What is Inquiry Meditation?

Inquiry Meditation (IM) is a somatic healing modality that includes elements of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Classic Pleasure Theory, The Work by Byron Katie, and Vipassana Meditation.

I have blended elements from these processes to create a balanced, beauty-filled, and truly reliable method that provides genuine bodily relief from Session #1.

Is Inquiry Meditation for me?

Inquiry Meditation is ideal for those who are looking to resolve emotional triggers, trauma, and childhood wounds, along with current-day unhelpful patterns that seem to happen again and again as a result of this pain.

IM also pairs well with deep-diving spiritual seekers who want to go ever-further down the rabbit hole: there's always more to see, y'all, so let's gooooo.

"Leslie will change your life. I'm already noticing great shifts and can't wait to see where I'll be 6 months in. I recommend her to anyone who will listen. Do you want to dissolve lifelong blocks and start flowing in the way you were born to? Work with Leslie."

Kelley S.

What happens during sessions?

We begin by feeling for where pain is coming up in response to the problem or stress you're experiencing.

The pain may be in your chest, for example. You won't have to look hard for this pain--it wants to be seen! (This applies to numbness as well.)

Once we've identified where the pain is occurring, we engage with it.

We don't talk about the pain, as you might in psychotherapy. Instead, very gently, very sweetly, we interact directly with it. (This difference makes IM the perfect complement to your great talk therapy, by the way.)

I call IM a pleasure practice because the process of our interaction with the pain--the healing process itself, that is--feels really good.

And: the way that we engage with the pain shifts it--our manner of engagement itself shifts the pain--on the spot.

IM consists of these many tiny shifts.

We might call these tiny shifts breakthroughs.

Your body registers them as immediate and pleasurable relief from your suffering.

"As someone who has spent years protecting myself by numbing uncomfortable feelings, I have found Leslie's method of Inquiry Meditation to be safe, gentle and incredibly effective.

Leslie has an incredible spirit and energy which is both energizing and calming - it's hard to explain but you understand the minute you meet her. She is a gifted practitioner and a gift to my life."

--Carolyn L.

"Leslie's work is transformational. She is capable of helping people reach tender places while feeling safe and cared for, and holding the most gentle and caring space during the entire process. I highly recommend Leslie Quigless and her beautiful work for all of those who are on a healing path."

Kate D, OTR/L

Results Inquiry Meditators report

Relief from the sense of being haunted, cursed, and/or marked by past traumatic events

Less and less ruminating, blaming, pontificating, analyzing; the bodily felt feeling of being truly moved on

People, situations, and circumstances that previously were triggering are less and less so and show up less and less

Less panic, anxiety, and chaos--and fewer panic/anxiety/chaos-inducing situations

A greater sense of autonomy in the face of triggers

Greater acceptance of all of one's feelings and the ability to handle denser (painful/difficult) feelings independently

More confidence

The ability to do the things you've been wanting and trying so hard to do, with ease
Feeling good and at peace for longer amounts of time: the sensation of spaciousness and well-being in the body becomes more and more normal.

The results are real! Now that you know what IM is, let's continue your IM Learning Adventure and learn why it works--here.

"All I can say is “Wow!” I must admit that I was a skeptic at first because I had never really had success meditating on my own in the past. I would always find my mind racing as I thought about everything that I needed to do.

Now, I am absolutely amazed because during my sessions with Leslie, she guided me through discovering a place of calm and inner peace."

--Shauna G.

Intrigued? Yeah, you are!

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