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What is a meditation retreat? A meditation retreat is normally a place where people can go, to withdraw from the world, to meditate in quietness.
The retreat, or meditation vacation or holiday, usually lasts for several days, but can last as long as you want. The retreat normally is a quiet place in the countryside, but it doesn't need to be. A small room in a busy apartment, in a busy city, can also work as a perfect meditation retreat.
The important thing is that the meditator can experience peace and quiet, they can get away from the world, and that they are supported by, or at least not hindered by, other people.
I would recommend to anybody to go on a meditation retreat. The benefits of several days meditation, of slowing down, of sitting in peace and quiet, these benefits cannot be overstated. You may, by the end of it, feel a different person. You can feel so much more calm, relaxed, energetic, powerful, serene, ready to once more face the turmoil of the world, with your own oasis of calm inside.
I have one word of caution about meditation retreats. Most of them are affiliated to a religion. That is, whilst they are usually open to anyone, they actively promote the sharing and discussion of their various religious ideas and beliefs. They have every right to do this, after all, it is their retreat.
If you are happy to explore ideas and beliefs, knowing that none of them can be proven, and that often, asking for proof is seen as dissent, then it may be that this kind of meditation retreat is for you.
However, if you have come to the end of the various beliefs, opinions, dogmas, creeds and other stuff that people in, then you will need to find a retreat where peopkle are encouraged to meditate and find out the truth for themselves. These kinds of meditation retreats are few and far between, but they do exist.
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