Well Being's Upcoming Retreats
IN-PERSON WEEKEND RETREATS
Don Oakley offers in-person weekend retreats, on a monthly basis, with his wife Patty Bottari, at Well Being Retreat Center in Tazewell, TN.
Annual New Year's Retreat
December 28 - 1 January, 2026
4-Night In-Person Retreat
with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari
Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN
$425 including tuition, lodging and two meals.
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​​Retreat Overview
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"We may seek in many directions for fulfillment, excitement, pleasure, meaning and purpose and then, one day, we might wonder who it is that is doing all this seeking? Such a moment is a very significant change of trajectory. It is the first step in a journey home to discover what is truly living this Life."
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The retreat will begin with check-in on Friday afternoon January 16th and will end mid-day on Sunday January 18th. Well Being will provide Supper on arrival and lunch on Sunday. Please plan to bring and prepare food for your other meals. We will provide coffee, teas and snacks throughout. (All cabins have kitchenettes.) Don will speak mornings and afternoons with time for Q&A. Silent sittings will be led by Patty. There will be plenty of time to enjoy our 160 acres of abundant Nature. Cost $295. More Information HERE.​​
A Live Streaming Option for $75 is also available.
"An Invitation to Awaken"
January 16 - 18, 2026
2-Night In-Person Retreat
with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari
Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN
$295 including tuition, lodging and two meals.
More Info and Registration
LIVESTREAM Option Also Available
ONLINE MEETINGS
Don Oakley offers online meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month
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Session Overview
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"What are attachments and why is it beneficial to let go of them? We become attached to something when our identity becomes fused with that object, skill, person or position. Since all things are impermanent, attachment leads to suffering. When that object departs, our identity feels diminished. The problem is not in the object itself or in our enjoyment of it; rather it is in our grasping."