Financial Times Launches ‘Untold’ Podcast Series with Deep Dive into Controversial Meditation Retreats

Introducing “Untold: The Retreat,” a new investigative podcast series by the Financial Times set to launch in January. This series aims to explore the intense and sometimes harrowing experiences individuals undergo at meditation retreats. Through personal accounts, it highlights the physical and psychological challenges participants face, including the extreme conditions of long meditation sessions starting before dawn, the struggle with physical discomfort, and the severe mental states some encounter, such as terror or even psychotic breaks.

• The podcast series is titled “Untold: The Retreat” and is produced by the Financial Times’ special investigations team.
• It aims to shed light on the experiences of individuals attending meditation retreats, focusing on the challenges and extreme conditions they endure.
• Meditation sessions begin at 4:00 a.m., and participants face physical discomfort such as back and knee pain, along with hunger.
• Some participants report experiencing severe mental states, including terror and psychotic breaks, described as akin to being in a “torture chamber for the mind.”
• The series seeks to examine the goal of these retreats, which is purportedly to purify the mind, and the consequences faced by those who attend.
• “Untold: The Retreat” is set to be the first series from the Financial Times’ new investigative podcast, Untold, launching in January.

The Financial Times is a British daily business newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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