WobblyUnicorn

My 10 day Vipassana Meditation Camp

I am 24F, went to Vipassana to get clarity on various aspects of life. Physically and mentally I am absolutely healthy. Assuming that the ones who are reading this are aware of what Vipassana is.

My learning-

It’s never Path A vs Path B and either if it is correct. It’s always Path A with High risk High Reward and Path B with Less risk and Less reward.
The technique strengthens you to choose the Higher risk path
You are not required to speak always. I am more self aware and avoid speaking where it’s waste of energy. This creates less chaos in mind.

What Changed -

You do get a lot clarity in your thoughts
Increased focus. I do advanced asana of Yoga which requires concentration to balance. I am able to hold them longer now.
My food and sleep schedule has changed entirely- I sleep between 10pm - 6am. My last meal is completed before 7pm
I am doing things mindfully - speaking, eating, scrolling, sleeping. I tell my myself/my mind when to stop and start. Earlier i would scroll mindlessly or sleep when my body gave up etc.

I did feel lonely, cried sometimes felt like running out. I even talked to the Guruji about letting me go. I had seen a lot of videos before going which mentioned that you will have all these feeling, but just don’t quit.

Didn’t talk about technique or 10 day schedule since that is v much available over internet. If anyone in the Grapevine community is interested to know more, I am happy writing more about it. Overall please do visit the camp whenever you get a chance, actually as early as possible.

“Bhavtu Sabba Mangalam”

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MagicalNugget

ICICI Bank9mo

I had a horrible experience in Vipassana, I quit the program in 5 days

I had a full blown psychotic episode and started to see and hear things. Vipassana can bring up your deep suppressed traumas to surface, so go there with that caution in mind

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

Yes that’s true. Suppressed traumas do surface. The situation you were in is rare though that it goes to this extent. But I have heard such cases and the key is that you stay strong, trust the process, tell everything to you Guruji and complete the course. And after that you feel very free.

JumpyCupcake

OneShield9mo

LMAO, and you are a project manager? In any case you are in EY?

SillyBoba

NTT Data9mo

Did you take 10days of office leaves?

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

Haha, from job pov it’s a different scenario. You can say that I am jobless because of certain situation.

WobblyWaffle

Student9mo

Can you please tell me as how to join this camp

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

Google “Vipassana your city”. website link will come up.

JazzyBiscuit

Ofbusiness9mo

I used to do it regularly for a month after the 10 day course. Then got occupied and now I rarely do it.

Try to include it in your daily schedule, so the benefits continue 🙂

TwirlyWalrus

Stealth9mo

looks like a paid review

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

No, I did it for free.

CosmicUnicorn

Infosys9mo

When the entire 10 day course is free of charge, how can it be a paid review????

SleepyRaccoon

Oracle9mo

Brainwashing complete

SquishyHamster

Stealth8mo

Please elaborate?

QuirkyPotato

Freshworks9mo

Any particular type of person you wouldn’t recommend vipassana?

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

It’s for everyone and everyone must go learn Vipassana and practice it daily in their lives.

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

Someone who is practising Reiki should not go. And if you are practising any other meditation technique, you will have to stop it for those 10 days. Plus, since I practice pranayama, kumbhak shouldn’t be practiced while doing Vipassana, rest all pranayama we can do.

GigglyPotato

Student8mo

I also recommend it highly. I went to the center in Navi Mumbai.

My life changed completely after that I am more happy today with a lot of acceptance for everything. I did it two years back and I still feel calmness. My anxiety completely went away.

A part of my brain rewired probably.

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius8mo

You still do it daily? And any other form of practice that you are doing apart from Vipassana?

GigglyPotato

Student8mo

Not everyday but whenever I get time, I just do watching my breath exercise, similar to it was taught in Vipassana.

SillyCupcake

Stealth9mo

COVID 19 introduced me to this. I had much much time. And I was exploring meditations. Though I heard it before from my friends, they couldn't persuade me. I was not sure what it was. I thought it was just one of the ways to meditate. And I left it there.

During COVID 19 when I was exploring meditations I stumbled upon Vipassana by Goenka. And at that time I was also reading voraciously on subjects that interested me. One of the topics was understanding human history properly (actually evolutionary biology) and I wanted to start somewhere very basic, and started reading Yuval Harari's books. Then this guy, Yuval, also talked about Vipassana in one of his interviews and it was a coincidence that I was exploring Goenka's Vipassana and this guy too. It was like some special moment. So I dug deep into Vipassana.

While I practiced it at home during lockdown. I still wish to go on that 10 day Vipassana in their center outside the city in the serenity. I hope the time comes sooner.

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

All the best!

SqueakySushi

Deloitte9mo

I did this back in 2019, even though i don't do it regularly it definitely changed my life for sure. I am more confident than ever before

WobblyUnicorn

Highradius9mo

So glad to know that.

DizzyDonut

Stealth9mo

Congratulations, it's not easy to complete that course. Sometimes you feel happy, sometimes sad and many times boring, but you feel the happiness at the end of the course.