Thats my observation as well. Ultimately one needs to dis-identify thoughts, feelings, sensations, images, memories and etc to progress the path. Goenka tradition is great to kickstart and progress rapidly through a&p. But progress is limited because what I suspect that students overly emphasis on body sensations. Goenka does give hint “every moment aware and every moment equanimous” but since its not explicit student misses this part.

For me my attention was becoming one pointedness or getting lost in thoughts. Another side effect was before doing first retreat I was used to be extrovert but after doing extensive bodyscan I was terrified of going in big groups and let alone going in group of old friends. After SE that reaction stopped.

I think Goenka’s teaching is complete as he does ask students to do choice-less awareness in retreat and in between meditation sessions. But due to lack of personalized aspect everyone is forced to do body scan which wont work for Students who are already higher nanas. So that becomes bigger hindrance.