Do you know what vipassana is? This is such a retreat, usual..

Do you know what vipassana is? This is such a retreat, usually it lasts 10 days, where people are silent and meditate, without phones or any gadgets. I will not go into detail about what it is, if you are interested, you can read about it on the Internet.

I dream of one day in my life to get on a real vipassana, while I do not have such an opportunity, I decided to try it at home. The other day I arranged a day of silence for myself without a phone, computer, music and other things. I turned off the phone, put it in the shelf and decided to spend the day alone, in silence and meditation. It was a very interesting experience.

Firstly, when I woke up, I didn’t know what time it was, because I can’t look on my phone, and my watch was dead 😵 I didn’t charge them. All day I was absorbed in my thoughts, and sometimes I was interrupted for meditation.

I ate breakfast, tidied up the house, varnished some of my paintings and put them in order. In general, this cannot be done in real vipassana, but since this was my first experience, I was not too hard on myself.
Then I decided to read a book. Usually when I read books and come across words that I don't know, I start googling. Therefore, I had several moments when I, out of habit, reached for my phone to go online. It was weird.

Throughout the day I was worried about the question, what time is it now? 😅 Since I have a sunset side, I always see the sun from my balcony. I started to calculate by the sun what time it was, it was very funny.
Then I plunged into meditation. I just lay there and thought about everything that was happening. I didn’t forbid myself to think. I just let the stream of thoughts pass through me.
And you know what? In this meditation, a lot of good and useful thoughts came to me. I even discovered one of the reasons for my anxiety. I could never have thought that it really worries me.

Then I came up with some post ideas for you. 😻I remembered stories from my сhildhood and I can't wait to tell you them. Hope you appreciate this idea.
Then I read again, sometimes doing a small stretch for the back. And I ended up falling asleep.

It was definitely a rewarding experience, and I will be practicing it again. I find it sometimes very helpful to be alone with yourself. Do not be distracted by phones and communication.

❓Would you like to spend a day like this? Or maybe you already had such an experience? Share with me in the comments or in private messages😘