The most challenging, and rewarding, thing you may ever do.
The 10-day course is the essential starting point. Without completing it, one cannot be considered a Vipassana student.
Students live on-site, observe Noble Silence, and meditate for approximately ten hours each day. Food, accommodation, and teaching are provided free of charge.
"You are asked to give yourself fully — for just ten days."
Each day follows the same sacred structure — a rhythm that settles the mind into deeper and deeper stillness.
Rise in silence. The day begins.
In the hall or in your own room.
Simple, nourishing vegetarian food.
In the hall, together in silence.
The main meal of the day. New students may have fruit at 5 PM.
Group sittings and individual practice alternate.
A moment to walk, rest, breathe.
The final group sitting of the day.
An evening teaching — clarifying the day's experience with wisdom and warmth.
Closing the day in stillness.
An opportunity to clarify your practice — in private.
Rest is practice. The silence continues.
The mind is trained. Awareness of the breath — subtle, natural, always present. The scattered mind begins to settle.
The sharpened mind turns inward, observing sensation throughout the body. The deepest patterns of the mind are seen — and begin to dissolve.
Loving-kindness is shared with all beings. The silence lifts. Students speak, reflect, and prepare to carry the practice home.
A shorter retreat for serious students who have completed a 10-day course. A chance to deepen the practice, not an introduction.
A unique 10-day course in which Goenkaji elucidates the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, the Buddha's discourse on mindfulness.
20-day, 30-day, 45-day and 60-day courses — for students ready to go deeper, further, beyond the surface of things.
Special courses for children and adolescents — shorter duration, adapted for developing minds. The gift of a lifetime.
