Well Being Retreat Center

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Well Being Retreat Center

We're a non-profit retreat center on 160 peaceful acres surrounded by river in Northeast TN. We offer hosted retreats and welcome outside retreat leaders.

Mostly organic meals and a quiet space for stillness, presence, and connection with nature. When Well Being Retreat Center was purchased in 2008, there was only an old barn here. Since then, we have constructed four Earth-Sheltered Cabins, the more conventionally built Wood Duck Cabin, the Retreat Center Building, six Cabinettes, six tiny houses, and the Powell River Pavilion. These facilities are available for wellness workshops, Yoga retreats, mindfulness programs, meditation retreats, personal retreats & sabbaticals, family reunions, civic meetings, church groups, ecological conferences and similar.

10/25/2025

Mike has added sixty new berry plants to Well Being's garden. They're organically grown and will be served at future retreats.

10/21/2025

Don Oakley and Patty Bottari will be leading a 2-night retreat, "Getting Out of Your Own Way" November 21-23, 2025.

Don will offer guided meditations and discourses on the retreat theme. There will be opportunities for Q&A and dialogues with Don. There will also be scheduled periods of silent sitting (meditation) and free time to enjoy 160 acres of Well Being's land.

Two healthy meals will be provided by Well Being; Friday supper and Sunday lunch. Each of the cabins are comfortable and have kitchenettes for you to cook your remaining meals.

The cost to participate is $250 which includes tuition, lodging, and two meals.

For more information and registration please see the event link in bio.

09/20/2025

Join Brenda Rasch for her Feldenkrais & Embodied Life Retreat
November 13–16, 2025 at Well Being Retreat Center in Tazewell, TN

This retreat weaves together three powerful practices:
• Embodied Meditation – Cultivate the ability to sit with openness and kindness toward whatever arises.

• Feldenkrais Method® Lessons – Learn to move with ease, reduce stress, and enjoy better posture, breathing, and flexibility.

• Guided Inquiry – Explore awareness practices that nurture compassion, gratitude, and wholeness.

A beautiful opportunity to reconnect with your body, heart, and presence.

For details & registration, see the link in bio or visit Well Being’s website.

09/07/2025

Come join Don Oakley and Patty Bottari as they lead their 2-night weekend retreat, "Discover Your Inner Peace" October 10 -12, 2025

• Don will offer guided meditations and discourses on the retreat theme. There will be opportunities for Q&A and dialogues with Don.

• There will also be scheduled periods of silent sitting (meditation) and free time to enjoy 160 acres of Well Being's land.

• Two healthy meals will be provided; Friday supper and Sunday lunch.

• The cabins are comfortable and have kitchenettes for you to cook your remaining meals

• Those who choose to stay in a cabinette will have access to Well Being’s kitchen to prepare their remaining meals.

• The cost to participate is $250 which includes tuition, lodging, and two meals.

For more information and registration please see the event link in bio.

08/23/2025

Frankie Hart will be leading her 11th annual "Fall Mountain Yoga Retreat" at Well Being Retreat Center October 16-19, 2025.

Frankie has over 40,000 hours teaching yoga and is the owner and creator of Satya Life Yoga, a sanctuary in downtown Lakeland, Florida where she teaches Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong.

During this 3-night retreat, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy:

• Two yoga classes and guided meditation sessions each day

• Time to immerse yourself in nature on Well Being's 160 peaceful acres

• Nutritious vegetarian and mostly gluten free meals

• Time to gather with like-hearted souls around the Fire Circle

For more information and registration, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being’s website.

08/19/2025

Come join Don Oakley and Patty Bottari as they lead their 2-night weekend retreat, "Why Postpone Your Enlightenment?" September 19-21, 2025

• Don will offer guided meditations and discourses on the retreat theme. There will be opportunities for Q&A and dialogues with Don.

• There will also be scheduled periods of silent sitting (meditation) and free time to enjoy 160 acres of Well Being's land.

• Two healthy meals will be provided on Friday supper and Sunday lunch.

• Each of the cabins are comfortable and have kitchenettes for you to cook your remaining meals.

• The cost to participate is $250 which includes tuition, lodging, and two meals.

For more information and registration please visit Well Being's website.

08/05/2025

Melanie McGhee and David Patterson will be leading their "Steady Mind, Mindful Presence: Foundations of a Dynamic Life-long Practice" with AAIT and Mindfulness Practices October 2 - 5, 2025.

Melanie is a founding board member of the Alliance for Integrated Awareness and creator of Acceptance and Integration Training®, a method that supports mental health and spiritual wellbeing by resolving reactivity and revealing the true self. Grounded in decades of study in wisdom traditions, her work explores the nature of being and the wonder of embodied presence. As Professor Emeritus (UTK) and a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher, David brings a grounding in science to the pragmatic cultivation of embodied presence.

During the retreat, participants will have the opportunity to explore:

• Anchoring Practice & Presence – Learn tools from Acceptance and Integration Training® and mindfulness to cultivate inner steadiness, clarity, and resilience.
• Guided Support from Experienced Teachers - Receive skillful guidance from Melanie McGhee and David Patterson, each with over 40 years of daily practice.
• Movement & Embodiment – Deepen awareness through Feldenkrais and gentle yoga.
• Community, Stillness & Nature – Enjoy open practice sessions, meaningful group dialogue, and nourishing meals

For more information and registration, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being’s website.

07/19/2025

Come join Don Oakley and Patty Bottari as they lead their 2-night weekend retreat, "Coming Home to Yourself" August 15-17, 2025

Don will offer guided meditations and discourses on the retreat theme. There will be opportunities for Q&A and dialogues with Don. There will also be scheduled periods of silent sitting (meditation) and free time to enjoy 160 acres of Well Being's land.

Two healthy meals will be provided on Friday supper and Sunday lunch.
Each of the cabins are comfortable and have kitchenettes for you to cook your remaining meals.

The cost to participate is $250 which includes tuition, lodging, and two meals.

For more information and registration please see the event link in bio.

07/12/2025

Alaya Dickinson & Corrine Champigny will be leading A Sacred Hug: An Invitation to Embody Presence, a silent retreat September 11–14, 2025, at Well Being Retreat Center.

Alaya offers Satsang and Presence Yoga as a sacred unfolding of direct experience and inner stillness. Corrine brings decades of embodied practice through meditation, movement, and her unique expression of Presence Yoga. Together, they create a nourishing container—what Alaya describes as “a sacred melting into the ground bodywork”—inviting a return to our natural presence, alive and free.

Participants will have the opportunity to explore:

- Daily Satsang, Meditation, and Presence Yoga

- Spacious time to rest and connect with the natural beauty of the land

- Sacred silence during meals and personal time

- Nervous system recalibration through organic receptivity

- Evenings at the fire circle by the river

For more information and registration, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being’s website.

07/05/2025

Don Oakley and Patty Bottari will be leading a 3-night retreat, "From Seeking to Finding" July 17 - 20, 2025.

Don will offer guided meditations and discourses on the retreat theme. There will be opportunities for Q&A and dialogues with Don. There will also be scheduled periods of silent sitting (meditation) and free time to enjoy 160 acres of Well Being's land.

Two healthy meals will be provided on Thursday supper and Sunday lunch. Each of the cabins are comfortable and have kitchenettes for you to cook your remaining meals.

For more information and registration, please see the event link in the bio or visit Well Being's website

06/28/2025

Carl Bello & Carrie DeMartini will be leading their Sorrow’s Healing Ground: Practicing the Sacred Work of Grief in Community, August 21-24.

Carl is a psychotherapist, veterinarian, and soul activist, and Carrie founded Wishing Well Center, which cultivates soulful living and dying. The retreat will draw on the teachings of Carl and Carrie’s mentors, Francis Weller, Malidoma Somé, Martín Prechtel and Laurence Cole.

Participants will have the opportunity to explore:

- Shared song, poetry, drumming, and movement.

- Writing practices.

- Journaling and creative art experiences.

- Talking in the larger Circle and small groups, composting our grief together.

- Embracing the wisdom of our ancestors and time-honored rituals.

For more information and registration, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being’s website.

Address

557 Narrows Road
Tazewell, TN
37879

Telephone

+14236269000

Website

https://www.wellbeingretreatcenter.org/

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Well Being Retreat Center is a non-profit, non-denominational venue located on 158 acres of land in the rolling Cumberland mountains of northeast Tennessee. The scenic Powell River surrounds the land for 2 1/2 miles. We have constructed four Earth-Sheltered Cabins, six Tiny Houses, the Wood Duck Cabin, the Retreat Center Building, six Cabinettes, and the Powell River Pavilion. These facilities are available for wellness workshops, Yoga retreats, mindfulness programs, meditation retreats, personal retreats & sabbaticals, family reunions, church groups, ecological conferences and similar. Nature and silence abound.

“It is a very beautiful, peaceful place indeed. And infused with the kind, loving, humble, big hearts of Don and Patty. I've spoken to a number of people who have done retreats at venues all over the US. Well Being Retreat Center is always the favorite.” - David C.