Sound & Silence

WINTER RETREAT

'' There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you …. in spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other ; only in the winter , in the country , can you have longer , quiet stretches when you can savour belonging to yourself '' - - Ruth Stout

In Groot Marico it's easy to hear the silence, and even more so, out of town, deep into the valley… at the Well. Here , if one can surrender , and let yourself be… the magic in the sounds & silence will envelope you , allowing you to journey within. Winter is the perfect time to withdraw our senses and retreat from a very busy and overly stimulating world, into the heart of nature… and the silence she carries deep within her. ''

Within each of us there is a silence - a silence as vast as the universe. We are afraid of it… and we long for it.
When we experience that silence , we remember who we are : creatures of the stars , created from the birth of galaxies , created from the cooling of this planet , created from dust and gas , created from the elements , created from time and space… created from silence. Silence is the source of all that exists, the unfathomable stillness where vibration began - the first oscillation, the first word, from which life emerged. Silence is our deepest nature, our home, our common ground, our peace.
Silence reveals. Silence heals.
Silence is where God dwells.
We yearn to be there. ''
- Gunilla Norris

Retreating in winter is a time during which we may restore our energy and synchronise once again with the biorhythms of life at large… preparing us for whatever the seasons that follow, may call for. The ''Sound & Silence Winter retreat'' at the Well , provides a space for one to contemplate and experience the silence in nature , silence in sound , and the silence we all carry within…