Tushita

After 10 days of silence it is very strange to be in the internet cafe writing this and surrounded by noise and people!!

The retreat was fab - an eye-opening experience! The centre is in a clearing in the woods, and it is lovely and sunny during the day but quite cold at night. It is really nice to be in silence for 10days, surrounded by strangers who are all going through the same experience as you. And at the end of it we were all friends, even though we had never spoken, but we still felt that we knew so much about each other!

I still don't quite know how to describe everything i learnt and went through on the course but it has felt like an important journey and i am so glad i found this place.

At the end of the retreat I didn't want to have to leave and go into the town and be surrounded by all the noise so I volunteered with a couple of other girls to help out at the centre for a few days. And so they put us to work tidying and cleaning rooms for the next group of people who arrive on wed for a different retreat. We also helped clear out one of the Gompa's (meditation rooms) because it is having a new floor put down.

And now I'm going to stay on until Sat and do another 2 day meditation course! They'll never get rid of me!!