Lull is a mindfulness studio on Maple Street in Burlington. Since 2014 we have taught one thing, carefully: how to sit still and come back.
Our story
In the autumn of 2014 Nora Quill rented the second floor of 47 Maple Street, painted it, bought twelve cushions and put a sign on the door: evening sit, 6:30, all welcome.
Four people came the first night. By spring there was a waiting list, a second teacher and a kettle that never quite cooled. We added the 8-week course in 2016, the sound bath in 2018 and the lake retreats in 2020, when a lot of people needed a quiet weekend away.
The room is bigger now and there are nine of us teaching, but the evening sit still starts at 6:30, and anyone is still welcome. The sign on the door has not changed either; it is the same board, repainted twice.
Nora Quill
Founder and teacher
How we teach
Whoever is teaching and whatever the class, these hold. They are why people keep coming back.
01
No jargon, no belief system, nothing to sign up to. We explain what to do and why, then we do it together.
02
Twenty-four cushions in the big room, ten in the small one. Your teacher learns your name and notices when you are not there.
03
Sit, lie down, open your eyes, leave early. Nothing in a class is compulsory, and nobody will ask you to share.
The rooms
Two practice rooms and a tea corner above the bakery on Maple Street. Warm in winter, open windows in summer.
The big room · 24 cushions
The small room · 10 cushions
The tea corner · always on
Open to everyone
Sitting on the floor is never required. A third of every class uses a chair.
A lift to the second floor from the Pine Street door, and an accessible restroom.
Sunday classes are by donation, from $0. Ask about course places at a reduced fee.
We teach meditation, not therapy. If you are struggling or in danger, call or text 988, any hour.
The teachers
Every teacher keeps a daily practice and sits at least one retreat a year. Between them they have taught for more than eighty years.
Nora Quill
Founder
Malik Osei
Breathwork
Theo Brandt
Sound and rest
Iris Bell
The 8-week course
Walter Hale
Retreats
Visit
Address
47 Maple Street, second floor
Burlington, VT 05401
Hours
Mon to Fri 6:30 am to 9 pm
Sat 8 am to 6 pm · Sun 8 am to 1 pm
Getting here
Five minutes from Church Street; the bus stops at Maple and Pine.
Parking
The Marketplace garage, two blocks north, first two hours free.
