I’ve decided to begin the basic ITP practice beginning tomorrow, which includes an hour of meditation per day, 4 weightlifting sessions each week, and a cognitive component (mainly reading). I’m following a hookey looking workout program called Muscle Now, which is actually an excellent system. I’m going to be measuring the objective results of the workout program (via measurements of my waist, muscles, and weight), and I will know I’m successful with the meditation if I sit everyday for an hour. Subjectively I will use this blog to share any differences (positive or negative) that I am experiencing. I plan on following this system (which could modify slightly over time) until the end of the year. My girlfriend has decided she’s going to play along too…
Vincent Horn is a Buddhist Geek, teacher, and explorer. In 2006 Vincent helped start, and now runs, a popular Buddhist media project called Buddhist Geeks. And with the encouragement of his teachers—after nearly a decade of intensive meditation practice in the Burmese and Thai Forest Theravada tradition—Vincent teaches both online, and in-person from the Blue Ridge Meditation Center in Asheville, North Carolina.