Personal Reflections Working with Pain
From Fighting to Flourishing
Mindfulness teacher Vidyamala Burch shares how her relationship with her spinal injury shifted when she dropped the fantasy of finding a cure and prioritized healing instead.
Working with Pain
A Gateway to Freedom
Freeing your mind in the face of suffering and the resistance that comes with it
Dancing in the Dark Fields: The Teachings of Illness
A chronic, painful illness delivers the message of a different kind of freedom to Zen priest Florence Caplow.
More than This Body
We can't rid ourselves of bodily pain, but by changing how we relate to it, we can awaken our minds.
The Sound of One Hand Healing
After breaking his hand, a physician gets a dose of present moment medicine.
Trying Not to Itch
A nightmarish retreat ends with a lesson in compassion toward oneself—and a doctor's appointment.
Swamp Marigold
Sick and on the fringe, writer and mother Elizabeth Bastos looks to nature to find hope while living with chronic pain.
The Real Stuff
Sitting with Pain
A Real Pain in the Butt
Some hard facts about sitting, the sciatic nerve, aging, and your pelvis
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