When the opportunity for this Meditation and Silence Retreat was presented to me, I had no idea of the loud inner work I was about to face.

So many memories I didn’t even know affected me so deeply. So many repressed feelings that were keeping me from even expressing gratitude to God for everything I already have. Over these days, I realized I had been giving attention to things I had long thought about letting go of.

At specific moments, I felt my body burning and my mind refusing to quiet down. Slowly, things began to settle, and then I would take a deep breath and understand the “why” behind so much. Life does not forgive, and these days at the Ashram showed me that attachment will never move you forward, and that if I truly want a deep connection with God and with myself, I must free myself from the chains that keep me imprisoned.

I could spend a long time telling every detail of what this experience was like, but lived experience is difficult to put into words.

I wish that all seekers may find a place that provides the best possible experience, just as the Ashram did for me.

With love