How 10 Days of Silence Changed My Life
From Heart + Head Work by MAVEN Founders (Tessa Arneson & Rocky Donati)
January 26, 2026 · 1h 6m · Season 2 · Episode 14
About this episode
Rocky Donati shares her transformative experience at a 10-day Vipassana silent retreat focused on meditation and self-awareness.
In this episode of Heart + Head Work, we explore what happens when everything goes quiet. Rocky Donati shares her experience attending a 10-day Vipassana silent retreat—a meditation practice centered on awareness, equanimity, and learning to see reality exactly as it is. With no phone, no speaking, no reading, and more than 11 hours of meditation per day, the retreat created an environment designed to strip away distraction and invite a direct encounter with the self. What unfolded wasn’t bli...
People in this episode
Host: Tessa Arneson
Guest: Rocky Donati
Topics covered
- meditation
- self-discovery
- mindfulness
- silence
- retreat
Keywords
- Vipassana
- silent retreat
- meditation
- self-awareness
- mindfulness
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Vipassana silent retreat
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