The Simplicity of Stillness Method: 3 Steps to Rewire Your Brain and Access Your Highest Potential

Karlin’s (The Power of Peace in You) book is like cotton candy: easy to ingest but insubstantial. The Simplicity of Stillness (SOS) method draws on new age concepts such as new science, epigenetics, and subtle energies, and it is intended to tap into the unconscious. The author states that Stillness Sessions were developed to access “advanced meditative states,” but that readers can now “activate [their] potential” without having to begin in a meditative state, through audio recordings. The ideas on the page are similar to many others in the wisdom tradition—a belief in the power of intention-setting and quietening the mind to access “infinitely intelligent Energy and break the binds that hold you.” Testimonials, stories, and case studies bulk up the pages. The titular three steps are “apply,” “activate,” and “act,” and the first two send the reader to a website where sessions can be purchased; an explanation of these sessions would be helpful, but none is provided. Agent: Susan Mears, Susan Mears Agency. (Sept.)