I've done silent day retreats before, but haven't worked up to any longer yet. I sort of want to but am also scared of what my mind would do in that time... I enjoyed the day ones - it meant no enforced small talk which I hate anyway! I would be intrigued how your friend finds it as well.
Ooh where did you go for the day silent retreat. I’m like you I don’t think I could plunge into 10 days for the first silent retreat experience. She is on day 5 already, I do wonder how she is doing. I’ll let you know next week how it all went 😬
Is your friend doing a 10-day Vipassana retreat Tanya? I have a friend who did this in Norfolk and they described it as very hard and pretty transformational. It might be a bit cliche but doing hard things is where the gold is found, and it's so often where you specifically don't want to look.
I was on an unwelcome and enforced break from speaking for a few months not that long ago after an accident in which I broke my jaw , then had trauma related anxiety. It manifested itself in not being able to talk. I felt incredibly isolated and alone, It’s something that you just take for granted. I’m a big talker so I found it really hard. A silent retreat by choice would be a challenge 😜
I've done silent day retreats before, but haven't worked up to any longer yet. I sort of want to but am also scared of what my mind would do in that time... I enjoyed the day ones - it meant no enforced small talk which I hate anyway! I would be intrigued how your friend finds it as well.
Ooh where did you go for the day silent retreat. I’m like you I don’t think I could plunge into 10 days for the first silent retreat experience. She is on day 5 already, I do wonder how she is doing. I’ll let you know next week how it all went 😬
Is your friend doing a 10-day Vipassana retreat Tanya? I have a friend who did this in Norfolk and they described it as very hard and pretty transformational. It might be a bit cliche but doing hard things is where the gold is found, and it's so often where you specifically don't want to look.
Yes that’s exactly the one. Oooh tell me more about it 🙏🙏🙏
I was on an unwelcome and enforced break from speaking for a few months not that long ago after an accident in which I broke my jaw , then had trauma related anxiety. It manifested itself in not being able to talk. I felt incredibly isolated and alone, It’s something that you just take for granted. I’m a big talker so I found it really hard. A silent retreat by choice would be a challenge 😜
enjoy the road less traveled, headed that way, peace