Staying with the theme of writing about general life lessons, I thought I’d share some of my current thoughts whilst I sit on the train from Richmond. I say current but this is something I’ve been working on since I did my 10 day silent vipassana meditation a few years ago. In my teen years […]
How yoga and vipassana have taught me to enjoy things I’m not so ‘good’ at
One of the things I love about yoga as a philosophy, is that there is no competition, judging, or clawing your way with force to reach higher and higher levels — at least in theory! I also love that being labelled ‘good’ at yoga is something only you as the practitioner can judge for yourself. I […]
Vipassana Meditation — my 10 days in a silent retreat by Jeremy Brown
I have long been interested in the idea of going on a meditation retreat and spending some time away from it all. Ten years ago, and completely new to all of this, I decided to follow that desire and attended the Dhamma Dipa Vipassana Meditation Centre in Herefordshire, a Buddhist retreat in the heart of […]