stackyFACTSPaying good money to absolutely shut your mouth for over a week sounds like a punishment, but it is wildly popular in India. At the Vipassana international academy, you surrender your phone, your books, and eye contact. The sheer mental torture of being entirely alone with your own unedited thoughts is marketed as the ultimate spiritual detox.
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