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  Grow Your Faith

  I live close to Pacifica and have wanted to come on this retreat for years. Every time the dates would roll around, I came up with a reason not to attend.... Do I really need to spend the money? Will it be too out-there? Will it conflict with my own beliefs? On the contrary, Bruce, Ruth and Nicole are so loving, safe and accepting that they helped me to grow my faith during this silent period, and I emerged feeling closer to God. Also prior to the retreat, time was moving so fast. I wanted to sit and truly appreciate my experiences and not squander this gift of precious time. I am more grounded, grateful and appreciative after this experience. I especially resonated with stories of Bruce's evolution in his spiritual practices, community and service. He is such a loving, kind man, and I am very thankful that he shared his insights with the group..... they are not to be missed. This retreat will benefit you and everyone you come it contact with!

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  Magic

  As soon as I entered the grounds of the retreat location, my body released my tension, and my breath guided me along the many paths.
  The few days of silence, reflection, and breathing were magical for me. I embraced the silence in a way that I didn’t expect to, and I came away with a renewed compassion for myself.
  Much gratitude to the three of you for the gift of your wisdom, and for sharing so much of yourselves with us.

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  Returning to Silent Stay

  I wanted to come back for another journey into the silence as I am going through massive changes in my life. I wanted time to process all my feelings. Then, on the first day Ruth suggested, "Don't worry about solving all your problems on retreat. Simply use this time to bathe in the silence." With that permission I realized that by quieting, relaxing my mind I can better cope with all the things happening in my life. Your silent retreats are filled with healing energy. Thank you from the depth of my heart.

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  Transformative Experience

  I attended my second retreat at Silent Stay and each was transformative in a different way. The first was a lightening of heart and the second was an expansion of my heart practice. Ruth, Bruce, and Nicole have provided life changing guidance leading to much joy, peace, and happiness. Highly recommend a retreat with them.

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  Forever grateful

  Thank you and your amazing family for a special and deeply peaceful experience this weekend. My heart is full. I truly feel like I have this weekend to hang onto for a long time forward. To bring me back to myself when things start to get haywire in my brain. I loved the perfect balance and guidance and space and flexibility you and Bruce and Nicole gave to everyone.
  
  Thank you for what your family has created. The insight and space and quiet you share with anyone who comes to your retreats is a gift. I hope to be back as soon as I can and look forward to finding more time to not just meditate but truly give myself time to embrace the quiet and let it embrace me.
  
  My anxiety is constant and the weekend allowed me to feel completely free from that. It takes a bit for me to wind down, but I woke up Saturday feeling so positive and so ready to take on all the judgement inside of me. I could go on and and on about insights and creativity and gratitude and stability that all came from it.  I have already texted friends who I know would get so much value out of the experience. Forever grateful, Sid

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  Another amazing retreat at Silent Stay !!

  Just returned from another beautiful silent retreat at Silent Stay Meditation & Retreat Center, led by my dear friends, teachers, and soul family Ruth & Bruce Davis and Nicole Anami Becker.
  There’s nothing like bathing in the vast, soft, spacious silence and deep heart. These retreats are truly the greatest gift we can give ourselves. No matter how full life feels, choosing to pause and simply be in simple peace allows us to return clearer, softer, stronger, and more soul-connected.
  As usual, most of the guests this week had never been on a retreat before — and many even considered canceling because of work or life obligations — but every single one of them shared how essential and transformative the experience turned out to be. That’s the magic of a silent retreat. It meets you exactly where you are and gives you exactly what you need.
  Silent retreats have been my medicine for nearly 20 years. I believe so deeply that everyone deserves to give themselves this kind of space — to heal, to grow, to reconnect with your deepest heart. If you’re curious to learn more, I’d be so happy to share. I encourage you with my whole heart to give yourself the greatest gift and book a retreat at Silent Stay (link in comments). You’ll gain powerful insight and awareness that stays with you forever and helps you navigate the twists, turns, and absurdities of life with more grace, understanding and a more open heart.
  “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” — Rumi 🌈

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  Beautiful experience

  This was such a beautiful experience to make an offering of my compassionate heart to my loved ones on the otherside, to tuck them in again or for the first time. My heart is more generous that I know and I am grateful to learn to hold my own ruffled mind also in my heart space. SACRED

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  To be rewakened

  I will forget everything that came before this moment, to be rewakend again and again in the profoundness of this love, this light, this grace and this compassion.

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  A healing experience

  I had the opportunity to attend a silent retreat in Montecito, CA Santa Barbara recently. It was a most beautiful and healing experience amidst nature and with meditations led by Dr. Bruce Davis, Ruth Davis and their daughter Nicole Becker who run the retreat.
  I have also been fortunate to have travelled to Assisi and Bali with them for silent retreats !!
  In times as these we need more of Silence.

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  Graceful

  I’m so grateful to Ruth. An incredibly grounding and profound experience. Thank you so much, Ruth.

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  My private retreat

  As it turns out my timing did not line up with the group retreats so I signed up to do a 3 day personal retreat with Ruth. It was simply life changing. She createda space in which I was able to find a stillness and peaceI have nevered experienced before. Her presence, combined with her gentle wisdom were a catlyzing container in which my sense of selfand my place in the world were transformed. Our time together included, guided meditation, offerings to reflect and integrate, as well as learning from her decades of studying spiritual traditions across the world. Her radical radiation of love and acceptance resulted in my experience of healing as well as building skills to carry this practice forward personally as well as in my professional coaching practice. I cannot recommend this experience more highly. Thank you Ruth, Liz

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  Connecting

  Thank you for the opportunity to find the nurturing and safety that silence can hold. I am leaving with a deeper understanding of myself, the earth, the universe and my connection to it all. Olivia

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  Transformative

  This has been a transformative experience on so many levels. I go home feeling in touch with new life energy. I am so very grateful for all that was shared.

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  I was anxious

  Dear Bruce, Ruth & Nicole,
  I was very anxious to participate but have benefited so much from these past few days. The silence is not meant to be feared, instead it truly created a space I didn't know I needed. The space is vast and the freedom is immense. Still much to learn and feel. I look forward to practicing stillnees and silence to awaken to life more fully. PS Nicole - best yoga experience ever !! Thank you so much.

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  Open hearted awareness

  Dearest spiritual teachers,
  Thank you for sharing your gifts during this retreat. I appreciate your wisdom and authenticity and call to embrace the silence. The seeds have been planted and I am in awe and honored to be a part of this community. With gratitude and open hearted awareness... Kathleen

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  Deepest Gratitude

  Dear Bruce, Ruth & Nicole,
  
  Deepest gratitude for a transformative experience in the silence & in community of stillness, love, peace, acceptance and truth. So moved by the three of you; your authenticity, expertise, presence, car and cultivation of the qualities you teach and share. I enjoyed several retreats at your Center up north and am so deeply happy that after the tradgey of your loss (of the wildfire) the universe "provided" and brought you here to the magical Pacifica campus. Please keep doing these retreats- we need you. I will be back !! Gratitude beyond words ~ with love, respect and abundant thanks, Rebecca

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