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.
"The Essential Realization"
March 6 - 8, 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
​​Retreat Overview
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"The Essence of Spirituality is to discover - for yourself - what is living this life. We can easily name things that we do, but if we don't know who it is that is doing all these things, it begs the questions: "Who is all this activity really for?" This essence has been called by many names (spirit, soul, True Nature and so on). The name we give is not important, but the firsthand encounter with that will be surprising and life-changing."
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The retreat will begin with check-in on Friday afternoon March 6th and will end mid-day on Sunday March 8th. 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.
"Your Inner Peace Awaits"
April 3 - 5, 2026
2-Night 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
​​Retreat Overview
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"We are all familiar with that sense of peace when everything is to our liking. But is there also a peace that’s not subject to life’s inevitable ups and downs—a peace that surpasses our human understanding of how things work? If so, what is keeping us from experiencing that peace in this and every moment?"
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The retreat will begin with check-in on Friday afternoon April 3rd and will end mid-day on Sunday April 5th. 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.​​
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A Live Streaming Option for $75 is also available.
ONLINE MEETINGS
Don Oakley offers online meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month
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Session Overview​​
"We may get into spirituality for personal reasons: "I just want to find some peace" or "I want to quiet my busy mind." And that's fine. But as it is explored more deeply, one day we might find that it isn't necessarily about what we want. Something more, far more, is being asked of us. We discover that we are being asked (nicely at first) to surrender to life."