Events | Don Oakley

Schedule for Don Oakley's Upcoming Spiritual and Meditation Events

ONLINE MEETINGS

Don Oakley offers online meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month

Topic: "Letting Go of Attachments
December 16, 2025
No Cost and Pre-registration Not Required
Don will offers two live sessions on Zoom
at 1:00 pm Eastern (US) and 6:30 pm Eastern

"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."

IN-PERSON 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.

Portrait photo of Don Oakley and Patty Bottari

"Annual New Year's Retreat"

December 28 - January 1, 2026

4-Night In-Person Silent Retreat

with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari

Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN

$425 including tuition, lodging and two meals.

EVENT FULL - WAIT LIST ONLY

More Info

Well Being's Annual New Years Retreat will be devoted to exploring deeply into the Nature of our Existence. The retreat will begin with check-in on Sunday afternoon December 28th and will end mid-day on Thursday January 1st. Well Being will provide Supper on arrival and lunch on New Years Day, January 1st. Please plan to bring and prepare food for your other meals. We will provide coffee, teas and snacks throughout. (All cabins have kitchenettes.) This event will be held in noble silence. 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 $425. More Information HERE.

"An Invitation to Awaken"

January 16 - January 18, 2026

Weekend In-Person Retreat

with Don Oakley & Patty Bottari

Well Being Retreat Center, Tazewell, TN

$295 including tuition, lodging and two meals.
$75 for Livestream Option

Retreat Overview

"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."

Learn More about Don's in-person retreats and online meetings

In-Person Retreats

Find out more about Don's in-person monthly retreats at Well Being Retreat Center in Tennessee.

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Online Meetings

Find out more about Don's free online meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.