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.
buddhism and chronic pain
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Belonging in the Body
Granting ourselves permission to feel can help us find acceptance.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
The Practice of Nonpreference
When pain becomes just one object among many in our awareness, it loses its power.
Learning to Fall
In his struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), Philip Simmons learns that his physical illness is just a manifestation of a more universal human malady.
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