Draining Hate
I knew the distance for the run that day would be long, for me anyway. I was working my way up to running a half marathon and the training distance that morning was 20 km or around 12.4 miles. I knew that it would take me around two hours and that I would be very happy to finish. I knew all that because the run the prior week had been 18 km. What I was not prepared for was the wind and the cold. I’m not a fan of cold temperatures. Have I mentioned that before? It did not take
Equanimity
Equanimity. The first time I ever heard that term was years ago in a yoga class and I didn’t have a clue what it meant. In fact, it took many yoga classes to finally understand it’s meaning. I had a teacher explain it in a way that made the meaning come alive. There I was contorted in some strange position, feeling the burn, and struggling to hold it. The teacher said that if my face could not be relaxed as I held the position then I was not practicing equanimity. I needed to
The Chronic Pain Life
This is a guest post from Ashlee Doulliard, a young Jamaican woman who has been in pain since she was ten years old. Click here for her personal blog - http://chronicpainpartners.tumblr.com “You Don’t Choose the Chronic Pain life, The Chronic Pain Life Chooses You.” August 13th, 2005 is forever etched on my mind. It was probably the most defining moment of my life. At about 8 a.m. that day, the stretcher rolled into my hospital room and I was whisked off into the operation
The Whispering Body
I heard Lissa Rankin, MD; in a TED talk discuss The Shocking Truth About Your Health. Near the beginning of the talk she states that, “Caring for your body is the least important part of your health.” I wasn’t sure that I agreed with her and by the time she was done she said that the body was one component in a balanced and healthy life. Nothing shocking about that! As an OB/GYN physician she said she was seeing patients with health problems but all their test results would
