Exploring Gaia House: Silent Retreats in Devon

A retreat centre and charity offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. This guide is compiled from the centre's own published information; we have not visited, and it is not a review.

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Entrance to Gaia House
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-graded by ANEW.
Gaia House, West Ogwell
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-graded by ANEW.

The place

Gaia House describes itself as a meditation retreat centre and charity offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. It warmly welcomes people of every age, ethnicity, cultural heritage and religious background, socio-economic group, sexual orientation and gender identity, and says it is working to remove barriers to inclusion.

What it offers

Who it suits

People ready for silence and a retreat schedule. If you are new, read your first retreat, is a silent retreat safe? and noble silence.

Before you go

  1. See what to bring and what retreats cost.
  2. Check the retreat calendar on the centre's own site.
  3. Compare options in the UK directory.

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Questions people ask

What does Gaia House offer?

Silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition, plus online retreats, personal retreats and Dharma Service retreats.

Who is welcome?

People of every background, according to the centre's own statement.

Are retreats online as well?

Yes, it adds online retreats and courses throughout the year.