In early 2020, earlier than any of us had heard something a couple of deadly virus rising from Wuhan Province, China, I attended a life altering 8-day Mahamudra meditation retreat with Harvard neuropsychologist and Vajrayana grasp Daniel P. Brown PHd.
After a 9 12 months pause on non secular retreats, this was my first prolonged in-person retreat with a residing instructor.
I did additionally attend a 10-day silent Vipassana Retreat in summer season 2019, however that was accompanied by recordings from S.N. Goenka. That was a strong expertise in its personal proper, however we weren’t receiving teachings from a residing, respiratory, responsive human being.
It’s a very completely different factor and, in my expertise, they don’t actually examine.
I’m no stranger to retreats. In my years residing on the ashram, I did numerous 10 and 21-day silent meditation retreats. Some immediately guided by my instructor, and others utterly solo.
I understand how highly effective they are often.
And this expertise was no exception. The truth is, it was therapeutic and coronary heart opening in methods I couldn’t have anticipated.
On this episode, I share my expertise of happening a Mahamudra meditation retreat with Daniel P. Brown.
I encourage you to pair this podcast with my interview with Dan Brown and his former scholar, John Churchill. All three hyperlinks are listed under.