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.
Chronic 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.
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
A Gateway to Freedom
Freeing your mind in the face of suffering and the
resistance that comes with it
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Belonging in the Body
Granting ourselves permission to feel can help us find acceptance.
12 Things You Should Never Say to Sick People
Much of the way we talk about disease is terribly flawed. But we can change that.
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.
A Second Arrow Story
Overcoming the tales we tell ourselves about physical pain
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