I Did a 10 Day Vipassana Meditation Course (at home) | Unabridged Version

I've done ~27 Vipassana meditation courses now - including a 20 day course. The vast majority were at centers founded by S.N. Goenka, but a handful were at the International Meditation Center as well (where Goenka learned) - and a few were at my home. Over my birthday this year, I decided to do another 10 day Vipassana course at my house - but this time I filmed it. I share all of the ups and downs, day-by-day. The difficulties I experienced, and the peace I feel I found. For the new meditators: I hope this video gives you a real sense of what the experience of going through a Vipassana course is like. For more experienced Vipassana-goers: I share some things I've learned regarding how Goenka courses compare to those at the IMC, how Goenka changed what he learned from his teacher, U Ba Khin, and more. These insights are of course grounded in my understanding of Vipassana at my current level. If you're a more developed meditator and you notice that I've misunderstood something or communicated something poorly, please let me know. Vipassana is the most wonderful thing I have ever found. I hope this video helps you find it too. 💗 ** Goenka Vipassana centers worldwide (roughly 300 centers + informal sites): dhamma.org IMC centers worldwide (6 total): https://www.ubakhin-vipassana-meditat... "The Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice," the essay by U Ba Khin that I excerpt in the video, which describes the 10 stages of Vipassana (and much more!): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a... This is the book I share, "What the Buddha Taught," by Walpola Rahula. This isn't an affiliate link or anything - it goes to my local independent bookstore (which can ship domestically in the U.S.)! If you're interested in buying it, I hope you'll hit up an independent bookstore as well 😊: https://www.powells.com/book/what-the... ** Learn more about Seeds: https://bit.ly/build-abundance Help someone in need & receive SEEDS in thanks 💗: https://www.seedsgives.com/help Join our course (it supports Seeds so we can help folks in need, & because it includes SEEDS, it's effectively free): https://www.seedsgives.com/course-reg... 1-on-1 sessions: https://www.seedsgives.com/one-on-one Hang in our Discord:   / discord   Get SEEDS on Uniswap: https://app.uniswap.org/explore/token... LP in the SEEDS mutual aid pool on Uniswap: https://app.uniswap.org/add/ETH/0x614... ** 0:00 drunk 0:45 ~27 vipassana courses 2:00 course schedule 2:48 fat 4:15 rules 6:13 Day 0 8:04 opening formalities 8:33 Day 1 11:08 Day 2 14:40 Day 3 20:38 Day 4 (Vipassana Day) 21:21 Day 5 (w/thoughts about Goenka & the IMC especially for old students) 38:28 Day 6 49:05 Day 7 (birfday + pain leaves the body) 1:09:11 Day 8 (the 10 stages of vipassana) 1:16:20 Day 9 (more about Goenka v. IMC) 1:26:35 Day 10! (Metta Day) 1:37:59 Day 11 (the final sit) 1:39:50 epilogue ** Music credit: Asher Fulero, "Moonlight Magic"    • Asher Fulero - Moonlight Magic (Official V...   Videos about Vipassana excerpted in the intro:    • What no one tells you about Vipassana retr...      • AFTER: 10 Day Vipassana Meditation Retreat...      • I meditated in silence for 10 days. (my vi...   #meditation #vipassana #goenka #sngoenka #anapanasati #latestagecapitalism #mindfulness #mentalhealth #spirituality #buddha #enlightenment #awakening #equanimity #eatingdisorderawareness