of Danis Bois. It is a moment of warm conviviality and sharing that is opened to anyone, who is interested in developing a closer relationship to themselves in order to become more present to themselves, to others around them and to the world.  For many practitioners in the Arts and Practices of the Sensible (fasciatherapists, somatic-psychoeducators, and perceptual educators), it is a yearly opportunity to refresh, catch up with new scientific discoveries and the evolution of protocols, as well as sharing with other practitioners. This workshop is also a one-off yearly opportunity to meet Danis Bois for those interested in this work either because they are patients or learners of the various methodologies elaborated by Danis Bois over the years.  This year had a particularly international flavour with many participants from far and wide – Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Canada, Brazil, Germany and the Reunion Islands. In this workshop, Danis Bois wished to : In the mornings Danis Bois led guided meditations and developed the fundamental notions he wished to share, and there …

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There is in our way of meditating a particular order to things, a chronology, a gradual process orchestrated through verbal guidance. This term I am emphasizing this evolutionary process that unfolds from first listening, to observing, then feeling and finally using our capacity to imagine.This meditation centres on the shift from listening to observing. It is in two parts: the first is about listening and its resulting experiencing, and the second is about observing. You may if you wish go directly to the second part of the meditation that begins at 23mns, though the first part is an introduction to the second one. The support we have used to develop the notion of observing is the visual sense, more precisely inner sight and the light that goes with it.The roadmap we propose to conclude this meditation is intended as a way to put more colours in your life and to refrain from seeing life in black and white.Wishing you a good meditation : Listening to silence is the door into our inner sensing Little by little, as the silence settles and we begin to listen to it, we become more present to ourself We all have light within us We …

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Over the next three weeks, Danis Bois proposes meditations on the theme of impermanence. Impermanence is a Buddhist concept. Buddha teaches that the cause of human suffering is the attachment to everything that does not last. Danis Bois prefers to address the theme of impermanance from a philosophical angle, as did Heraclitus, the VI century BC Greek philosopher who advocated that everything is constantly changing: “All things flow, nothing abides”; and also : “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” Danis Bois expresses these words in this way : “Everything is in perpetual motion.” With this meditation (#72), Danis Bois suggests that we explore how to grow with impermanence and how we can apply this concept within our meditation and maybe even in our daily life. Extracts : In a world regulated as the cosmos is, eternally and infinitely, you do feel deep within you that every time, everything is different. Everything changes. Everything is transient. Everything is in motion in terms of your sensations, emotions and feelings… And when things last, they continuously evolve… Nothing can become fixed… in the living world at least… I invite you to become aware of the ephemeral, when you are present to …

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The theme of this meditation -“listening to ourself”- is a continuation of the first two meditations during which Danis Bois emphasized the fact that hearing does not mean listening as hearing is a sense whereas listening is an art. He also underlined the importance of listening as a cognitive skill that facilitates understanding and that listening is the foundation of human relationships. The theme of this new meditation on listening is directed towards listening to ourself, becoming self-aware through silence, the inner movement and tact. To established the basic conditions necessary for the silence of meditation, Danis Bois referred to the philosopher Maine de Biran, “Life is interiority and no one will find it in exteriority”. By inviting the participants to mobilize their attention on the motionlessness of their posture, posture, he is inviting them to become aware of the shift from “I have a body” to tasting the affirmation of “I am my body”. Before we delve further into interiority, you need to know that two minutes of silence can relax us, lower our blood pressure and stimulate blood flow in the brain. Silence is more effective than any type of relaxing music. Silence is not just being quiet; …

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Full-presence meditation with Danis Bois guidance on the topic : “How verbal guidance encourages active listening.”

This week we began a new series of meditation guided by Danis Bois. The theme of our first meditation today centred on listening. Listening is often associated with hearing, but in truth, it is much bigger than that, and though we live in times of extreme communication, we do not really know how to listen. Having created the conditions to listen by establishing silence that is fundamental to listening, Danis Bois developed a meditation focused on the five dimensions of listening. The last three of which engage psychological, emotional and behavioural dimensions. The fifth type of listening refers to be notion of a good listening experience, of listening with empathy and benevolence. First type of listening: silence amplifies noises, and the sounds that surround us. In the silence, new sounds appear that were hidden by noise. And this includes thought that can be noise in the meditation. Full-Presence Meditation invites meditators to turn their attention away from disruptive thoughts and to redirect it more stably towards an object that is helpful for the meditation, such as the motionlessness of the body. Second type of listening: passively listening is about being distracted without really focusing on what is being said. Actively …

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