Many thanks to Mel Cantara, RCST® of the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America for her recent review of  When Energy Healing Meets Meditation.

 

"Jim Gilkeson's When Energy Healing Meets Meditation reads to me as an orientation into the same territory we enter through Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, a quiet return to the field rather than a movement toward technique. For those at the beginning of their journey, it offers an accessible doorway into sensing energy as something lived and relational. For seasoned practitioners, it serves as a gentle recalibration, a reminder that what we are participating in is not something we direct, but something we learn to listen to.

 

"The practices themselves are simple, but not simplistic. They invite a softening of effort, a willingness to perceive rather than intervene. This feels deeply aligned with biodynamic principles, where the emphasis is not on doing, but on developing the capacity to be present with what is unfolding. Awareness becomes the primary tool, and from that awareness, the system begins to reveal its own organization.

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"What resonates most is his reference to the larger field: the big picture. In a biodynamic context, this speaks to the organizing forces beyond the individual system, the inherent ordering principle that holds both the imprint of experience and the potential for reorganization. This orientation shifts the practitioner out of problem-solving and into a relationship with primary respiration, where healing is not imposed, but allowed.

 

"The spaciousness of this small book feels familiar. It reminds me that this work is not about fixing, but about recognizing the intelligence already present and cultivating the capacity to remain in relationship with it."

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Mel Cantara, RCST®

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association

of North America