Full-Time Yoga Teacher
124: 10 Days of Silent Vipassana Meditation: What Happens When You Remove All Distractions?
What happens when you remove almost every distraction from your life for 10 days? In this episode, I share my experience returning to a 10-day Vipassana meditation course 12 years after my first one. I talk about what it was like to spend 10 days in silence with no phone, social media, music, books, or conversation; the boredom, physical discomfort, hunger, and surprisingly slow passage of time; and what I discovered when there was nowhere else for my mind to go. I also share what I learned about impermanence, non-attachment, silence, digital distraction, and simply being present with whatever is happening instead of immediately trying to change it. More than anything, this experience made me question how often we fill every quiet moment with stimulation, and what might happen if we gave ourselves a little more space to just be. Connect with Reika: Instagram: @reikayoga Website: www.reikayoga.com
