The Practice of Silence

Preparing for a Sacred Day of Stillness

This is an invitation to return to yourself.

Not through striving.
Not through spiritual performance.
But through silence.

Not the kind that empties or isolates,
but the kind that opens, deepens, and restores.

We live in a world that never stops speaking.
Even in our quiet moments, the noise continues—internally and externally.
This course is a gentle unlearning of that noise.

It is a spacious introduction to silence as a living, breathing practice—
a way of becoming more fully present with what is,
with who we are,
and with what (or Who) might be speaking beneath the noise.

This is not a religious course. But it is sacred.

It’s for those who believe in God and those who aren’t sure.
For children, families, seekers, skeptics, and spiritual wanderers alike.

Together, we’ll build the muscle of stillness—step by gentle step.
Not to escape life.
But to enter it more fully.

Silence isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about learning how to be.

Course Format & Flow

• 🕊️ Course Length: 5 Self-Paced Sessions

• 🎧 Delivery: Pre-recorded video/audio lessons

• 📖 Resources: Downloadable Companion Guide + Optional Practices

• ⏳ Total Time: ~5–6 hours

• 🌱 Tone: Gently poetic, invitational, trauma-informed

• 🫶 Audience: Inclusive of all ages, all spiritual backgrounds, all thresholds of overwhelm

• 💸 Price Point: Sliding Scale

By the end of this course, you will:

• Begin a personal silence practice that’s sustainable and guilt-free

• Understand what silence is—and what it isn’t

• Notice how silence reveals your inner landscape

• Build the muscle of presence and the art of responding, not reacting

• Learn to curate a life with more quiet

• Feel prepared for a longer retreat experience (Fall 2025)

Session Overview

Session 1: What Is Silence, Really?

The First Quiet Breath

• Redefining silence: not absence, but attentive presence

• How culture teaches us to fear the quiet

• Creating safety in stillness

• Practice: 30-second guided silence + journaling/reflection

Session 2: Beginning Where You Are

Silence as a Muscle, Not a Medal

• Starting small with grace

• Tending resistance: guilt, restlessness, fear

• Welcoming wandering minds

• Practice: 2-minute silence + soft anchor phrase

Session 3: Sitting with What Arises

Listening to the Noise Within

• Why silence feels loud at first

• What the body, thoughts, and soul bring forward

• Awareness without judgment

• Practice: 5-minute sit + walk in silence

Session 4: Making Silence a Way of Life

Building a Quieter Life in a Loud World

• Curating “pockets of stillness”

• Digital + emotional noise

• Teaching silence to children and families

• Practice: 10-minute sit + family practice ideas

Session 5: Preparing for Sacred Silence

Moving Toward a Day of Stillness

• Designing a mini-retreat rhythm

• Preparing body, mind, and soul

• No right way—just your way

• Practice: 15-minute sit + altar/ritual creation

Bonus Resources (All Optional & Inclusive)

• 📝 PDF Guide: Preparing for Silence with Kids, Partners, or Friends

• 📊 Printable: Silence Practice Tracker

• 🎧 Audio: 30-minute Guided Silent Sit

• 🌿 PDF: Preparing a Sacred Space (Home or Nature)

• ✉️ Invitation: Fall 2025 Full-Day Silent Retreat

Who This Course Is For

• The overstimulated

• The spiritually hungry

• The curious

• The exhausted

• The parents trying to teach their kids how to breathe

• The ones who’ve never felt comfortable with silence

• The ones who secretly crave it

A Final Note

This is not a course that shames or pressures.
This is not about doing silence “better.”
This is about remembering how to be.

Silence is not where you lose yourself.
It’s where you meet yourself again—
And maybe, just maybe,
the Divine who’s been whispering all along.

Join the Journey

Enroll in The Practice of Silence: Preparing for a Sacred Day of Stillness
and begin tending the quiet that changes everything.

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