Why Does the World Need to Rethink Quiet?

Blackhoodygrrl: belly dancer from the Bay Area (San Francisco)

Because alone time is focus time!

Ian Street - New Hampshire. 

Diane Hoeptner, Artist, Cleveland, OH dianehoeptner.com

because it is so liberating to speak only when I have something valuable to say. because silence is finally being heard. because silence is hearing my own voice; it is becoming my own voice.

Because quiet doesn’t mean that I’m not paying attention

My quiet means your words are important to me. They matter, and I want to give them the thought they deserve.

Lauren from CT

Kyle from Wisconsin

Dan from Neenah

Because the more time I have alone, the better I am when we come back together.

“This is Yonina from Riverdale, New York. The world needs to rethink quiet because quiet allows us to hear our souls speak, our thoughts, sound, the music inside us and around us, to recharge our batteries, and be able to live authentic lives and contribute to the world around us.”

genpink from Texas

The world is your yoga mat. Take off your shoes, stay a while. Rub the earth between your toes, feel the wind in your hair. Listen and breathe, inhale and enjoy. Quiet means being at home in your own body, doing what you want and need to be doing. Yoga keeps me happy inside of myself.

Amma Marfo from AmmaMarfo.com.

Because after a quiet morning ritual even the noisiest street can sound like silence. Stas from The Netherlands

I’m not weak. I’m just a warrior who roars inside her soul. If you heard it, it would make your  hair stand on end.