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.
Working with Pain
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
Looking Back
Tricycle's Interview with Darlene Cohen
Personal Reflections Working with Pain
Growing Up Buddhist: Fish Sticks
One day, when I was about five or six years old, my brother Jon had just finished cooking fish sticks in the oven. The oven door had been opened and the fish sticks were sitting there…
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