FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home

100 Hours of meditation in 10 days: our experiences and what we've learned

Episode Summary

Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to talk about their experiences with Vipassana meditation. They share what it is, how the courses work and why it's been so powerful for them.

Episode Notes

Listen to this episode and explore:

• (4:36) Updates: we were interviewed on other podcasts!
• (6:37) What have we been up to?
• (7:41) Vipassana courses and their structure
• (20:57) The 3 meditation techniques taught
• (29:36) How Alasdair got into Vipassana
• (32:21) How JR got into Vipassana
• (36:40) JR’s first Vipassana experience and what it brought up
• (50:22) Alasdair’s experience on his third retreat and what it brought up
• (1:09:11) The value of practicing within a tradition

Mentioned in this episode:

• Alasdair's interview on the Project Mindfulness podcast
• Back2Basics interview with JR
• Pandemic Legacy season 2 board game
• Vipassana centers worldwide
• Dhamma Neru in Barcelona
• Joseph Goldstein
• Tara Brach
• Yuval Harari
• Sam Harris
• Legal Nomads
• FAR OUT Episode 19: The story of how we met (pt. II)
• Alasdair's blog post A Vipassana story: 10 days of silence and meditation

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• Email us at host@thefaroutpodcast.com
• Follow us on Instagram: @alasdair_jr

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)