At 4am, I wake up to the morning dong of the beginning. I'm anxious to what my day has waiting for me. Then comes a ringing bell which gets louder and louder the closer it gets to my room. Tiredness quickly passes my body as I jump up with full excitement. I turn my lights on and head for the bathroom. It's half way through washing my face with a white face wash that I realise my bathroom light has a dodgy connection. It blinks a few times and then stays off. The light from my actual room isn't bright Read more [...]

I have just arrived at my Vipassana centre and have fully registered and collected my bed sheets. after being given my room number, I enter the tiny simple home which will be mine for the duration of my stay. The course doesn't technically start till tomorrow and so today we are able to talk, take pictures and use our phones etc. Due to the fact that the following 10 days WILL be in pure silence, I've decided to close myself away in my room for most of today. I wish to make as little contact with Read more [...]

For 10 days I have decided to book myself into a Vipassana Meditation Centre. Vipassana is one of India’s most ancient meditation techniques. It was rediscovered by Gotama the Buddha more than 2,500 years and has since become increasing popular throughout the world. Vipassana means to see things as they really are through natural self-observation. One starts my observing the natural breath to concentrate the mind. With this sharpened awareness, one then proceeds to observe the changing nature of Read more [...]