Before the start of nearly every week, my mom picks up her phone and looks through the messages of a WhatsApp group for weekend retreats. What first began as a short trip once a month evolved to a trip nearly every weekend, almost like a weekly routine she follows with more discipline than anything else. “There’s a new trip to Siwa, do you want to come?” she once asked me as she handed me her phone to show me the pictures of the place. “It looks magical. Please come along to get your mind off everything.” I told her I was ‘busy’. Not because I did not want to go, but because I was trapped in a mindset that believed comfort and rest can only come after all the work is completely done, and it always felt like the work was never done. This all changed when I discovered Deepak Chopra – a holistic health coach and an alternative medicine advocate. I used to perceive meditation or holistic health in a very superficial sense, and associated it with typical Instagram photos of models with organic food, spa retreats or yoga…
Without Traveling to a Retreat, Meditation Helped Me Find Peace Internally
November 22, 2021
