Darlene Cohen

​Darlene Cohen was a Zen teacher and the author of several books including Turning Suffering Inside Out. She passed away in 2011. 

Recent Articles

What My Body Taught Me When It Stopped Working

The late Zen teacher Darlene Cohen was athletic, fearless, and self-reliant — until rheumatoid arthritis took her strength, her independence, and even her ability to care for her own child. What she found on the other side of denial wasn't peace. It was curiosity. An excerpt from the new collection, Alive For It All — Wisdom for Everyday Life: The Teachings of Darlene Cohen, by Cynthia Kear.

My Path with Arthritis

Darlene Cohen shares how she used mindful awareness of her arthritic pain to push beyond her own expectations.

Pain Not Suffering

Two Buddhist teachers offer techniques to lessen pain’s mental suffering, look at its true nature, and learn its valuable lessons