Ever since Aaron Rodgers revealed that he would be participating in an isolation retreat where he spent four days in complete darkness, the NFL world had been understandably curious as to exactly what that meant. And now we have some more details about what exactly that isolation retreat entails and what it looked like.
On Thursday morning, ESPN reporter Xuan Thai gave a pretty thorough account of what Rodgers’ darkness retreat was like. She spoke to the owner of the Sky Cave facility in southern Oregon who described it as a “Hobbit-like structure with 300 square feet of space, devoid of light, with a queen bed, a bathroom and a meditation-like mat on the floor.”
Thai also shared a photo of what the facility looks like – at least from the outside. And the description of “Hobbit-like” certainly adds up.
From @Xuan_Thai: Aaron Rodgers’ darkness retreat is over: https://t.co/u54yMrBMVF
Plus Xuan’s look at a the place in Oregon where Rodgers went for this exercise: https://t.co/PeVvCD9OMj pic.twitter.com/8jMwfSpFHE
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) February 23, 2023
It’s definitely an interesting look at quite a unique practice, and the NFL world had plenty to say about the photo on social media.
Sweet Fancy Moses https://t.co/RyGI6cdBux
— Sam Neumann (@Sam_Neumann_) February 23, 2023
"In a hole in the ground, there retreated a quarterback…" https://t.co/ZkAj0TllbX
— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) February 23, 2023
What a great article. If you continue to poke fun at his “darkness retreat” that’s a low hanging fruit at this point. Everyone is allowed to try and figure out life their own way. This article does a great job demystifying what he did. Well done to the reporter. https://t.co/nuUoPLkbgC
— joe_zawacki (@Zawacki_Joe) February 23, 2023
https://twitter.com/TeamVenom_Rules/status/1628772148377427969?s=20
ready for these stories to be over https://t.co/CoIkEPXTUW
— Pack It Up Podcast (@thepackerspod) February 23, 2023
Happy Thursday. Aaron Rodgers has emerged from the darkness. https://t.co/y9eEhd0QY4
— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) February 23, 2023
https://t.co/86Rg0fhPoL pic.twitter.com/Sn9heFmf4c
— JR Radcliffe (@JRRadcliffe) February 23, 2023
Scott Berman, the owner of the facility, revealed that the whole practice is actually quite popular as he has a waitlist that is hundreds of names long and is fully booked for the next 18 months. So anyone looking to participate in a similar retreat will have to wait in line.
[ESPN]
