Abstract

Sometimes, we operate as though we live in the center of our brains at the top of the tower that is our bodies. We are aware of our bodies as instrumental to accomplishing various pragmatic tasks, but we are unaware or forgetful about how the body constitutes our conscious experience of self and world. The deeper nature and significance of our lived bodily experience is hidden, and it is challenging to discover and describe adequately. Nonetheless, during periods of sickness and injury, we are forced into dramatic confrontations with our bodies and must address our lived bodily experience in often vivid and visceral detail. Fortunately, we are not without resources in the effort to...