The 10-day Vipassana retreat. Where your annoyingly calm, pseudo-enlightened friends go and then return with stories of both monumental struggle and illuminated insight. Perhaps you are curious or perhaps you no longer refer to these individuals as friends. Both positions are understandable. However, the purpose of this article will be to speak to those who …

Oftentimes a practice or exercise becomes so prevalent in our culture that despite it’s ubiquity we fail to pay attention to whether it is even being done properly. This can be said of physical exercise, yoga, and more recently, of meditation. How often have you visited your local gym and witnessed a rather portly gentleman, …