What it’s Really Like on a 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
Can a crash course in meditation really rewire your brain?
It’s no secret that western science has proven what many eastern cultures have long known to be true: meditation has the ability to rewire your brain. The effects are permanent.
How could you not be intrigued by such a claim?
And then perhaps somewhere along the way a friend gushes over it, or you skimmed an article in passing, or a little birdie whispers in your ear about this completely donation-based meditation retreat that lasts for 10 days and is also, by the way, completely silent.
Seems like a quick way to kick-start those rewiring results, ideal in an age where instant gratification is king and patience is less virtue than myth.
So you take the plunge. You sign up for a Vipassana meditation course. The basics?
No music. No reading. No writing. No speaking.
Not even eye contact.
TEN days.
There is no shorter option for first-timers so…10 days it is.
You’re fine. That’s cool. You can totally hand that. And it’s not even hard to bat away thoughts like:
