Hush… can you discern it? Or, more aptly, not discern it? That’s the sound of serenity.

Specialists and scientific research concur that periods of quietude, particularly in our noisy existence, can yield a multitude of wellness benefits.

While the lack of noise might imply a void, you could find that muting the commotion unexpectedly fills your body, mind, and soul with richness.

Here’s an insight into why you should seek tranquility and practical advice on how to achieve it.

Quietude can potentially improve your well-being in several ways, including:

• lowering blood pressure
• improving concentration and focus
• calming racing thoughts
• stimulating brain growth
• reducing Cortisol
• stimulating creativity
• improving Insomnia
• encouraging mindfulness

  Silence helps us develop the skills to have:

• More profound thoughts.
• Stronger relationships.
• Increased creativity.
• Improved communication skills.

Silence is not an absence but a presence, not emptiness but repletion. Silence is more than just a pause; it is the enchanted space in which things open up, and surfaces fall away, and we find ourselves in the midst of absolutes. In silence, we often say that we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say, is that we can hear ourselves not think, and so beneath our daily selves, into a place mere thought allows. Silence is a way of clearing space & staying time; of opening out, so that the horizon itself expands, and the air is transparent as glass. Silence is responsiveness, and in silence, we can listen, and in listening to the self, the wind, sea, we can hear something else beating far behind.

– Pico Iyer in the book Living Wisdom