My name is Prasiddha. This was my first time taking Bodhi Meditation Silicon Valley’s 8-Day Health & Happiness Retreat 8/9/2025-8/16/2026.
I was feeling very low on energy and quite depressed because I didn’t have the energy to take care of work and my family including my 1.5 year old toddler. It got to a point where I wasn’t functioning. My husband Googled and signed me up for this low-cost meditation retreat. I came and experienced a 30 min free guided meditation session. I decided to give the meditation retreat a shot.
I made childcare arrangements. After this 8-day meditation retreat – I feel like there’s been a complete transformation in my thoughts about myself, my family and everyone around me. I came with a lot of tiredness and I feel this 8-day meditation retreat has lifted it all out of me.
I had a very profound experience during the energy healing, where I felt like something very negative was taken out of me. I could detect the changes in myself day by day during the meditation retreat. The first few days, I felt very heavy. But the last few days of the retreat, even doing 1.5 hours of The Meditation of Greater Illumination (GI), I still felt great.
Being a compassion-based meditation, the last GIs I did felt very light. My sleep used to be very interrupted, especially with my toddler, so I used to feel very tired. But this week, with the meditation retreat, my sleep has improved and I feel so well rested and energetic even with fewer hours of sleep. The stress relief I’ve experienced in this retreat has been amazing. I’m a scientist in the field of astrophysics.
I use telescopes to study the stars. I took the volunteers’ advice to keep an open mind and not analyze too much. I came in with an open mind, and as a result I was able to open my heart. The Medicine Buddha Heart Mantra chanting was a really powerful experience for me. I am deeply grateful to the teachers, TAs, group leaders and volunteers. I’m very grateful to Grandmaster JinBodhi and all the Buddhas here meditating with us. It was such a heart-centered meditation experience It was such a heart-opening experience and my heart has really been opened up. I feel so much lighter! It’s just amazing! Thank you all so much!