Consciousness & Medicine
Dark-retreat operator says he aims to build 2,000 rooms worldwide
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Inside the World of Dark Retreats | Ian Gardner
""I came on the concept for for the Arya, which is to build we want to build 2,000 of these dark rooms around the world over the next 10 years so that people can go experience it.""
Ian Gardner, founder of Acrya, says he is planning a rapid expansion of dark-retreat rooms, targeting 2,000 rooms globally within a decade. He frames the effort as making an esoteric contemplative practice more accessible, and links recent Western interest to existing retreat centres and long waiting lists for some facilities.
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