Meditation, orgasms, and mental palaces
Bear with me here...
Over the weekend I did my first meditation retreat. It was just a five-hour-long virtual retreat via Zoom, but I was filled with anxiety ahead of time. Will my mind go to scary places? Will I be crawling out of my skin? What if my legs fall asleep and, like, really, really hurt, a lot?
These worries sound so small now, but they felt very …