Nurturing Silent Retreat ~ The Ojai Hermitage

This is a 4 day 3 night retreat in Ojai, California

Pricing Listed is the total cost for the retreat (room & retreat).

Gourment Kitchen to prepare your meals.

Enjoy exclusive use of this stunning 110 acre Hermitage Property in upper Ojai, one hour from Los Angeles.

Each person has a private suite bedroom.  There are only six bedroom suites so please register early. 

If you are sharing a room, each person registers separately.

This amazing Retreat property overlooks the Topa Topa Mountain range offering the silence that only vast nature can provide. Here we can immerse ourselves in contemplative silence and peace.  This stunningly beautiful facility is wonderfully spacious with vaulted ceilings and panoramic windows to the mountains.

Your daily retreat program includes teachings and guidance on heart-centered silence with spiritual teachers Bruce & Ruth Davis.  We offer 3 group meditation sessions daily along with silent sitting, silent meals, non-doing periods. Take time for a silent walk along meandering paths, and rest amidst the expansive contemplative landscape.

A Silent Stay meditation retreat gives you the opportunity to slow down and unplug from the noise and demands of everyday life. With guidance into heart-centered presence, surrounded by nature, your whole nervous system can rest, renew!

Our approach emphasizes simplicity, heartfulness, and slow living. The daily program provides a gentle container for you to be able to let go of effort and practice receiving the present moment. Letting go of the busy mind, the retreat is all about the simplicity of just Being.

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 community in the Heart.

We look forward to you joining us in the peaceful renewal of silence.

What’s included: 

• lodging in the elegance of the Ojai Hermitage. Each person has a private suite bedroom.  There are only six bedroom suites so please register early.  A/C and Heating.  The deep quiet and stillness provide a deeply healing environment.  Your suite bedroom shares a bathroom (with one other room only).
• Each person registers separately.
• program tuition

Grand Kitchen ~ All meals prepared in yummy silence and in your own timing.

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What’s not included:

• Meals ~  Bring your own groceries with you upon arrival using the markets in Santa Paula or Ojai.  You have access to 2 kitchens to prepare your food. Enjoy eating in your own time.  Guests can bring pre-prepared meals or cook their delicious meals in the huge gourmet kitchen. Coffee, tea, spices, oil & vinegar are available on site.

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Virtual Retreat participants

Enjoy the retreat from your home. Sessions that will be made available for VIRTUAL attendance are indicated with a *V below.

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PROGRAM

‍Arrival Day

3 pm arrival & Room check in ~ The front Gate opens at 3pm. We cannot receive guests past 6pm. You must have prior approval to arrive later than 3pm.

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm | Opening Meditation *V
5:15 – 6:45 pm | Non Doing Period* with dinner in Silence
6:45 | Silent Sitting*   *V
7:00 – 7:40 | Evening Meditation  *V‍

Each Full Day

7:15 – 8:30 am | Breakfast in Silence
8:30 am | Silent Sitting* *V
9:00 – 9:45 am | Morning Meditation *V
10:00 am – 12:00| Non-doing Period*
12:00 – 1:15 pm | Lunch in Silence
3:00-4:00 pm | Heartfulness: Cultivating Effortless Being *V
4:00 – 5:30 pm | Non-doing Period*
5:30 – 6:45 pm | Dinner in Silence
6:45 – 7:00 pm | Silent Sitting*  *V
7:00-7:45 pm | Evening Meditation *V

Departure Day
7:15 – 8:30 am | Breakfast in Silence
8:45 am | Silent Sitting* *V
9:00 – 10:00 am | Morning Meditation *V
11:00 Departure
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*Silent Sitting: before each group meditation you are invited to gather in the meditation room for the practice of silent sitting, resting, gentle stretching

*Non-doing: Non-doing is the ancient daoist practice of effortless action (wu wei). During your non-doing periods simply rest your awareness. Reflection, walking meditation, laying on the ground, being with the present moment, contemplation, journaling, meditating, guilt free napping, being with nature, listening to silence, being present without the need for entertainment, being gentle with yourself. This is a time of non-judgement allowing you to bathe in the softness of your heart & absorb the retreat experience.

*V periods available to VIRTUAL participants as well.