We have arrived at Samahita retreats. Stephen meets me at the front desk for a brief tour of what he calls “your home for the next month”. We stop at the Ganesha shala and he instructs me on how we are going to be working together on this teacher training. Among other things, he explains...

During my first Vipassana retreat in a beautiful place in the Bernese mountains, we were asked to meet in groups once a day, to discuss our experience. I was convinced everyone else was an experienced meditator (is that even a word?) and reluctant to share how my mind just wouldn't stop babbling....