Back in January, I took the plunge into one of the most extreme "rights of passage" in the meditation world: a Goenka Vipassana course. 10 days of waking up at 4 am, meditating 11 hours per day, living in complete silence, not allowed to do anything except meditate, eat, and sleep. No phones. No books. No writing/drawing. No communication, even eye contact. No distractions. Just ten days with your mind.
It was by far one of the most difficult things I have ever done.
Read on to see what it was like to do a meditation bootcamp in the depths of winter in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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