The Challenges of Goenka’s Vipassana : How Participants of the Ten-Day Course Make Sense of the Intense Internal Experiences Induced by Vipassana Meditation
In this study, 28 individuals were interviewed about their experiences and interpretations of S. N. Goenka’s ten-day Vipassana course, which involves intense meditation practices. A phenomenographic analysis of the interview material identified six qualitatively distinct categories of Vipassana experiences, and found that 22 out of 28 respondents had Energy-Like Somatic Experiences (ELSE), describ
