By Arielle Schwartz — 2020
If you have a history of trauma or chronic pain, you may need to relearn the art of listening to your body in a safe and slow manner.
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Cutting-edge research tells us that experiencing childhood emotional trauma can play a large role in whether we develop physical disease in adulthood. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the growing scientific link between childhood adversity and adult physical disease.
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Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults
As long as we have bodies, we will have physical pain. Buddhism promises no escape from that. What we can change is how we experience pain.
People are forever extolling the virtues of meditation, but who wants to focus on their breath or body when they’ve got a runny nose or aching bones? Even those who are sold on the mindfulness practice might be inclined to skip sessions when feeling under the weather.