SOUL TRADERS
A COUPLE YEARS ago, I went on a three-day mindfulness retreat on Holy Isle, off the coast of Scotland, where the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist monastery has an outpost.
I’m a man nearing the end of my sixth decade. Things are starting to malfunction. I was diagnosed with a myeloid blood disease in 2011, and while the symptoms (and the side effects of the medication) aren’t that egregious, they have synergized with the aging process to make everything physical feel just that much more difficult. What I need at this time of my life
