num_pages: 191
description: This life-affirming instructive and thoroughly inspiring book is a must-read for anyone who is--or who might one day be--sick. And it can also be the perfect gift of guidance encouragement and uplifting inspiration to family friends and loved ones struggling with the many terrifying or disheartening life changes that come so close on the heels of a diagnosis of a chronic condition or even a life-threatening illness.The author who became ill while a university law professor in the prime of her career tells the reader how she got sick and to her and her partner's bewilderment stayed that way. Toni had been a longtime meditator going on long meditation retreats and spending many hours rigorously practicing but soon discovered that she simply could no longer engage in those difficult and taxing forms. She had to learn ways to make being sick the heart of her spiritual practice and through truly learning how to be sick she learned how even with many physical and energetic limitations to live a life of equanimity compassion and joy. Whether we ourselves are sick now or not we can learn these vital arts of living well from How to Be Sick.
language: English
title: How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
publisher: Wisdom Publications