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Come soak in the peace and silence of your heart. We offer 2 to 3 night retreat stays in Santa Barbara at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. The daily retreat program includes teachings and guidance on heart-centered silence with teachers Bruce Davis PhD, Ruth Davis and Nicole Becker. We have been leading contemplative silent retreats worldwide since 1983 and are teachers of the world philosophies.

We offer 3 group meditation sessions daily along with silent sitting, silent meals, non-doing periods with optional guided relaxation and gentle yoga. Set on 35 acres, take time for a silent walk along meandering paths and rest amidst the expansive gardens with views of the ocean and Santa Ynez mountains.

Nurturing the heart through simplicity, heart centered meditation and silence, each retreat brings us deeper inside. The daily program provides a gentle container where we can let go of effort and practice receiving the presence available in the present moment. This is about the simplicity of just being which leads to inner peace.

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.

Journaling, reading, meditating in the calm quiet of our heart, we can reconnect to the depth of our inner being. Daily life activities can cover up the qualities of the heart. The gift of silence is having nothing to do, nothing to say, while listening and learning from the silence.  Here we can experience resting our mind in the spacious quiet of our heart.​ If you desire simple peace these retreats are for you.