We offer three day / two night silent retreat stays in Santa Barbara at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. The daily retreat program includes teachings, and guidance on heart-centered silence. Teachers Bruce Davis PhD, Ruth Davis, and Nicole Becker have been leading contemplative silent retreats worldwide since 1983, and are teachers of world philosophies.
We offer 3 group meditation sessions daily, along with silent sitting, silent meals, non-doing periods, guided relaxation, grounding sessions with gentle yoga. Set on 35 acres, take a silent walk along meandering paths, and rest amidst the expansive gardens with views of the ocean, and the Santa Ynez mountains. What to bring.
Soak in the peace and silence of your heart. Read (1 min): The healing effects of silence
Nurturing the heart through simplicity, heart-centered meditation, and silence, each retreat brings us deeper inside. The daily program provides a gentle container where we can let go of effort, and practice receiving the presence available in the present moment. We offer fabulous food for all diet types from Seasons Catering and each person is given a private room. (ground level rooms are also available for ease of access. See registration & costs page)
The beauty of silence is that it is spacious and universal. Our non-denominational retreats allow each person to feel and listen to what is naturally sacred within. Resting in silence, guided by the intention of receiving the gifts of quiet, we find a deep commonality and heart-based community. See photo gallery.
Daily life activities can cover up the qualities of the heart. Journaling, reading, and meditating in the calm quiet of our hearts can reconnect us to the depth, and ground of inner being. The gift of silence is having nothing to do, and nothing to say, while listening and learning from the silence. Heartfulness: Take a silent walk while resting the mind in the spacious quiet of the heart. If you want to feel grounded in simple peace, these retreats are for you.
Welcome to the peace found in the silence.
I had been attending various Silent Retreats for over 10 years before I finally found the magic that is Silent Stay. That very first retreat was such a profoundly transformative and life-changing experience, and with every retreat thereafter my inner peace, my healing, my spiritual practice, my growth, my self-love and compassion has deepened, and my light and my heart continue to expand.
Ruth and Bruce teach us how to take these practices home with us.
Thank you eternally, Ellen
