How is meditation retreat different from professional athletic training? (Part 11 of 15)

In this eleventh video in the “Śamatha in the 21st Century” series, Dr. Eva Natanya answers the question: How is meditation retreat different from professional athletic training? She specifically draws on her own personal experience as a professional ballet dancer to highlight these differences.

Additional Resources

• For more information on long-term retreat at the CCR, including recommended reading, talks, and guided meditations, please visit our retreat page.
• The CCR offers in-depth guidance for those preparing for or already in long-term retreat through the Seeds of Wisdom Library—sign up here.
• For an engaging talk on śamatha meditation, please see “Crucial Points in the Practice of Shamatha”
• For the Buddha’s analogy of the cat and the elephant, see the Upāli Sutta (Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.99)