​Seeds of Silence exists to encourage and support ​you in developing your understanding and engagement with Christianity's ancient tradition of silence as a spiritual discipline and practice of prayer.

Voices from Silence

A new, monthly series giving voice to personal stories of engaging in silence by practitioners from the Global Majority Heritage community.

Quote of the week

Click the image below to go to this week's quote page

Regular Seeds of Silence events on Zoom

All these regular gatherings include 20 mins or more of silence.

Silence Space

Meet regularly with others on Zoom for 30 minutes of silence-based prayer.
Mondays:
1pm: every week
 6pm: 1st & 3rd Mondays of month

Silence Forum

Bring your queries, questions and delights about silence & meditation to discuss together.
Usually last Wed of January, March, July and September, 7.30-9.30pm.
Next: Wednesday 26th March

Silence ​Clinic

A time to learn together about developing a spiritual discipline of silence.
May and November in 2024:
TUESDAY 21st May, 7.30-9pm,
Wednesday 27th Nov 7.30-9pm.

Silence Reading Group:  slow reading!

Coming next week: the announcement of the title of our new book from January 2025
This is not like usual book groups! Instead of a whole book, we read and discuss one chapter of our current book about silence-based prayer each month. We start with  20 minutes silence together. 
Our new book for January 2025 Cynthia Bourgeault's Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening (Cowley Publications, 2004). 
​For a description, click here.

​The first evening with this book is Wednesday 8th January, 2025.
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All the places for Silence Reading Group with this book are now taken.
We meet from 7.30-9.30pm, usually on the second Wednesday of each month, but with occasional exceptions.
Upcoming dates in 2025: Wed 8th January; Wed 12th February; Wed 11th March

Organisations and websites

To find links to other organisations and websites that support
​silence-based prayer click the button or RESOURCES on the menu bar.

Contact us

To email Seeds of Silence please use the button below or go to 'Contact' in the menu.
For information on Seeds of Silence and its usual face-to-face
workshops and training to support silence-based prayer
​and meditation please click the buttons below.
​​Alison Woolley, Director of Seeds of Silence, is a member of ​​the Annunciation Trust (Charity No: 1017702): 
the Trust exists ​'to help you discover the God you already know'.

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