03244nam 22004453 450 991016388700332120230725062956.01-60961-159-4(CKB)3710000000865886(MiAaPQ)EBC6060864(Au-PeEL)EBL6060864(OCoLC)959149107(MiAaPQ)EBC4690451(Au-PeEL)EBL4690451(CaPaEBR)ebr11267463(EXLCZ)99371000000086588620210901d2011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTeach Us to Sit Still A Skeptic's Search for Health and HealingGordonsville :Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale,2011.©2011.1 online resource (274 pages)1-60961-158-6 Intro -- Other Books by This Author -- Full Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author Note -- Foreword -- Part One -- Turp -- Stupid Pains -- Il bell'Antonio -- The Waterseller -- Worrisome, Dissatisfied Individuals -- In His Image -- Urodynamics -- Deterritorialization -- Remember Life? -- A Tussle in the Mind -- Experiments with Truth -- The Difficult Target -- 6,820,000 Hits -- The Pilotòn -- Harley Street -- Lives of Quiet Desperation -- A Cat on Board -- Part Two -- Be Silent, Oh All Flesh -- Goblin Fires -- Ineffable -- Verbiage -- A Strainer -- The Scafell Syndrome -- Dreams of Rivers and Seas -- The Tangled Wisteria -- The Gong -- Surprise Party -- Anicca -- The Booker Speech -- Personally of Course I Regret Everything -- Coleman -- Charity -- Cathedral -- Afterword -- Credits -- Copyright -- Back Cover."Teach Us to Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking, and inexplicably entertaining story of how Tim Parks found himself in serious pain, how doctors failed to help, and the quest he took to find his own way out. Overwhelmed by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, Parks follows a fruitless journey through the conventional medical system only to find relief in the most unexpected place: a breathing exercise that eventually leads him to take up meditation. This was the very last place Parks anticipated finding answers; he was about as far from New Age as you can get. As everything that he once held true is called into question, Parks confronts the relationship between his mind and body, the hectic modern world that seems to demand all our focus, and his chosen life as an intellectual and writer. He is drawn to consider the effects of illness on the work of other writers, the role of religion in shaping our sense of self, and the influence of sports and art on our attitudes toward health and well-being. Most of us will fall ill at some point; few will describe that journey with the same verve, insight, and radiant intelligence as Tim Parks"--Provided by publisher.Teach Us to Sit Still 616/.0472BIO026000bisacshParks Tim184973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910163887003321Teach Us to Sit Still2878822UNINA