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Contributions by Bruce Davis Ph.D
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​Bruce Davis, Ph.D  is a long time student and teacher of the gifts of silence & heartfulness meditation, an author, psychologist and spiritual director. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching and leading contemplative retreats in many parts of the world, including Assisi Italy, Bali, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland.  

​Since 1999 he has been leading silent retreats at the retreat centers, that he and his wife, Ruth, created in Assisi, Italy, and at their recently opened Silent Stay Retreat Hermitage near Napa, California. Their retreat centers have been listed as one of the top ten meditation centers in the world by CNN in June, 2013 and Travel & Leisure Magazine in April, 2008.       

Full List of Articles Posted on Huffington Post   
​Full List of Articles Posted on SFO Yoga Magazine            


Silent Meditation Retreat Center in Northern California, accessible from San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles tree photo
Mindfulness is giving birth to Heartfulness


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A Different Kind of Pilgrimage That Can Change Your Life


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Silent Retreat How to Handle The Quiet


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Emptying The Mind To Fill The Heart


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The Reason Why We Meditate....Wow !!!


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Meditation: Ending The Tug of Way Between Mind and Heart


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Meditation A lot To Do About Nothing, and That Is Good


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Unplug, Retreat, and Find A New Personal Story

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Silent Retreat: The Joy of No Self, The Joy of Being our True Self In The World


  • The Challenge of Depression After a Spiritual Awakening
  • Meditation for Purification, Concentration and Awakening
  • Extrovert or Introvert, This Years Gift: A Silent Retreat
  • The Heart of Meditation: Letting Go, Letting Be, Receiving
  • Silent Retreat, A Gift for Caregivers
  • Why Are So Many People Seeking the Silence in a Silent Retreat?
  • A Silent Retreat Does Not Have to Be Boot Camp for the Soul
  • Why Meditation Does Not Work
  • When We Add the Word Silent to Our Retreat
  • Can We Hear the Small Bird in Our Heart Singing?
  • New Heaven, New Earth: Is Religion Being Replaced With Spirituality?
  • The Grace of Silence
  • Healing Our Times of Not doing and Not Knowing With Silence and Meditation
  • What Do We Do With Our Junk Food Mind?
  • The Gifts of Silence
  • Are We Ready to Map the Other Side? Are We Ready to Map Heaven?
  • After Vipassana, Heartfulness Meditation
  • If Heaven Is Real, What Are We Doing Here?
  • Retreat and the Gifts of Vertical Time
  • Life After a Spiritual Awakening
  • When the Other Side Is Too Close
  • How Do I Live Knowing Proof of Heaven?
  • Spiritual But Not Religious: Why Are So Many Marching for the Church Door?
  • Educational Reform: Ten Exercises in Heart Intelligence
  • Near Death Experiences Are Actually True Life Experiences
  • The New Paradigm: Heart Intelligence
  • Using Religion To Avoid The Divine
  • Preparing for Life After Life
  • The Gift of Monastic Life for Non-Monastics
  • Peace And Quiet Is Green
  • As Pope Francis Follows St. Francis Lets Be Clear About Self Denial And Sacrifice
  • Meditation: Our Quest for Love
  • Saint Francis and Pope Francis: Inviting Us to Be Fools for God
  • The Mystic's Diet
  • The Mind Can Be a Lonely Place​
  • Let's Fall in Love and Keep Falling!
  • Pope Francis: The Bridge Between God and Therapy, Sin and Forgiveness
  • When It Is Time to Reinvent Ourselves
  • The Quiet of Winter
  • New Year: Lets Find Our Cathedral of Silence
  • A Portrait of Our Awakening Mind
  • An Enlightened World With Heart Intelligence
  • Meditation Is a Place of Refuge
  • The Latest in Holiday Gifts? A Silent Retreat
  • Falling Into the Silence of Fall
  • Life After Google: Can They Debug the Mind?
  • Five Keys to Having a Near Death Experience (Without the Near Death Part)
  • Meditation Can Be a Near-Death Experience (With Less Drama)
  • Meditation: So Much More Than Watching and Letting Go
  • Where Business Elite Succeed and Fail With Meditation
  • Let's Turn Down the Noise and Turn Up Peace and Quiet
  • Are People Who Meditate More Likely to Believe in an Afterlife?
  • The Gift of Emptiness
  • Heartfulness Meditation: The Seven Steps
  • The Silence Inside the Silence
  • Meditation: Finding The Pearl In the Hay Stack
  • Monastery Without Walls
  • Summer Retreat and Find That Something Beyond Words
  • Awakening in Silence
  • The Path of Grace
  • There Are 50,000 Thoughts Standing Between You and Your Partner Every Day!
  • The Heart of Awareness
  • The Silence of Summer
  • Runaway, Busy Mind? There Is a Way Home
  • Silent Retreat: Uncovering Our Interior Life
  • Silent Retreat: Seeking Deeper Meaning and Purpose
  • Taking the Steps From Mindfulness to Heartfulness and Our True Ground of Being!

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We are a non-profit organization (501 c3) serving people since 1983..  We support people of all religions, countries and backgrounds to live a deeply meaningful life.


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Lodging & Program:
801 Ladera Lane

Home Office & Sacred Garden:
​750 Ladera Lane

Montecito, California 93108


Ruth@SilentStay.com
805-329-1553​
  • Home
    • Site Map
    • Links
  • Silent Retreats
    • DATES | COSTS | REGISTER
    • Residential Retreat Program & Registration
    • Resources After Your Retreat
    • Seasons Catering
    • The Healing Effects of Silence
    • Daily Schedule
    • Terms & Conditions
  • Heartfulness
    • Heartufulness Meditation
    • Heart Mind Integration Private Instruction
    • History of Heartfulness
  • About Us
    • GIVING Back
    • Applying for a scholarship
    • Founders & Community of Interfaith Retreat Leaders
    • News & Reviews
    • Books & Writings >
      • Books by Bruce Davis, PhD and Ruth Davis
      • Contributions by Bruce Davis Ph.D online
      • Book & DVD, Mary Prayer Flags by Ruth Davis
    • Our Locations >
      • Assisi, Italy
      • Northern California >
        • Retreat Center Photos
      • Southern California
    • Meditation BLOG
    • Little Flower Community
  • Sacred Journeys
    • To Assisi, Italy
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook Live
  • PHOTO Albums
  • Guest Shares
  • Yoga Centered in the Heart
    • Hatha Yoga with Nicole Becker
  • Gift Certificates