Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation Retreats But Were Afraid To Ask | Spring Washam (And Dan’s Close Friend, Zev Borow)

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Am I a bad meditator if I don’t go on a retreat? What do they entail? How do I stay silent for days on end? How do I get into one? What’s the food like?

Spring Washam is the author of two books, A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. She is also one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center and is the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America.

In this episode we talk about:

Whether or not you’re a bad meditator if you don’t go on a retreat
What the specifics of a retreat entails
How you stay silent for days on end
And how to actually get into a meditation retreat

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0:00.0	Hey Dan here before we start the show I want to tell you about a live recording of this
0:04.6	podcast that we're doing in New York City on March 28th. I will be
0:09.6	interviewing two frequent flyers from this show the legendary meditation teacher
0:13.8	Joseph Goldstein who will be just coming off a three-month solo silent
0:17.7	meditation retreat and Dr Mark Epstein a Buddhist therapist and best-selling author.
0:23.6	The event will actually be a celebration of the 10th anniversary of my first book, 10% happier,
0:28.4	and a percentage of the proceeds will go to the New York Insight Meditation Center.
0:32.8	Come early if you want for a VIP guided meditation
0:35.8	and Q&A with me.
0:37.8	Thanks to our friends over at audible
0:39.4	for sponsoring this show and the event.
0:41.8	Tickets on sale right now at symphony space.org.
0:47.0	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello my fellow suffering beings how we doing I cannot tell you how often I get questions
1:10.1	about meditation retreats what What do they entail?
1:14.0	Am I a bad meditator if I don't do one?
1:16.0	How do I stay silent for days on end?
1:18.0	How do I get into a retreat?
1:19.0	What is the food like?
1:20.0	And on and on.
1:22.0	Today it's everything you wanted to know about meditation
1:24.2	retreats but we're afraid to ask. My guest is Spring Washam who was one of
1:29.3	the teachers on my very first meditation retreat back in 2010.
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