LEADER 02299nam 22003973 450 001 9910163887003321 005 20230725062956.0 010 $a1-60961-159-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000865886 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6060864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6060864 035 $a(OCoLC)959149107 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000865886 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTeach Us to Sit Still $eA Skeptic's Search for Health and Healing 210 1$aGordonsville :$cPotter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011. 215 $a1 online resource (274 pages) 311 $a1-60961-158-6 330 $a"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. 517 $aTeach Us to Sit Still 676 $a616/.0472 686 $aBIO026000$2bisacsh 700 $aParks$b Tim$0184973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163887003321 996 $aTeach Us to Sit Still$92878822 997 $aUNINA