The Heart of Listening, a welcome book to those of us teaching in this field that is so difficult to put into words, embodies the uniqueness of its author, who offers a rare combination of being a highly skilled healing practitioner and biomedical theoretician along with manifesting a profound spiritual vision. As a close friend put it, `Hugh approached me slowly, not putting his hands on me until I was fully ready to receive him, and then only with deep reverence.` This book brings into light the marginalized genius of a small subculture of osteopaths whose lineage dates back to William Sutherland, who, like Hugh, was both a technical genius and a spiritual visionary. Here we have a combination of careful anatomical analysis and instructions on how to do skillful hands-on manipulations, always in the context of knowing that we are engaged in a work of the spirit. ---Don Hanlon Johnson, Ph.D. Director, Somatics Program, California Institute of Integral Studies, Author of The Protean Body and Body, Spirit and Democracy The Heart of Listening is an impeccable work that demonstrates the healing and teaching power found in the human physical structure. Milne provides profound psycho-spiritual insights and makes a significant contribution to physicians, health professionals, and individuals who seek ways to understand the unlimited resource of healing found within the human body. ---Angeles Arrien, PA.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Author of The Four-Fold Way and Signs of Life A wonder of a book. So many wisdoms and books within books. A book for all people. Betty Balcombe, Visionary Healer, Author of As I See It and The Energy Connection Originally published as a single volume, The Heart of Listening has been re-issued as two separate volumes because of public demand for a more concise, portable edition. Milne, a third-generation Scottish osteopath, begins by explaining the visionary approach to healing, and how it may be applied to the realm of craniosacral work. He explains the importance of meditation, centering, and the cultivation of heartfulness in the development of compassionate practice. Knowledge of human evolution and the history of healing can open up the healer`s understanding of his or her own capabilities. Milne introduces the reader to the story of visionary work -- its genesis, evolution, philosophy, and practice -- and explains how a grounding in meditation, sensitive touch, and intuitive perception can lead to a remarkable unfoldment in skill development. The shamanistic roots that craniosacral work shares with all forms of healing touch, whether massage therapy, deep tissue work, energy work, or the laying on of hands are also explored, as is the healer`s contract, the development of perception and intuition, and visionary diagnosis. The second volume of The Heart of Listening details the anatomy, physiology, energetics, and techniques that are the essential core of visionary craniosacral work.