Few people have guided me through mindfulness and meditation quite like Janet Solyntjes. As a longtime silent retreat leader, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor and co-owner of the ...

There is a book by MIT researcher Sherry Turkle called Alone Together. It is about technology, about how our devices leave us lonely in company, connected to everyone and close […] ...

AS THE TRAIN noisily sped me to my first silent meditation retreat, in upstate New York, I decided to practice—by panicking quietly. I’d never meditated before, not for a minute let alone a weekend.

The first time I ever went on a silent meditation retreat, 11 years ago, I thought I had entered the zombie apocalypse. After arriving and having dinner with my fellow retreatants, we went into ...

Serial entrepreneur Ben Casnocha has long been interested in meditation’s potential to reduce stress. But in 2012, he delved into it seriously–really seriously–through silent meditation retreats. He ...

For almost two weeks, I lived like a nun at a silent meditation retreat center. But to do so, I had to be down with some of the center's basic ground rules. That included waking up at 4 am, wearing ...

Is there anything more L.A. than learning about the coronavirus pandemic only after emerging from a 12-day meditation retreat in the desert, thereby also presumably undoing all the stress release that ...

A week in silence may sound like a dream to anyone drained by the constant stimulation of modern life. But the reality of a silent retreat can be far from what you might imagine. Beyond the immediate ...

Yom Kippur is a day many Jews associate with dread and cynicism. Until recently, I was one of them. On top of harshly judging your questionable life choices, you’re expected to fast for 25 hours while ...