Teach Us to Sit Still

A Skeptic's Search for Health and Healing

By: Tim Parks

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

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.

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Ein wunderbares Buch

Großartig, ein Augenöffner und super gelesen! Ein Plädoyer für mehr Gelassenheit, Neugierde und ein gutes Leben.

A glimmer of hope

If you’re experiencing pain in your sensitive areas and feel hopeless after many trips to the doctor, this book is sure to give you hope! Highly recommend

Excellent

Enjoyed greatly. Book about pelvic pain and meditation and healing. Mixed w literary references and life lessons. Well written and read.

Charming but voice is dumb and icky

The story was unexpectedly nice, but this actor is a fool. He played the wry, ironic lines for hur-hur laughs and didn't seem to grasp the meaning of many sentences. A real pity.

a deeply funny tale about pain and the brain

i have listened to Tim Parks’ autobiographical book five times (over a few years). it keeps fascinating me. it is in turns profound, surprising, insightful and very humorous. it made me think about modern medicine, the relationship between language, thinking and our bodies - and quite a few other things!
i might well listen to it again sometime ….