It is still a huge hardship to leave my family for three weeks! One day per week or per month would be do-able though!

vickiekay, I won't argue about the hardship, But, this class is successful because it is an immersion type class. For five days per week you eat, sleep, and think about how your and your classmates pain affects their lives, and gradually see improvements in everyone. I seriously believe changing the format would have a huge and negative effect on the program. That's just my opinion.