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Inspired by a true story. In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk River of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak, and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference.

In the three practices Gillian’s soothing voice guides you into beautiful spaces of inner peace that will relax, uplift and rejuvenate you. The first practice uses a breath awareness technique and is perfect for time-out recuperation during a busy day. The second practice is a classic half-hour whole body relaxation known as yoga nidra. The third is a sitting meditation practice with healing sounds and visualisations of inner light. All three practices are suitable for both experienced and inexperienced meditators and for people of any age, religious or spiritual persuasion.   

Our externalised and mentally active lifestyles make meditation alluring but difficult. With this in mind, Gillian begins each of the two half-hour sessions with a deep relaxation practice that you are invited to do lying down. Releasing physical stress in your body and slowing down your mental activity then helps you to prepare you for your sitting meditation practice. These beautiful meditations are inspired by classic Buddhist techniques for stilling your mind and finding the inner peace and joy that awakens compassion for all beings. 

The first session is a movement meditation. The combination of gentle exercises with deep breathing and relaxing classical music calms your mind and leads you into a place of meditative stillness. Working on all the major joints of the body, the exercises are beneficial to everyone. They are especially helpful for the relief and prevention of arthritis and a great bonus for office-bound folk needing respite from work stress and computer-related strain. The second session is modelled on a technique used by popular human potential specialist Dr Jean Houston. 

Brigitte Scholl disappeared on 29 December 2011, the day after her 47th wedding anniversary. The flowers her husband had given her - red roses - were still on the living room table; in the corner stood the Christmas tree, straight as a die and lavishly decorated. Everything had to be just so. It was to be perfect right up to the end. A woman is brutally murdered and buried in the woods. Suspicion falls on her husband - the former mayor of a small town south of Berlin. They had been married almost 50 years and were considered the perfect couple.