Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you work for a living, your life is most likely filled with noise. From the time your alarm goes off in the morning to the time you go ...

Private and directed silent retreats are available at this suburban home owned by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, a religious order of Catholic women. Retreats start at $45 per night, and include ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A busy marketing executive, Jane Charneski was desperate to 'unplug' during a recent vacation. "I was just working a lot of late nights and weekends and it was just really intense," she ...

Few people have guided me through mindfulness and meditation quite like Janet Solyntjes. As a longtime silent retreat leader, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor and co-owner of the ...

Annual three-day silent retreats help Noah Greenberg achieve a better work-life balance. He shuts off his phone and uses the time to work on personal and professional goals for the new year. His ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Vacations can be fun, but they don't always offer a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, especially if you pack your cell phone and laptop on the trip. But 3 On ...

Like most of you, the thought of going to some remote spot and not talking to anyone for several days was not at all appealing. Neither was the idea that I would need to turn off my phone and ...

Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “Silence is a source of great strength.” We know Tzu never had to deal with the cacophony of TVs, humming appliances, screaming kids and honking cars. Shutting ...

AS THE TRAIN noisily sped me to my first silent meditation retreat, in upstate New York, I decided to practice—by panicking quietly. I’d never meditated before, not for a minute let alone a weekend.

The door’s shut and voices are constrained. The only voice provoked to speak is the one inside your mind. Pause, eat, contemplate, then repeat again in silence. Silent retreats throughout California ...