Silence & the Quiet Heart

2-5 night personal retreats year round

  • ​​Rest, restore, renew in the calm & serenity of silence
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  • For beginners and experienced meditators alike.​
  • ​Spacious days of reflection, healing & renewal
  • Personal meditation guidance provided.  Learn how to creatively engage the silence and soften mental activity.

Silent stay retreat center

  • In the hills of Solano County, one hour & 15 minutes North of San Francisco
  • Each person can have a private room. Double rooms for friends and family.
  • Retreat Center Photos ~ Panoramic Views
  • Beautiful Accommodations with all cotton linens provided, plus Salt Water Pool (open in summer)
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  • European Style Retreat ~ See our first Hermitage in Assisi, Italy voted one of the top ten retreat centers of the world by CNN and Travel & Leisure
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Photos by Richard Formica
​In a very loving and beautiful environment, we invite guests to practice being in the the heart of the moment. The opportunity is to gently embrace and nurture every part of us that feels separate, while we receive the simple peace of retreat. 
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In the pure quiet of our heart we find our wisdom.

we have been Leading Heart Centered Retreats Worldwide since 1986


“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.” 
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― Ramana Maharshi

special events & Pilgrimages

Next Event at Silent Stay May 2nd Ceremony and Blessing
​by Balinese High Priestess Ida Resi Alit.
Silence is ​peace 
​expressing itself
Ruth Davis

the quiet heart

The quiet of the heart is the doorway to inner happiness & wisdom.  Holding outer silence supports and nurtures inner well being and calm. We begin to notice the peace that is all around us and inside of us. Our mental activity softens and dissolves.  Being present, nurturing our inner life brings new understanding, trust, and joy into our daily life. We learn to live from our inner beingness, centered and present. 

A practice of living in the heart of the moment is given. With meditation, silence & taking well deserved time for ourselves, we find the doorway to a special vastness, gentleness, and much more inside our hearts. Your retreat includes guidance in taking the meditation practice home and integrating expanded awareness into daily activities. Bring a journal to remember your experience and ways to anchor inner quiet and well being in daily life.

long term meditation retreats

PictureSunset on Putnam's Peak

Anyone wishing to stay one month or more in peace & quiet in contemplative community with beautiful nature is welcome. Long-term retreats are for people wanting to deepen their spiritual practice, perfect for writers, students, or creative pursuits of all kinds.  


What Others Are Saying About Silent Stay Retreats:
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"Thank you so much for this experience.  I can now hear the silence of my heart and embrace the inner peace.  I have been truly moved by my time here.  I look forward to when I come back."  Kevin G.​
"Thank you again for sharing the gift of silence with me and so many others.  It has truly changed my life and is the seed of so much of the self-discovery, self-knowing, and self loving that has followed.  Warm wishes and much inner peace, Joel A.
 "My time at Silent Stay has changed my life.  I'm more productive at work, I'm more tolerant and of my fellow man, and in general I have a better, more peaceful outlook on life.  I wish to thank you both for helping me get there.  I plan to come again very soon to continue my journey.  Julie G.
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