Nurturing Silent Retreat

This is a 3 day | 2 night Retreat.

Days in the silence allow us to receive peace and quiet.  Silence is our opportunity to go deeply in meditation, the present moment. The simplicity of just being touches 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 this inner place of love and beauty that is always present but mostly covered up by busy-ness. Silence allows everyone the opportunity to stay with their own thoughts, their inner experience. In the quiet we open to the peace that is all around us and in our hearts.

The gift of silence is having nothing to do, nothing to say, having time to enjoy solitude, gentleness, a quiet mind.

As we open to silence we become awareness of effortless being.  Opening to silence is the path of non-doing or softening the mind and allowing it to rest in the spiritual heart.  Here we have come home, where there is nothing to do and everything to receive. A retreat is a time to practice beingness.

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Cell Phones/Computers: Your cell phone is needed only for check in. Please leave your cell phone / computer in your car after check in, as they are not allowed on campus during the retreat.

Bring a separate alarm clock and “dumb” watch for yourself. 

Silent Sitting Period is a period of reflection however long you like.  You can also practice Yoga.

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Arrival Day:

8:30 am – 2:00 pm arrival as you prefer 
3:00 pm Room check in 
4:00 pm Orientation & Meditation in Sanctuary   60 minutes
5:15 – 6:30 Dinner in Silence
6:30 Silent Sitting in Sanctuary
7:00 Evening Meditation in Sanctuary    30 minutes

Each Full Day:

7:15 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Silence
8:30 am Silent Sitting in Sanctuary* 
9:00 am Morning Meditation in Sanctuary     45 minutes
10:00 am Non-doing Period*
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch in Silence
3:00 Heartfulness insight meditation; Cultivating effortless being in Sanctuary      60 minutes
4:00 – 5:30  pm Non-doing Period*
5:15 – 6:30  Dinner in Silence
6:30 – 7:00 Silent Sitting in Sanctuary*
7:00 pm Evening Meditation in Sanctuary       45 minutes

Departure Day:
​7:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Silence
9:00 am Morning Meditation in Sanctuary     45 minutes
9:40 am Break Optional departure time for guests.  
10:00 – 10:30  Program Conclusion ~ Opportunity to greet teachers. 
11:00 Check Out of Rooms
12:30 Lunch in Silence 
1:30 – 4:30 Non Doing Period*
4:30 pm Latest Departure

*A Non-Doing or Silent Sitting period may include:  During your non-doing periods rest awareness with; reflection, walking meditation, laying on the lawn, the present moment, contemplation, journaling, sitting meditating, guilt free nap, being with nature, listening to silence, being present without the need for entertainment, being gentle with yourself, time of non-judgement, bathing in the softness of your heart & retreat experience. Non-doing is the ancient daoist practice of wu wei.