I went to Bodhinyanarama Buddhist Monastery's 8 day silent mindfulness retreat and in this video, I share what the experience was like and what I learned.

This is an Ajahn Chah Thai forest tradition monastery located in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. Overall, it was a very fruitful experience with many lessons learned and greater clarity obtained.

The clips that you see in this video were either filmed after the retreat or during my previous visit to the monastery a couple years ago.

The monastery's website:
https://bodhinyanarama.net.nz/

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Expectations & structure
2:20 Things I have noticed in myself
4:55 Lessons from the monks
10:01 Personal insights

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