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Learning Meditation: Go on Retreat

The best way to learn meditation is to attend a retreat. “Meditation retreats are like full-immersion courses, where we can develop — or deepen — our capacity to find stillness of mind and greater awareness,” explains Sharon Salzberg, a Buddhist teacher from the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. “These are skills that, if we keep practicing them, can affect every aspect of our lives.” There are a number of wonderful meditation centers, retreats and immersive experiences around the country if you’re looking for more than just a tourist’s vacation — but a vacation that truly stirs the soul.

Travel and Leisure Magazine lately listed their top 10 worldwideretreats to learn meditation. At the top of their list was Ananda in the Himalayas, a dramatic 100-acre estate in Uttaranchal, India, which provides wide views of the the temple villages of Hardiwar and Rishikesh, the Ganges River and the Himalayan foothills. Facilities incorporate a a tea lounge, antique billiards room, meditation and yoga pavilions, 21,000 square foot spa, and a maharajah’s palace.

Here, folks will receive one-on-one guided meditation custom-made to their personal needs. Buddhist meditation teachings, yoga, stretching and breathing exercises are taught in one-hour classes during the day. This center draws in all types of people, including a large number of luxury travelers who have never been to a spiritual retreat before.

The Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado may look a little garish for the United States at first, but this complex is fashioned after traditional Buddhist shrines. The 600-acre retreat center is situated in the Rocky Mountain Valley and contains botanical gardens, a bird sanctuary, meditation halls and shrines. While staying in one of their 65 elegant single or double rooms, you will learn meditation (various forms of Buddhist meditation, specifically) through workshops, week-long immersive programs and specialized courses for artists. You may even find yourself meditating on a hike in the woods or floating languidly in a canoe down the river. If you’re feeling really adventurous, you can take a pilgrimage to Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia or Bhutan.

A third destination to learn meditation is the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. Located on a 200-acre property surrounding a grand mansion, you’ll find 79 dormitory-style single and double rooms with shared bathrooms, dining facilities, outdoor Buddhist shrines and meditation spaces. For a more intense pilgrimage, you can stay at the Forest Refuge, a long-term retreat center set several miles back into the countryside. The practice here involves Vipassana (insight) and Metta (loving kindness) meditation. You’ll sit and you’ll walk, but your meditative practices will all be done in complete silence. Eventually, through silence, you will find insight and self-awakening.

Some people choose exercise or therapy to eliminate their stress. Others use easy meditation exercises to help them see the problem or situation in a different light. Mindfulness meditation is tool used by millions to help enhance their lives and free themselves of stress.

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