What is the Inner engineering retreat like?
I’m a 32 y/o who has just pulled out of the rat race, absolutely burnt out and clueless about what I am outside of my previous job, what I want and what I wanna be. I was raised religious, but I’m a scientist who slowly became an atheist over the years and I’d consider myself agnostic now.
I’ve been researching ways to change the way I think, to reduce the crushing pessimism that I live with - I’ve tried everything from therapy to silent retreats, but to no necessary avail. Isha’s Inner Engineering Retreat caught my eye, but there isn’t enough information online for me to understand what the programme is like. Additionally, Reddit posts and testimonials are full of terms that I don’t understand (Kriya, shambhavi, mandala etc) and I’m hoping somebody would help me out and dumb things down for a newbie :)
- People talk about ‘doing the kriya’ - is this meditation? Yoga?
- Does the programme essentially teach you some form of meditation that you can do everyday to ground yourself a bit better? If yes, I think I’d highly benefit from it.
- Are attendees allowed to use phones/iPads etc.? I journal on my iPad and would love to have it with me.
I’m hoping to go to the Isha Yoga Center in India, so I can also go to Rishikesh for maybe a week for a yoga retreat (suggestions welcome!)