| | Hello all,
I’m scheduled to travel in Southeast Asia from Dec 2012 for an undetermined amount of time and I’d really like to do some intensive meditation retreats to make some solid progress in my practice. I was thinking of doing the Basic 21-day course at Chom Tong around the middle of Jan 2013 then doing 3-6 months at MBMC starting in March.
What I’d like to get your advice on was what would be the best way to prepare myself (physically and mentally) for these long and intensive retreats before I leave for Southeast Asia? Do I need to prepare at all?
Just so you have some background information on my current practice, I haven’t been sitting on a daily basis for very long (maybe 2-3 months), I’ve just started to sit for 2 45-min sessions daily and will try to build up to 4 1hr sessions before I leave for overseas. It’s definitely early days, I have yet to see any real progress and I haven’t been on ANY long/intensive meditations retreat yet. Oh and I have a copy of MCTB and have read parts of it, although not a lot of it is relevant for me just yet.
Any advice or concerns would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Andy. |