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
January 26, 2027
Do you want to know your own mind and how it works? If so, this systematic mindfulness training will take you on an in depth exploration of your mind with fellow explorers in an atmosphere of kindness. Drawing on your own experience and based on an understanding of relevant theory you will become familiar with the workings of your mind. This naturally gives rise to the many reported benefits of mindfulness meditation.
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.
Nature and Healing Autumn cohort
September 19, 2026
One of the key benefits of nature-based interventions is their ability to reduce stress and promote relaxation. Spending time in natural environments has been found to lower levels of cortisol, a hormone associated with stress, and increase feelings of calm and relaxation. This can have a significant impact on mental health, as chronic stress has been linked to a variety of negative health outcomes, including anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular disease.
In addition to reducing stress, nature-based interventions have also been shown to improve mood and emotional well-being. Research has found that spending time in nature can increase feelings of happiness and contentment, as well as reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. This may be due in part to the restorative effects of nature, which can help to replenish cognitive resources and improve mood regulation.
The programme is designed to be delivered in the Sanctuary’s biodiversity field and the garden room. It employs a combination of experiential training in mindfulness and self-compassion, engaging with nature through horticulture and regular reflective dialogue. There is some engagement with the process of creative artwork
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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Seeing the clouds…
I am currently writing a lecture for the University of Aberdeen’s Masters in Mindfulness and I wanted to include a passage from War and Peace. The passage describes a scene from the Napoleonic wars in which Prince Andrei is lying on the battlefield, and he’s wounded, and there’s chaos happening all around him, and he…
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Working the edge…
I want to talk about tolerating discomfort. And how oftentimes we perpetuate unhealthy loops, unhealthy patterns, unhealthy behaviours, all because we can’t, or should I say won’t, tolerate discomfort. And I think this is what our struggles boil down to. All of our knee jerk reactions are in place so that we move away from…
