SZA Reflects On Silent Retreat In India: ‘It’s Important To Go Within Yourself & Find Solitude’

SZA Reflects On Silent Retreat In India: ‘It’s Important To Go Within Yourself & Find Solitude’

SZA is opening up about her transformative 10-day silent retreat in India.

Fresh off winning Best R&B Song for “Saturn” at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the five-time Grammy winner spoke about the experience during a press interview with reporter Quierra Luck.

SZA said,

“Not everything has to be said, and waiting is really important and a lot of what we create for ourselves as far as drama and chaos, it’s also, thankfully, dependent on our willingness to go beyond that pain. And look for anything, desperately, if you’re looking for joy desperately–But if you just chase it tenaciously, I find that it will reveal itself.”

She continued,

“Even in the darkest and craziest depths of existence and life and trauma, and I feel like, right now, with the state of the country and everyone being in such peril and despair, it’s more important now than ever to be able to go within yourself and find that solitude. And spread that peace that you have from within yourself out into the world. So that’s my goal, hopefully to garner more peace within myself so that I can share it and spread it out around me as much as I can.”

SZA detailed her “Samyama experience” in a January Instagram post, with pictures of her wearing an orange sari, as well as documenting the food she ate and time she spent with children at the retreat.

 

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