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Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing
Tim Parks
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Description for Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing
Paperback. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Teach Us To Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies? What can the simple act of sitting still teach us about ourselves?
When Tim Parks fails to find a cause for his crippling chronic pain, he turns to meditation. This is, however, not your average self-help book or conversion story; instead, it is a refreshingly honest and profoundly moving introspection of one writer and his quest to overcome the inner battle between mind and body. A revelatory read with delightful cultural and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099548881
SKU
9780099548881
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Ref
99-1
About Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn ... Read more
Reviews for Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing
His journey will open your mind to the possibilities of mindfulness
Polly Vernon
Sunday Telegraph
Teach us to Sit Still made me laugh; it made me cry; and it made me seriously think about taking up Vispassana meditation
Will Self
The Times
A searingly honest, viscerally vivid, darkly comic self-examination of the connections between ... Read more
Polly Vernon
Sunday Telegraph
Teach us to Sit Still made me laugh; it made me cry; and it made me seriously think about taking up Vispassana meditation
Will Self
The Times
A searingly honest, viscerally vivid, darkly comic self-examination of the connections between ... Read more