Via BBC Heart and Soul // Could you be silent for ten hours - for ten days?

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught by the Buddha more than 2,500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The practice died out in India, but survived in Burma, and is now a growing movement around the world.

Hear Jide and Rosie, two participants in the UK, talk about their experience of it here.