what is your reason for being? | Irish sun
On the topic of retreats, aĀ friend recently sharedĀ scientific research she found (brain scans incl. long term studies of individuals) comparing mindfulness/meditation practice in retreat settings confer more benefits than daily practice. If you take two individuals with identical lifetime hours of meditation practice, there are more lasting changes in people who have gone on retreats (brains and behaviour). Ā
the gift and power of retreats
Lately I've been thinking of why I feel so strongly about curating or attending retreats. There is nothing like a retreat to give us a focused opportunity to pull back from our life as we know it and all the demands and stresses that limit us.This in itself should be enough. To pull back far enough to be a witness andĀ objective friend to our own lives is added sweet medicine. When we are away from routine andĀ inspired it's easierĀ to live between our heart and our gut (the second brain) and giveĀ the mind a vacation of its own for awhile.Ā
