In Preperation for An Unkown Journey

In about a week now I (Karlie, duh)am going to attend my first 10 day Vipassana Meditation here in Mexico in the mountains outside of Mexico City. The place is called Valle del Bravo. I've thought about attending a 10 day sit and when I found out that there's a center here I decided, why not? Well actually there are plenty of reasons why not but since the biggest is fear I can't let that stop me. So, what is vipassana? Vipassana is a tradition of meditation usually held in 10 day courses where those attending have committed to isolation during the 10 days as well as the entire course in noble silence (right, no talking at all) with no other forms of communication. Just you, your mind and silence. Who knows what kind of noise is going to spill out of my mind as I attempt to sit for up to 12 hours a day without moving a muscle, not to mention the physical discomfort that will be inevitable.
I am starting to focus now on goals and other things like this as well as slowly cutting out caffeine and soon cutting out alcohol (always the toughest part for me!). Although I know that once I'm sitting in the silence of the unknown whatever mental cleansing is supposed to happen will no longer be in my control.
One cool coincidence-if you believe in coincidence that is- is that since it's summer (the other "high season" here which lasts a few weeks)there's actually lots of yoga going on! I'm not even teaching right now so that I can take advantage and practice and hopefully open my body up some to be able to sit a little easier. I even decided to fly to Mexico city instead of take a bus to minimize the physical discomfort--thanks IRS rebate!
I'd like to say that I can share photos of the center and my trip but we don't have a cable for our camera so we all just have to wait. I'm super stoked about the trip though. Head for the mountains! You'll be in my thoughts....