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5 Life Lessons I Learned from Meditating in India

5 Life Lessons I Learned from Meditating in India

Since arriving in India I’ve learned a great deal about my self and question a great many things in my own life. To see firsthand a culture and environment so drastically different than the one I’m familiar with back home is a tremendously eye-opening experience. A few posts ago I told you about the 10-day silent meditation retreat up in Dharamsala at Tushita. I only have glowing reviews about the course, and it inspired me to sign up for another, far more intense, 10-day silent meditation retreat through Vipassana.

10 Lessons from My First Year of Backpacking

10 Lessons from My First Year of Backpacking

In my old consulting days, at the end of every project my team would summarize our “lessons learned.” Nobody ever enjoyed the exercise, but it was always an invaluable resource for the next team. I did this for work numerous times, but never once took inventory of my own “lessons learned” in life. Now that I’m traveling, I realize the value of writing them down and I feel this is one of the few ways I can give back to readers of this blog.