silence is golden

After preparing myself by spending a week tanning and relaxing and eating good food at the beaches of Goa, I'm about to embark on a more inward journey... I'll be spending 10 days in silent sitting meditation in the Buddhist Vipassana (Insight) tradition as taught by SN Goenka at a center just outside Mumbai. I hope to come out of this with my head still attached but perhaps a few insights.

The daily schedule is as follows...
4:00am wake up
4:30am - 6:30 sitting meditation
6:30am - 8:00 breakfast
8:00am - 9:00 group meditation
9:00am - 11:00 sitting meditation
11:00am - 12:00 lunch
12:00pm - 1:00 rest
1:00pm - 2:30 sitting meditation
2:30pm - 3:30 group meditation
3:30pm - 5:00 sitting meditation
5:00pm - 6:00 tea break
6:00pm - 7:00 group meditation
7:00pm - 8:15 teacher's discourse
8:15pm - 9:00 group meditation
9:00pm - 9:30 question time
9:30pm lights out

Wish me luck and I'll update everyone on the other side... who knows, I may not have much to say after this. If you're interested in learning more check out http://www.dhamma.org/