Schedule

Note from Joy 9/30/20

Greetings again, dear yogis💕🤗. Since we have successfully avoided a second wave of this pandemic, by remaining in the grips of the original wave (!), I guess we’ll have to cancel all the rest of our possibilities for 2020 autumn season, my friends… I hope that we can start fresh in the springtime, friends. If that looks possible, I will post a schedule towards the end of 2020. Wear your masks and social distance,...

‘Being Where You Are’ Retreat

March 20 – 22, 2020 CANCELLED to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 What happens when you combine a weekend of Ashtanga Yoga with silent contemplative Vipassana meditation? Something wonderful and insightful enough to make us want to continue this experiment for 14 years now. Join Mark Cain and Joy Fox for this mind/body exploration into a world of possibilities. You don’t need expertise in either field…..thus the title....

Dharma Day

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 9:30 – 3:30 p.m. CANCELLED to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 This will be our first springtime opportunity to be immersed in the practices of Vipassanastyle meditation: sitting, walking, eating, and loving-kindness exercises. There will also be a light yoga/stretching period before lunch. This is a perfect opportunity for new students to receive full instruction in these simple but profound...

4-day Spring Intensive

Thursday – Sunday, April 9 – April 12, 2020 (Thursday, 10 a.m. – Sunday, 3 p.m.) CANCELLED to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 A silent four-day Vipassana Intensive for those of you who have been yearning for more in depth time to examine and observe where silence meets you inside, and/or the crazy mental sounds of monkeychittering that are not actually you, as you become the witness… We will have an...

Nature and Bird-watching Day with Joe Neal

Saturday, April 25, 2020 CANCELLED to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 Nature Day with our expert nature guide, Joe Neal… This is an annual springtime tradition now, and folks from all over the Ozarks show up…we’ll meet (9 am) at the top of the Wattle Hollow driveway on Hwy 170, and stroll slowly down-hill. (People will share their binoculars if you don’t have any). Then, we’ll share a pot-luck lunch overlooking the pond and...

Dharma Day

Sunday, May 3, 9:30 – 3:30 p.m. CANCELLED to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 This is your one-day opportunity to take a personal tour into various Vipassana meditation practices: sitting, walking, eating and metta/loving-kindness. All are welcome, though registration must be no less than three days before the retreat (e.g. the Wednesday before). A great chance for beginning meditators to get their feet wet, and for...

Quaker gathering/ retreat time

May 8-9th, 2020 CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19 ) These incredible peace-makers contribute so much to our community and to world consciousness. This is their time to renew and refresh. Check with Gladys Tiffany for details.

Songwriter’s Creativity Weekend

May 15 – May 17, 2020 CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19) Experience an eclectic, organic approach to creating music in a provocatively creative atmosphere. Our extremely popular, semi-annual leap into creativity and music – led by our talented and creative teachers Donna and Kelly Mulholland, and Jack Williams into a special (and perhaps previously unknown) territory...

Dharma Day

Saturday, May 30, 2020 9:30 – 3:30 p.m. CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19) Led by Joy Fox. Again, a one-day experience with a guided tour into the Theravadan Vipassana meditation practices of sitting, walking, eating and lovingkindness. We’ll also do an hour of  stretching/yoga exercises. This is a great opportunity for new-comers to meditation, as well as our wonderful oldies....

Eight-Day Intensive Retreat with Joy

Saturday, June 6th (3 p.m.) – Saturday, June 13th (3 p.m.) CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19) Please understand, dear yogis, that the weather in June can be extremely hot. There’s no a.c. at Wattle Hollow. And we have no shortage of ticks and chiggers in the Ozark woodlands…We will be fasting between lunch and breakfast. If you’re still reading this, I invite you to join us on...

Dharma Day

Saturday, July 4, 2020 9:30 am – 3:30 pm CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19) This might be the ultimate way to celebrate your independence, from suffering. It will be another one-day exploration into the Vipassana meditative practices of sitting, walking, eating, and metta/lovingkindness. The day will be held in Noble Silence, but there are group discussions and guided explanations...

Dharma Day

Saturday, July 26, 2020 9:30 – 3:30 p.m. CANCELLED (Wattle Hollow will be closed to minimize any potential impact of COVID-19) This is a one-day immersion into Noble Silence, and the Vipassana meditation practices of sitting, walking, eating and lovingkindness. Joy will guide everyone through the exercises. All are welcome, though pre-registration must be no less than three days before the retreat (e.g.the Wednesday before). A...