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.
"Discover Your Inner Peace"
October 10 - 12, 2025
2-Night Weekend In-Person Retreat
with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari
Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN
$250 including tuition, lodging and two meals.
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​​Retreat Overview
"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. So, how can we experience such abiding peace in this and every moment?"
"Getting Out of Your On Way"
November 21-23, 2025
2-Night Weekend In-Person Retreat
with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari
Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN
$250 including tuition, lodging and two meals.
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​​Retreat Overview
​​"Most people have two things happening most of the time: what they do and what they think about what they are doing. We may feel any discrepancy between these two functions as self-judgment, guilt, shame, regret, despair, envy, anxiety or lack of self-will. Such feelings can then propagate more self-judgment, etc. So how do we extract ourselves from this loop? How can we get out of our own way and function with authenticity."​
ONLINE MEETINGS
Don Oakley offers online meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month
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Session Overview
"These Body/Mind organisms that we inhabit are subject to all kinds of abuses: illness, injury, aging, loss of memory, rejection, disappointment, emotional stress and so on. And then, of course, there is the cessation of this physical form looming out there in the future somewhere. What's not to feel anxious about?​ The question naturally arises: Is there anything that is inherently free of these anxiety causing aspects of Life?"