meditation retreat

Leaving for a 10-day meditation retreat this afternoon.

Vipassana meditation.

Why?
I want to improve my ability to concentrate on a single thing.
I want to understand the life the novice monks of Laos lived everyday.
I want to experience first hand the methods of improving ones awareness.

Here's the website for the Vipassana course that I took:
www.rockies.us.dhamma.org