back in february, I signed myself up for a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation retreat. I had no idea what Vipassana meant, nor had I meditated for longer than fifteen minutes at a time. I meditated for up to 10 hours a day for 10 days straight without speaking. here's what happened...

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— timestamps
00:31 intro
01:01 why i decided to go on a 10 day silent meditation retreat
01:56 what is vipassana meditation?
02:23 meditation experience prior to the retreat
02:59 rules we had to follow
04:16 daily routine
07:32 my personal experience + what happened
10:32 overall experience + lessons learnt
15:19 final thoughts + outro

— things mentioned
wat ram poeng temple | https://www.watrampoeng.com/vipassana...
vipassana meditation | https://www.dhamma.org/en/index

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— faq
where are you from? i'm british chinese, grew up in london and currently living in lisbon!!
what did you study and where? i studied classics for 4 years at oxford university & did a term abroad in rome at sapienza university
why did you move to lisbon alone? this video should explain things a bit more:    • PLOT TWIST: i’m now a portuguese resi...  
how can you afford to travel so much? i choose to spend my money on travel and experiences & hope to show on this channel that not only can travel be a lot cheaper than you think, but that it's perfectly possible to work full-time whilst travelling! if i can do it, so can you :)

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