My Silent Place
Where inspiration begins
a practical application of mindfulness in daily life
with Jane Negrych
About Jane
I have been teaching compassion based mindfulness for 15 years. Intially, I taught for the Mindfulness Association UK and I am currently teaching at the Sanctuary in Dublin, Ireland. Through teaching meditation, I have discovered that silence can be a doorway to creativity and to connection: connection to myself, to my environment and connection to healing.
Upcoming Courses
Being Present online
September 9, 2025
The Being Present course is back online, this Autumn. The Being Present Mindfulness training is a 4 Part, in depth training that is spread out over a nine-month period during the winter months, and aims to enable participants to establish an effective and regular daily mindfulness practice so as to help our minds to settle and stabilise. One of the distinctive qualities of this training is the kindness and compassion practices that are weaved throughout.
It is ideal for beginners; however, it is also for those who have previous experience of mindfulness and who want to deepen and develop their practice and for those who might go on to train to teach mindfulness in the workplace or the 8-week Mindfulness Based Living Course (MBLC).This course is part of the Mindfulness Association UK franchise.
The Art of Rest
April 12, 2026
The Harvard Independent, a student weekly, calls for rest as resistance and attributes the demonizing of rest as a product of capitalism. Indeed, at times rest has been confused with laziness. Being ‘busy’ has become a sign of success. We have been cultured to see rest as a sign of weakness.
On the other hand, studies have found that rest is an important and necessary component to mental health and wellbeing, the development of healthy relationships, boost creativity, and healing the body after illness.
In this programme of Rest, we will explore the 7 kinds of rest during 7 days of retreat spread throughout the year. The 7 kinds of rest are: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Sensory, Creative, Social and Spiritual rest.
So, if you would like to relearn how to rest, why not join me for 7 days of Rest in 2026?
This blog started with a return to the Sanctuary with my weekly Tuesday morning (10am) mindfulness sessions. The blog acts as an extra resource and a space to access a written mindfulness musing with audio recording of the sessions.
“Accept what comes from silence.
Make the best you can of it.
Of the little words that come
out of the silence, like prayers
prayed back to the one who prays,
make a poem that does not disturb
the silence from which it came.”
Wendell Berry
From the blog
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Dawn is coming…
There is no denying it. I can definitely feel the days starting to stretch and lengthen. With the building of this increase in light, there has been the slightest whisper of warmth that has started to gently seep in when that north wind is not looking. These are the days described by the great Mary…
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Rest come easy
I am just coming out of the most luxurious four days of rest. They were well deserved after what feels like 2026’s momentum of hit the ground running. I made sure to make no plans and to step back into a quality of ‘simply being’ in and around my home. The great Zen master, Thich…
My Silent Place 