Silent Meditation Retreat 2026
 

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SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT  
Enter the Peace of Inner Stillness
with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian & CSE Teachers    
April 23-25, 2026 

All main sessions for this retreat are in-person only at CSE in San Jose, CA. For ease of accommodations and travel to the Center, early morning and evening meditation sessions will be online only from home.

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RETREAT SCHEDULE  


THURSDAY (4/23/26)

9:00 AM 
  9:55-11:45 AM 
12:00 PM 
12:15 PM 
1:30-2:30 PM 
2:45-3:30 PM 
3:30 PM 
4:00 PM 
5:00 PM 
6:30-7:30 PM 

 

Arrival and check-in at CSE
OPENING SESSION
Shiva Puja (optional) 
Lunch
TEACHINGS & MEDITATION    
WALKING TAI CHI 
Private Meditation Time in Gardens & Temples 
Travel home for Dinner & Evening Meditation
Dinner (overnight participants)
ONLINE EVENING MEDITATION (ZOOM)


FRIDAY (4/24/26)

6:30-7:30 AM  
8:00 AM 
10:00-11:45 AM 
12:00 PM 
12:15 PM 
1:30-2:30 PM 
2:45-3:30 PM 
3:30 PM 
4:00 PM 
5:00 PM 
6:30-7:30 PM 

 

ONLINE MORNING MEDITATION (ZOOM)
Breakfast (overnight participants)
TEACHINGS & MEDITATION 
Shiva Puja (optional) 
Lunch
TEACHINGS & MEDITATION    
WALKING TAI CHI    
Private Meditation Time in Gardens & Temples 
Travel home for Dinner & Evening Meditation
Dinner (overnight participants)
ONLINE EVENING MEDITATION (ZOOM)


SATURDAY (4/25/26)

6:30-7:30 AM 
8:00 AM 
10:00-11:00 AM 
11:00-11:45 AM 
12:00 PM 
12:15 PM 
1:30-3:30 PM 

 

ONLINE MORNING MEDITATION (ZOOM)
Breakfast (overnight participants)
TEACHINGS & MEDITATION    
Private Meditation Time in Gardens & Temples
Shiva Puja (optional) 
Lunch
CLOSING SESSION

 
   





Silence is an opening to divine presence, creative energy, peace, and bliss. Like the flower's scent attracts the bee, the resonant vibration of silence attracts our awareness into the experience of superconscious meditation.





HANDOUTS & PRACTICES
Kriya Yoga Lineage Altar Card
Morning Meditation Prayers



SUPPORT FOR YOUR RETREAT
Silent Retreat Guidelines
Contact Us
Zoom Support
Participant Waiver of Liability


Your registration fee covers the administrative cost of this program. Additional donations support the CSE ministry.




Thank you for your generosity!