One Year of Vipassana Meditation—Part 2: Real-World Effects Post-Practice (Self-Sabotage) A big thank you to Chiara and Sara for helping me with this piece :) Following my first Vipassana course, I went onto serve (volunteer for) many other courses for adults and children--as a course manager, in the kitchen, cleaning and landscaping. I also sat a second 10-day course in October
One Year of Vipassana Meditation—Part 1: My First Course On February 1, 2023 I embarked on a journey of 10 days that completely changed my life and shifted the way I interact with the world. This journey was a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at the Quebec Vipassana Centre in Montebello, Canada. A detailed timetable, an explanation of the
Exciting times The big city proved too much for the man. Ill he fell. A symptom of the place or time? Or something within himself? It’s usually something within himself. Departed he was one warm sunny fall day, on a boat to The Island. The long-awaited Island. There his tide began
UBC and Wreck Beach - October 26, 2023 My second full day in Vancouver, and I was keen to leave the downtown. Without much thinking, I headed south, passing another time through the West End, the neighborhood that I found myself most calm and peaceful in since my arrival. I rented a public city bike from Granville Island
