Well Being Retreat Center
"Where Silence Is Expressed"
Well Being Retreat Center Events
April 4, 2023 - 6:30 pm EDT- "Tuesday Evening At-Home Retreat" with Don Oakley
Don Oakley will be presenting LIVE on Zoom Tuesday evening March 21st at 6:30 pm EDT. The title of the presentation will be "Absence and Presence" More information on the next Tuesday evening session can be found HERE.
Don's talks are also posted on his YouTube Channel and as podcasts under the title "Well Being with Don Oakley"
More information HERE
April 11, 2023 - 6:30 - 8:00 pm EDT- "Don at The Meaningful Life Center in Knoxville" with Don Oakley
Don Oakley will be speaking at The Meaningful Life Center in Knoxville on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month. 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Topic: "Adventures in Awareness." There are no pre-requisites except a sincere interest in what we are - in essence. The talks will be non-denominational although they draw on many traditions. There will be a brief guided meditation to settle in, an extemporaneous talk by Don and time for dialogue. Don is the Founding Director of Well Being Retreat Center in Tazewell, TN.
There is no charge for this event, but a donation to The Meaningful Life Center is suggested.
April 6 - 9, 2023 "Tai Chi with Frankie Hart"
Frankie Hart is a Yoga Teacher with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience. She has owned and operated Satya Life Yoga in Lakeland, Florida since 2004. Frankie leads Yoga Teacher Training certification programs yearly. She has been teaching the art of movement and healing for over thirty years. Her credentials include ERYT500, YACEP, RPYT, MFA, Master Level certified Qigong Instructor and Certified Lifeline Practitioner. More information on this 3-night retreat HERE
April 12, 2023 - April 16, 2023 "ANFT Guide Immersion Training"
with Christine Hoyer & Darlene Rooney-Keller
This Guide Immersion Training is for Nature and Forest Therapy Guides-in-Training through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. An immersion is an opportunity to be guided by ANFT trainers and to practice guiding with others. Those who have completed at least 4 months of the six-month remote Forest Therapy Guide Training you're eligible to apply. Completion of this immersion and the six-month training fulfills the requirements for full Guide Certification. More information HERE.
April 20 - 23, 2023 "Feldenkrais® & Embodied Life™ Retreat with Brenda Rasch
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Join Brenda for a Three-Night Feldenkrais & Embodied Life Retreat which will include Embodied Meditation, Feldenkrais Movement, and guided inquiry. Contact Brenda at 865-363-6416 or at brendaraschpt@gmail.com for information about the content of the retreat. There will be time to enjoy the 160 acres of rural Tennessee land and the 2 1/2 miles of Powell River frontage.
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April 29, 2023 The Annual Powell River Kayak & Canoe Regatta
The Powell River Kayak & Canoe Regatta is a 12-mile race (or leisurely paddle, your choice, which begins at Well Being Retreat Center in Tazewell and ends at Riverside Rentals in Harrogate, TN. There is prize money for 1st & 2nd places in each of nine race categories. All net proceeds from this benefit event go towards improving public access onto the 114 miles of the scenic and ecologically important Powell River in NE Tennessee.
More Information HERE.
Register to compete in the Regatta:
If you would like to volunteer to help with the Regatta (about 70 volunteers are neededt o make it all happen) contact Patty@wellbeingcc.org or call here at 423-626-9000.
May
May 4 - 7, 2023 "ChiRunning and ChiWalking Workshop" with Katherine & Danny Dreyer
Danny and Katherine Dreyer are co-founders and co-authors of ChiWalking, ChiRunning and ChiLiving books and programs. Join them for a weekend of injury-free running with Danny, or fitness walking with Katherine. The many studies on the benefits of running and walking all agree: They are nothing short of a miracle for creating and maintaining good health (if done consistently and without pain and injury). These practices combine principles of T’ai Chi with running and walking for an energized, balanced body and a clear, focused mind. Your movement becomes a meditative practice as well as a great way to get and stay healthy. You’ll enjoy moving the way you were designed to – naturally, smoothly and without stress or strain. More information HERE.
May 12 - 14, 2023 "Getting Out of Your Own Way" - a Weekend Retreat with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari
A Weekend Retreat of Contemplation & Meditation. Don & Patty will lead a weekend retreat from Friday supper through Sunday lunch. Well Being will provide Friday Supper upon arrival and Sunday lunch and will provide coffee, teas and snacks throughout. You will be on your own for the other meals. All the Cabins have kitchenettes. Cabins will be assigned on a first come first served basis. $195. Indoor sessions in the Meeting Hall. More information HERE.
May 18 - May 21, 2023 "Silent Non-dual Retreat" with Alaya Dickinson
Alaya Dickinson will return to lead another retreat at Well Being Retreat Center May 18 - 21, 2023. Bask in Alaya's loving presence and clarity for a three-night silent retreat where you will be well cared for, well fed, and have the opportunity to experience profound inner and outer silence. More information HERE.
May 25, 2023 - May 29, 2023 Retreat with Jim Newman
Jim Newman has given talks on non-dualism internationally. This in-person, residential, four-day program will be a unique opportunity to inquire deeply. Meetings will have no agenda, list of topics or specific structure. Space is open for questions and discussion with Jim. More information HERE.
Jim Newman's NON-DUALITY meetings share a mystery, a paradox. The paradox is that THIS, this appearance, isn't what it appears to be. It is and it isn't. It's no-thing being something. It's emptiness appearing as everything. It's unified appearing as divided or separated.
"The meetings share a message of freedom. What is is already free, all-inclusive."
June
June 2, 2023 - June 5, 2023 Relax, Breath, Be Retreat with Donna Hollinshead
If you’ve never met Donna Hollinshead, you will not be disappointed! Her pure love for all exudes from her very essence; see how she spreads LOVE when you join her for this whimsical weekend. Spend time with like-minded joyFULL souls and Donna for a truly expansive experience.
Take time for yourself to RELAX | BREATHE | BE and explore your inner child-like spirit with Donna Hollinshead. Enjoy the beautiful Smokey Mountains and surround yourself with love, peaceFULLness & joyFULLness with an extended weekend filled with Yoga, Nature Play, Meditation, Art Creation, & more.
More Information HERE
June 9, 2023 - June 11, 2023 The Secrets of Great Relationships with Charlie & Linda Bloom
Linda Bloom, LCSW and Charlie Bloom, MSW have been married since 1972. Trained as psychotherapists and relationship counselors, they have worked with individuals, couples, groups, and organizations since 1975.
They have lectured and taught at learning institutes throughout the USA (Esalen, Omega, Kripalu) and internationally have have co-written 5 books, including the best-seller,101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married (over 100,000 sold.), which have been translated into several languages.
More Information HERE.
June 15 - 18, 2023 "An Ivy House Retreat with Corrine Champigny
Reconnect with yourself during this 3-night profoundly restorative retreat led by Corrine Champigny from the Ivy House Retreat Center in Nashville. Now is the time to redefine what your life is going to look like. Will you go back into the busy, frenetic life you had before or are you ready to approach and in-joy life in a new way? Trained by Deepak Chopra, Corrine has over thirty years of experience in the healing arts and specializes in helping people find balance in their lives through yoga, meditation and mindfulness, More information HERE.
June 29, 2023 - July 2, 2023 "Renew, Recharge, Reconnect with Nature" with Christine Hoyer
Join Christine Hoyer for a 3-night retreat to be in and be with nature. We are part of nature and it is important to take the time to renew, recharge, and reconnect with nature and ourselves. The weekend will include guided nature and forest therapy walks, simple mindful movement from the Tai Chi tradition, and other activities designed to connect you with the natural world directly through your senses. This retreat will be mostly silent to allow for nature’s voice to be heard. There will be times for sharing, guided activities, and time to explore the land.
More information HERE.
July
July 21, 2023 - July 23, 2023 "The Art of Belonging" with Chelsea Green
Chelsea Green has designed this weekend retreat to support emotional healing through meditation and creative expression for those living in pain, grief, fear or stress. Healing through meditation does not mean that we sit in a perfect state of peace while having no thoughts. But rather, meditation for healing is about establishing a different relationship with our thoughts. Chelsea is Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, LPCA, and Certified Meditation Instructor, CMI, who leads meditation classes and workshops on mindfulness, stress management, and spirituality. (https://www.anubeginningtherapy.com)
More information HERE.
August
August 4 - 6, 2023 "Awakening the Heart to the Great Perfection" Retreat with John Blackburn, PhD
What would it feel like to be spontaneously open, loving, generous, and fearless? This retreat will offer simple practices for uncovering these qualities in ourselves. John Blackburn has practiced meditation for over 45 years, practicing intensively with teachers in the Vipassana, Zen, and Dzogchen traditions. He leads a local meditation group, the Knoxville Community of Mindfulness. For many years he served as chair of the board of directors for Southern Dharma Retreat Center in Spring Creek, NC.
More information HERE.
August 11 - 13, 2023 "Balancing Doing & Being" Retreat with Melanie McGhee & David Patterson PhD
Our retreat will focus on finding a satisfying balance between doing, being, and non-doing. Our intention is that you encounter and learn to cultivate experiences of:
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living more fully in the present moment
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releasing tendencies of reactive stress
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recognizing and resolving anticipatory anxiety
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allowing Nature to nourish you
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access Awareness of what you are here to do
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fulfilling connection with yourself, others, and Life.
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More information HERE
September
September 1 - 3, 2023 "Authentic Radiance" Restorative Yoga & Meditation Retreat
with D'lene Reeves and Jessica Mishu
Join us on a retreat to discover your connection to the divine self, where trust, safety, and connection to the body reside. During this retreat, you will have the space to let go of physical and emotional blocks of shame, guilt, fear, or doubt that are getting in the way of your authentic radiance.
We will be using deep relaxation techniques that release limiting or unhealthy subconscious beliefs including Yoga Nidra. Throughout the weekend, guided gentle & restorative yoga and meditation practices will help you to connect to a more blissful state of full-body awareness and pave the way to rediscovering true self-love inside yourself. More information HERE
September 21 - 24, 2023 "An Ivy House Retreat with Corrine Champigny
Reconnect with yourself during this 3-night profoundly restorative retreat led by Corrine Champigny from the Ivy House Retreat Center in Nashville. Now is the time to redefine what your life is going to look like. Will you go back into the busy, frenetic life you had before or are you ready to approach and in-joy life in a new way? Trained by Deepak Chopra, Corrine has over thirty years of experience in the healing arts and specializes in helping people find balance in their lives through yoga, meditation and mindfulness, More information HERE.
October
October 2 - 8, 2023 "Biomimicry Workshop" with Dr. Dayna Baumeister and Toby Herzlich
Through a cross-pollination of the fields of social innovation and biomimicry, this seven-day immersion will explore the lessons nature has to teach us about creating a more adaptable, resilient, cooperative, and networked world. It’s a results-driven approach that’s been used by organizations of all kinds to create a better way of doing business. Discover how nature’s genius can help grow resilient organizations and foster a regenerative society abundant with innovative leaders.
This workshop is offered in partnership with Biomimicry for Social Innovation. This is our seventh year of collaborating in this space and we are excited to bring you the “best of” all we’ve learned and practiced over the years. More Information.
October 19 - 22, 2023 "Yoga with Frankie Hart
Frankie Hart is a Yoga Teacher with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience. She has owned and operated Satya Life Yoga in Lakeland, Florida since 2004. Frankie leads Yoga Teacher Training certification programs yearly. She has been teaching the art of movement and healing for over thirty years. Her credentials include ERYT500, YACEP, RPYT, MFA, Master Level certified Qigong Instructor and Certified Lifeline Practitioner. More information on this 3-night retreat HERE
November
November 12 - 17, 2023 "Stop At Nothing's HILS2 Workshop with Jon Patten & Cecelia Calderon
Stop At Nothing, Inc. will be holding a High Impact Leadership Seminar Level 2 (HILS2) event at Well Being Retreat Center November 12-17, 2023. This event is limited to clients of Stop-at-Nothing, Inc.. Please register with Stop-at-Nothing first for Tuition and then HERE for Accommodations.
November
December 3 - 8, 2023 "Stop At Nothing's HILS3 Workshop with Jon Patten & Cecelia Calderon
Stop At Nothing, Inc. will be holding a High Impact Leadership Seminar Level 3 (HILS3) event at Well Being Retreat Center December 3-8, 2023. This event is limited to clients of Stop-at-Nothing, Inc.. Please register with Stop-at-Nothing first for Tuition and then HERE for Accommodations.