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The Gifts of Silence

Feel the presence of peace all around you and deep inside of you.
Peace is the ongoing steady reality that exists throughout all time. Everything else is changing.
Each of us can be an anchor of peace in the world.
  • Silence washes our awareness. Our retreat invites us to receive peace and quiet, giving us the opportunity to receive the beauty in nature, meditation, the present moment, the simplicity of just being.  In a silent retreat we can touch the sacred inside of us.  
  • These are precious days free from our daily story and all that we are doing.  In the quiet we open to the peace that is in our hearts. Silence allows everyone the opportunity to stay with their own thoughts, their inner experience.
  • The quiet helps everyone find this inner place of love and beauty that is always present but mostly covered up by busy-ness. The gift of silence is having nothing to do, nothing to say, having time to enjoy solitude, gentleness, a quiet mind.
  • ​A few days of simple peace and we feel new again, more in touch with our essence.  The silence is the doorway into our own spirituality, truth, wisdom.​
  • All traditions welcome. 

​When we are not busy talking, our mind takes a rest. Our heart becomes more available. The silence outside helps us to find the still place inside. This is our silent retreat, the vast quietude of the heart. A few days of simple peace and we feel new again, heart centered, grounded, more whole.  The silence is the doorway into our own spirituality, truth and wisdom.

The Healing Effects of Silence


Silence 
​is therapeutic on all levels and 
at the same time it is a doorway to inner peace.  
Silence is the medicine that balances a stressful life.
It becomes the inner resource of gentleness, love and
grace ​that creates a bridge from the heart into the world. 
​
Physically
Calms the nervous system
Floods the cells with healthy, naturally occurring, brain chemicals that build immunity
Promotes healthy sleep
Reduces blood pressure
Reduces heart rate

Mentally
Softens attitude, worry, and judgment
Restores appreciation, gratitude
Creates mental clarity 
​Contentment arises
Opens creativity
Life choices come into alignment with your heart

Emotionally
Clears heavy emotions
Dissolves fear
Heals stress
Compassion is naturally present
Builds better relationships
Builds emotional stability

Spiritually
Experience of oneness
Gain higher perspective on life
Expansive feeling of freedom
Connection to the Divine, a love beyond words, discovering the universe within
Inner Wisdom is readily available, answers found in one's own self.
Experiencing your true nature perfect as it is
Enter timelessness, eternity
Sense effortless being, wholeness, completness



Articles: 
​​1. ​What we can learn from solitude. New York Times
2.  What hermits can teach us.   Dearborn.org
3. Why silence is good for your brain. Huffington Post
4. Neuroscience reveals what happens to the brain during silence:  Benefits of meditation and listening to nothing Inquisitor, Inquisitir
5. Five health benefits of Silence Medical Daily
6. Science says Silence is Vital for our Brain Uplift Connect 
7. Noise exposure is becoming "the new secondhand smoke" Washington Post
8. A Silent Retreat: A gift for Caregivers. Huffington Post
9. The New Paradigm- Heart Intelligence, Huffington Post
10. Why Are So Many People Seeking the Silence in Silent Retreats?  Huffington Post
11. Silence Emerges as a way to boost health. Wall Street Journal
12. The Gifts of Silence by Bruce Davis PhD.  Huffington Post
13.  How listening to silence changes our brains. TIME 
14. Our brains on Silence.  FORBES

FeEl The ongoing presence of peace

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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.


Your donations help us transform people's lives.
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Contact Us

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