A fifty-two-year-old woman, Claire Rodway, died by suicide after enduring excruciating pain from a year-long Buddhist retreat that demanded hundreds of daily prostrations and disrupted sleep. Diagnosed with fibromyalgia months after leaving, she described the pain as life-destroying and left behind heartbreaking notes. Her family raised concerns about the retreat’s lack of health screenings, while the monastery claimed adjustments were offered—though she chose the full pose. The coroner ruled her death not preventable, but her lawyer argued the remote, physically demanding environment endangered vulnerable participants, prompting the monastery to review its protocols.
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