Aaron Rodgers admits his four-day darkness retreat was ‘difficult at times’ and he struggled with ‘insecurities and fear’ while considering if he should quit football – but claims retiring is a ‘really beautiful’ option that no longer scares him
Aaron Rodgers admitted that he found his four-day darkness retreat ‘difficult at times’ as he weighed up his NFL future but claimed he is not afraid of the option of retiring.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback spent four days at Sky Cave Retreats in Ashland, Oregon in a 300-square foot, semi-underground cabin, where he was expected meditate and self-reflect in the darkness.
After emerging from his retreat, the 39-year-old admitted that the ordeal proved tough at times as he struggled with ‘insecurities and fear’.
‘I really had to sit with those and go to the root of what those are and go back to childhood or college or early days of NFL and work through those moments,’ Rodgers said on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast.
‘After five, six hours of going through that I found a really nice sweetness and comfort with what I was sitting with that day and that was what retirement would look like and what would nourish my soul best. … Beautiful ending to that, but also a lot of difficult contemplations to that insecurity and fear about what happens when you turn the lights out on your career.’
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