With practice the mind stills and the Inner Light shines through …
The Quiet Place offers an open, safe and free-to-use space to be in silence.
Everyone is welcome to come to practice peace and cultivate inner harmony.
Offering
The Quiet Place is open for the following:
Silent practice
Practice your own seated meditation.
Or simply sit in silence.
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Vipassana Meditation Groups
For those who have completed at least one ten-day silent course in the tradition of S.N.Goenka.
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Breath Meditation Groups
Simple, seated meditation based in breath-awareness.
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The Yoga Surgery
Support and guidance to develop your own personal spiritual practice.
One-to-One tuition based in the principles of Classical Yoga.
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Saturday/Weekend Workshops
Small groups, learning and working together.
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Timetable
The Quiet Place is open daily from early morning to late evening.
Closed on Saturday.
Other than allocated sessions as below, all hours are “Silence Practice”.
| Day | Times | Practice | |
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| Sun | 09.00 > 10.15 | Vipassana | |
| Mon | 19.30 > 20.00 | Led Breath | |
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| Wed | 19.30 > 20.00 | Led Breath | |
| Thu | 08:00 > 14.00 | Yoga Surgery | |
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| Sat | Closed |
The Quiet Place may be closed at random times.
Where
Behind the boat in El Morreon.
Look up to the right and you will see an old wooden gate.
Go through here and you will find The Quiet Room.
Please note:
The dog may bark but he will not bite.
His name is Iago.
He is friendly.
Silence is Golden
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Arabic Proverb.
The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.
Rumi.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Benjamin Disraeli.
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Will Rogers.
Things that are real are given and received in Silence.
Meher Baba.
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.
Deepak Chopra.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light.
Gandhi.
Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence.
Yoga Sutras 01.02.
Silence is the language of God.
Dag Hammarskjöld.
Silence vibrating is Creation.
Santideva.
Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain.
J. Krishnamurti.
There is a silence into which the world cannot intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost.
A Course in Miracles.
The self is that where there is absolutely no 'I' thought. That is called Silence.
Ramana Maharshi.
Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu.
Remember, in the face of Mystery, silence ultimately alone will do.
Ken Wilber.
When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
Sri Aurobindo.
There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind.
Maitri Upanishad.
Real action is done in moments of silence.
Emerson.
Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.
Eckhart Tolle.
For the ignorant there is no better rule than silence and if he knew its advantage he would not be ignorant.
Saadi.
No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence.
Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity.
Lao Tzu.
The closest thing to Truth in this world ... is silence.
Unknown.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da Vinci.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Plutarch.
Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.
Spanish proverb.
Saying nothing sometimes says the most.
Emily Dickinson.
All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Blaise Pascal
Once you mature, you realize silence is more powerful than proving a point.
Unknown.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Maurice Switzer
There is a time to speak and a time to keep silent.
Ecclesiastes 3:7.
Silence speaks louder than words.
Thomas Carlyle.
Silence is the most potent form of work.
Ramana Maharshi.