Bodhi Meditation transforms us, not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Here are more stories from the retreat:

Clyde shared that when he was younger he got into a lot of trouble with the law. He had a traumatic incident with the police that left him with much resentment towards police officers. On this last day of the retreat, he got off rapid transit and froze. There were a couple of police officers dealing with an incident. For the first time, Clyde thought of how police officers put their lives on the line every day; he felt compassion for them.


Sofia has been meditating at Bodhi for two years.

One evening, after a day of meditating at this retreat, she smelled cigarettes and coffee. She worried that her daughter was smoking. Thankfully, she wasn’t.

She thought her husband must be making coffee and worried that it was too late at night for caffeine. He wasn’t.

She realized the smell was coming from her. When she was younger, she was a chain smoker and drank gallons of coffee. Sofia was detoxing.


This was Penny’s third retreat. “It’s like filling a gas tank,” she said.

On Day 4, while practicing The Meditation of Greater Illumination, sweat poured down her hair and her body like a river. She was soaked. Later that day it seemed that her intuition was sharp and clear.

Also on Day 4 and 5, she doubled over from the pain of Crohn’s Disease. By Friday, the pain was gone. “Miraculous,” she said.

As well, a basal carcinoma on her face disappeared. “When I cross the threshold here, I feel loved and worthy.” She recommended that the new graduates come back to learn more about themselves and to fill their gas tank.


Catherine’s right hip has been a problem for fifty years. Now she can actually sit cross-legged throughout the Meditation of Purity.


Myrna said that for twenty years something was missing. She said it was no coincidence that she found Bodhi Meditation.

Her heart had been like armour and it took a long time to open. Everything felt so uncomfortable, she felt like she’d been ripped apart and was in uncharted territory. She is thankful to know that Grandmaster JinBodhi is guiding her.

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