SZA learned a lot from her recent ten-day silent retreat in India.
The singer-songwriter, who won Best R&B Performance for "Saturn" at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 3), spoke to the press after the win, with reporter Quierra Luck asking about her retreat. Last month, after the release of SZA's debut film One of Them Days, the 5-time Grammy winner took the trip with her mother, Audrey, with the guidance of Sadhguru.
"Not everything has to be said," SZA told Luck. "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," she concluded.
SZA detailed her "Samyama experience" in an 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.
"No phone no mirrors no eye contact for 8+ days (these pics are from before n after lol the program ).. for a fundamental yapper I lost my mind 😭 ..then found it 🧘🏾♀️," SZA wrote in her caption. "Came back to so much overwhelming information between the state of the world and my personal/professional life . But somehow it’s all settling quietly and loudly at the same time."
