Early in 1968, The Beatles went to India to take part in a Transcendental Meditation retreat led by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his compound in Rishikesh. While in India, they also wrote over 30 songs, including a song inspired by a woman at the retreat, who, according to Lennon, was mediating so intensely that she locked herself in her room for three weeks without coming out, arousing concerns about her state of mind.
This song inspired by this woman is:
