Aaron Rodgers is going on a four-day darkness retreat in complete isolation to contemplate his future

Aaron Rodgers is ready to tune out the noise.

Literally.

Ever since the Green Bay Packers' season ended on a cold Sunday night at Lambeau Field against the Detroit Lions on Jan. 8, there has been constant chatter all across the internet about where Rodgers will play football in 2023. Speculation, rumors and tweets have kept the pot stirring. Of course, Rodgers, who remains signed with the Packers while staying uncommitted about if he'll even play next season, hasn't done much to stop it as he has continued his public appearances every Tuesday on "The Pat McAfee Show" over the last month.

Now, Rodgers is set to take a break from it all.

Rodgers told McAfee Tuesday, surrounded by a huge crystal trophy he won over the weekend at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, that he's about to embark on a four-day isolation retreat, which he described as "four nights of complete darkness."

"You’re in all day, all night," Rodgers said.

What is the isolation retreat that Aaron Rodgers is going to?

The Packers quarterback didn't say where this retreat is located but said he will be in total isolation inside a "little house" that has a slot through which his food will be delivered.

Rodgers said he's not locked in the house and he can leave if he chooses before the four nights are up.

"You can leave if you can't do it," Rodgers said. "You can just walk out the door."

But Rodgers doesn't expect that to happen. He said this retreat has been on his radar for several years after hearing from friends who have had "profound" and "magical" experiences with meaningful breakthroughs.

"I felt like it'd be awesome to do regardless of where I was leaning after the season," Rodgers said. "It's been on my calendar for months and months and months. It's coming up in a couple weeks."

Rodgers said the experience is about "sensory deprivation," while adding that it can stimulate "DMTs" and bring about some hallucination.

"It's just kind of sitting in silence, which most of us never do," Rodgers said. "We rarely even turn our phone off or put the blinds down to sleep in darkness."

As McAfee tried to grasp what Rodgers was doing and admitted he was scared for his friend, he wished his buddy well.

"I am not scared," Rodgers said. "I am looking forward to this as much as anything I've done in a long time."

Aaron Rodgers' darkness retreat comes after ayahuasca rituals in recent years

This retreat will continue recent offseasons in which Rodgers, who turned 39 in December, has sought out unconventional methods to clear his mind, body and soul.

He has partaken in Panchakarma cleanses, and his ayahuasca retreats in Peru have garnered a lot of attention. Rodgers reiterated Tuesday that the plant-based ayahuasca, a psychedelic banned in the United States, will be a part of his life for a while.

But first comes the isolation this month.

Rodgers recently said he'll likely have a decision about his football future in a couple weeks, so it's possible when the noise is turned off he'll find the clarity that he's seeking.

"I'm still in the art of contemplation about my future," Rodgers said, but after this "self-reflection I feel like I'll be closer to a final, final decision."

Being alone in his thoughts will allow him "to be able to contemplate all things my future and then make a decision that is best for me moving forward in the highest interest of my happiness."

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