The soothing sound of a gong echoed through the breeze as birds sang on a sunny Wednesday evening at a small park in the east side of Pilsen. Dozens lay on the ground, eyes closed and hearts open to a ...

Many visitors to the Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens come to gaze at the plants, koi ponds and expansive ocean vistas. But for Fellowship followers, the public gardens that SRF founder ...

The season when leaves fall is when everyone becomes a philosopher. It’s a good time to leave the noise-filled city, savor solitude, and become a “thinking reed.” Coincidentally, “silent travel” is in ...

The meditation garden at Brooklyn's Front & York is a tiered, full half-acre private oasis, and one of the largest private parks in New York City. Colorado State University’s Institute for the Built ...

Every home has enough space for some dream-building — an out-of-the-way spot for relaxing after a hectic day’s work, a quiet corner where your mind is free to drift, a site too distant to hear the ...