There have been a lot of studies published on mindfulness and meditation. Like, a real lot. In fact, there were more studies published every month in the year 2017 than in all the years leading up to 2002, making for a whopping total of more than 6,000 published studies on meditation and mindfulness in the past twenty-odd years.

"And so we come to the great paradox of retreat practice: It is through removing ourselves that we become most fully available."

If you have even remotely been following Devon and me on Facebook lately, you'll know that we're pretty excited about this upcoming mindfulness workshop in Iceland in late July. (Sorry about that. Like I said: excited.) 

Thinking about our travels this summer - in which we'll be traversing Iceland, Denmark, France, the Faroe Island, and possibly Ireland, teaching folks from around the world - I've been mulling over what travel is all about. Are there different categories of travel? And are some better than others?