BalanceMayIssue2017 - 52

Travel

DE ST I NAT ION:
S EATTLE , WAS HI N GTON , USA

BRAIN-TRAINING
in

Seattle
Get switched on, unload that
emotional baggage and find
your zen in this peaceful,
sun-soaked, west coast retreat
words by
T O N Y W R IG H T O N

H OW TO BO O K

BOOKING INFO:
40yearsofzen.com
COST: £11,699 for
five days.
FLIGHTS: London
to Seattle, fly direct
from £700.
HOTEL: Cedarbrook
Lodge, Seattle.
Double rooms start
from £125 a night
per person.
The centre is in
the hills of Kent,
Washington, 20
minutes from the
airport.

52

T

his is not quite the kind of thing
you read in a holiday brochure:
Travel to a mysterious mountain
retreat outside Seattle for a week of electrical

Arriving in Seattle on a Sunday afternoon,
I had time to kill before the course started
the following day. A chance to prop open
my jet-lagged eyes by sampling Seattle's hip

brain stimulation. Even the name of the
centre made my suspicious, risk-averse,
bullsh*t-detecting mind, well, suspicious...
40 Years Of Zen.
I was told it was called this because after
being wired up to cutting-edge technology
for a week, our minds would be able to
access deep states of calm similar to someone
who's been meditating for 40 years. Who
needs to become a Buddhist monk when one
could simply strap on the electrodes and sort
the whole thing out in a week? Was I signing
up to a cult? I decided to switch off my
scepticism. Besides, I was excited that some
of the most successful business people,
Hollywood elite and athletes had done it.

coffee culture, and go and stare through the
windows at Amazon's new no-credit-card
'in-store experience'.

BALANCE May 2017

MASTER MIND
I stayed at the beautiful Cedarbrook Lodge,
more like an alpine retreat than a hotel,
on the outskirts of Seattle. The training
was billed as 'fully immersive with very
long-days', so I thought I'd be grateful
for a comfy bed at night. Attendees can
stay anywhere they like in the surrounding
area, and a good way of saving money
would be to stay in an Airbnb nearby.
The sun sparkled outside the 40 Years
Of Zen sanctuary mansion as our nervous



http://www.40yearsofzen.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of BalanceMayIssue2017

BalanceMayIssue2017 - 1
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 2
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 3
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 4
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 5
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 6
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 7
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 8
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 9
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 10
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 11
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 12
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 13
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 14
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 15
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 16
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 17
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 18
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 19
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 20
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 21
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 22
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 23
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 24
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 25
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 26
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 27
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 28
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 29
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 30
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 31
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 32
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 33
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 34
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 35
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 36
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 37
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 38
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 39
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 40
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 41
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 42
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 43
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 44
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 45
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 46
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 47
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 48
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 49
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 50
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 51
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 52
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 53
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 54
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 55
BalanceMayIssue2017 - 56
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BALANCE_MARCH_2020
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BALANCE_FEBRUARY_2020
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balancejanuary2020
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BALANCE_DECEMBER_2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BALANCE_NOVEMBER_19
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BALANCE_OCTOBER_2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balanceseptember2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balancejuly2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/Balance_June_2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balancemay2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balance_april_2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMarch19
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceFebruary19
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJanuary2019
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceDecember2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceNovember2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceOctober2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceSeptember2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceAugust2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJuly2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJune2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMay2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceApril2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMarchIssue2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceFebruary18
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJanIssue2018
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balancedecember2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/balancenovember2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceOctober2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceSeptIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJulyIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJuneIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMayIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceAprilIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMarchIssue17
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceFebruaryIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJanuaryIssue2017
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceDecember2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceNovember2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceOctober2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceSeptember2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJuly2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceJune2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceMay2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceLaunchEditionApril2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/Balance2016
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/BalanceNov
http://europe.nxtbook.com/emp/Balance/Balance
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com