&gt; However, I can&#x27;t to help to think that a 10 days Vipassana session is kind of extreme<p>The theory is that that&#x27;s sort of the minimum you need to get the full experience, in terms of the getting the point where there are significant psychological and physiological changes. I think it could probably be 8 or 9 days instead, but realistically things don&#x27;t start getting interesting until day 6 or 7 and that&#x27;s after doing it for 7 - 10 hours per day.<p>I did it once and I&#x27;d like to do it again, but realistically it is pretty difficult to balance with other life commitments.