My First Vipassana Retreat

Written 1/24/22

I experienced my first Vipassana retreat two weeks ago. The most challenging then rewarding 10 days of my life so far. True to my promise for this blog, here’s my painfully honest review.

First, some background,

A traditional Vipassana retreat is a prolonged live-in course for silence and meditation as taught through the Vipassana technique. The teacher of this technique, SN Goenka, is an Indian guru or sage of sorts with award-winning wisdom that’s translated Buddha’s teachings into a format that can be learned in…