Into the silence:
A call, a promise, a joy.
The Silence Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Oklahoma City. Our global mission is to practice and share the healing use of Silence, Stillness, and Mindfulness. We offer practical methods based on solid research. Our heartfelt belief is that people who have come home to themselves make our world a saner home for all.
We offer mindfulness retreats and workshops for schools, businesses, organizations, churches, and families. Our clientele includes anyone interested in learning how to reduce stress, noise, and distraction so they can be more present in daily life.
We are particularly dedicated to serving children so they can learn mindfulness and resilience, enabling them to avoid risk factors and to thrive.
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Our Story
Discover more about The Silence Foundation. Our origin, history, and mission.
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Contribute
Your gift to support The Silence Foundation is tax deductible. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
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Send a Message
Get in touch with The Silence Foundation. We would love to hear from you.
Upcoming Event
We Were Made for These Times: Stories of Challenge
Saturday, October 21, 2023 / 1 pm - 4:30 pm
St. Francis of The Woods
From our recent event:
Spring Forward Forest Retreat
Support us on Patreon
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It's an online platform that allows supporters of artists, creators, or organizations, like The Silence Foundation, to become patrons through a monthly subscription model.
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Your gift gives us the grounding we need to continue growing & evolving in service.
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Your weekly WOW! video with one simple practice, to support your Wise One Within. This is for everyone age 4 to 94. It will help you continually rekindle the light of your own beautiful awareness and love of life through silence.
Our monthly newsletter with stories of silence and its healing power.
A tax-deductible donation
Pat’s new memoir, Morning Work, is now available!
The release of my self-published book Morning Work, a memoir in poetry and prose. Yay! It's hot off the press.
I wrote this book for you! This book is one among many, one story of how we, vulnerable, amazing humans meet life and let it transform us time after time. It's about how we find our way forward, embracing new, life-giving energy again and again, no matter what. I’ve poured my heart & soul into this passion project & I’m deeply delighted to share it with you now.
“God’s first language is Silence. Everything else is a poor translation.”
— Thomas Keating
Our Programs
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Retreats
Residential Retreats give participants extended time in silence, stillness, and sacred community. Come join us as we meditate using our senses to reconnect to nature and our true selves. Nationally recognized facilitators offer wonderful training and daily practices.
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The Resilience Project
The Resilience Project’s mission is to help young people cope with risk factors, reduce stress, and acquire skills of resilience – enabling them to thrive.
Many kids caught in desperate situations don’t have the skills to create solutions or rise above their circumstances. Without tools of resilience, they give up hope and are at risk for: dropping out of school, violence, abusing drugs, becoming pregnant, or committing suicide.
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Schools
The Silence Foundation has been conducting Mindfulness and Resilience lessons and training sessions in schools since 2009. Our mission is to serve children in grades one through high school. Our approach integrates mindfulness, social/emotional learning literature, art, writing, safe sharing circles, and more.