Retreats

Vipassana 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat

S.N. Goenka (recorded) Worldwide (100+ centers) 10 days Donation-based

4.5 (2 reviews)

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One of the most intense and transformative experiences available in the personal development world. Ten days of complete silence, no phones, no reading, no writing — just you and your mind. The technique, taught by S.N. Goenka through video discourses, is a rigorous form of insight meditation dating back 2,500 years. You will sit for 10+ hours daily, observe bodily sensations, and develop equanimity. Many describe it as the hardest thing they have ever done — and the most rewarding. The program operates on a donation basis, making it accessible to all. Centers exist worldwide.

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Elena Rodriguez

Attended August 2025

The hardest and best thing I have ever done

Day 4 I wanted to leave. Day 6 I cried for three hours straight. Day 8 something shifted and I experienced a stillness I did not know was possible. Day 10 I did not want to leave. The technique is simple but brutal in its demands — sit still, observe sensation, do not react. That is it. And it will destroy you in the most beautiful way. I have done therapy, coaching, plant medicine — nothing has come close to what Vipassana did for my relationship with my own mind. The fact that it is free (donation-based) makes it the single best value in all of personal development.

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James Okafor

Attended October 2025

Not for beginners

Powerful experience but I wish I had more meditation experience before attending. The 4:30 AM wake-ups, 10+ hours of sitting, and complete silence were genuinely challenging. The food was good (vegetarian, simple) and the accommodations were clean but spartan. Goenka's evening discourses are brilliant — the man had a gift for making ancient wisdom accessible and often funny. I would give 5 stars but the rigid schedule felt unnecessarily harsh at times.

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Price: Donation-based
Instructor: S.N. Goenka (recorded)
Location: Worldwide (100+ centers)
Duration: 10 days
Category: Retreats

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