Teach Us to Sit Still: A Skeptic's Search for Health and Healing

Parks, Tim

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"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. Captivating and inspiring, "Teach Us to Sit Still "is an intensely personal--and brutally honest--story for our times.

Publisher: Rodale Press
US SRP: $ 25.99 US
Binding: Hardcover - Other Formats
Pub Date: April 26, 2011

BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Health & Fitness | Healing
LC Subjects:
-Authors, English -Health
-Mind and body therapies -Chronic pain
-Health and hygiene -Alternative treatment
-Parks, Tim -BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Dewey: B
LC Call Number: RB127
Features: Price on Product, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
Initial Print Run: 25000
Physical Info: 1.11" H x 8.72" L x 5.83" W (1.12 lbs) 322 pages
Carton Quantity: 18

Teach Us to Sit Still: A Skeptic's Search for Health and Healing Parks, Tim
	Item#	Binding	isbn 10	Price
	9781609611583	Hardcover	1609611586	18.95
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.