Wattle Hollow Schedule SPRING-SUMMER 2026
Welcome dear yogis! Following is the upcoming Spring listing of events: ** WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS AND FULL EMBRACE OF “ANNICCA”, THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE ACKNOWLEDGING THE ETERNALLY SHIFTING AND UNFORESEEABLE FACTORS OF LIFE ON EARTH. Registration is required. You may register anytime, friends…though my response may be somewhat delayed… Friends, I suggest that you don’t wait too long to register for any of these offerings…They seem to fill up faster every year! And for those that have asked about digital donations, see new page Dana...
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Dharma Days are a one-day opportunity, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to take a personal tour in the Theravadan Vipassana meditation traditional practices of sitting, walking, eating and loving-kindness/metta. It’s a great chance for beginning meditators to get their feet wet, and for oldies to refresh their practice. We also do a mild 50-minute stretching/yoga/or creative movement session. An organic vegetarian lunch will be served. No charge for this day, though dana/donations are accepted. See Registration link below to register. We will have chairs...
READ MORE / RegisterTwo Day Weekend Retreat
April 17 – 19, 2026 Starts with supper on Friday evening, 6:00 pm, and ends at 3 pm on Sunday. Email to Register
READ MORE / RegisterNature and Bird-watching Day with Joe Neal
Wednesday, April 22, (Earth Day) 10 a.m. til noon 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 mountains, (where Joe and others can also identify dozens of birds, just by sound….). And head down into the creek-bed, for a delightful...
READ MORE / RegisterDHARMA DAY April 25
Saturday, April 25, 2025 (10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Rescheduled from April 5! We will be practicing the various forms of Vipassana Buddhist meditation:** Sitting (no sessions more than 30-40 minutes), various types of practices.** Walking (both indoor and outdoor)** An hour-long movement/yoga session** Eating (lunchtime will be silent, with special focus on the food)** Metta/Lovingkindness practice The practice of Noble Silence will be observed all day, except for group discussions, in order to deepen our meditative focus. All Dharma Days...
READ MORE / RegisterSongwriters’ Creativity Weekend
May 1 – 3, 20266 p.m. Friday – 4 p.m. Sunday Here’s another opportunity to experience a conjunction ofcreativity, kindness, gourmet food, with the best possible guides onour musical journey: Donna and Kelly Mulholland, Jack Smith. Contact Judy Smith for information and registration:judysmith221gmail.com All Wattle Hollow retreats (except Songwriters’ weekend) areoffered by donation…e.g. no one is turned away for lack of finances,according to the ancient Buddhist tradition.
READ MORE / RegisterDHARMA DAY May 23
Saturday, MAY 23, 2026 – 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. We will be practicing the various forms of Vipassana Buddhist meditation:** Sitting (no sessions more than 30-40 minutes), various types of practices.** Walking (both indoor and outdoor)** An hour-long movement/yoga session** Eating (lunchtime will be silent, with special focus on the food)** Metta/Lovingkindness practice The practice of Noble Silence will be observed all day, except for group discussions, in order to deepen our meditative focus. All Dharma Days are suitable for oldies and for...
READ MORE / RegisterJune Full Bloom Meditation Retreat
June 5 -7, 2026 Starts with supper on Friday evening, 6:00 pm, and ends at 4 pm on Sunday. Email to Register
READ MORE / RegisterDharma Day – June 20
Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. This retreat will have a special focus on nature. (See above for fuller description of Dharma Day.) All Dharma Days are suitable for oldies and for newcomers…since we all need to arrive with “beginner’s mind,” anyhow. No charge for this day, in the ancient Buddhist tradition. Dana/donations are accepted, however. Friends, I suggest that you don’t wait too long to register for any of these offerings…They seem to fill up faster every year. Registration is required. Register –...
READ MORE / RegisterDharma Day July 18
Saturday, July 18, 2026 (10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) We will be practicing the various forms of Vipassana Buddhist meditation:** Sitting (no sessions more than 30-40 minutes), various types of practices.** Walking (both indoor and outdoor)** An hour-long movement/yoga session**Eating (lunchtime will be `silent, with special focus on the food)** Metta/Lovingkindness practice The practice of Noble Silence will be observed all day, except for group discussions, in order to deepen our meditative focus. All Dharma Days are suitable for oldies and...
READ MORE / RegisterTales from Joy #11 – 2024
Greetings from Battambong, Cambodia, dears. My balcony looks down on Klong 2.0, here in the marketplace. Life happens three stories down below. It’s relatively quiet and breezy up here. And why are the monks carrying umbrellas, you may wonder? Temperatures are often in the high 90’s, approaching 100 degrees. My shoulders, knees and midriff remain covered, however, like the local Khmer women, when I’m out in public. In my sixty years of travel in the Third World, I’ve never wanted to offend the culture I’m in. I’m not quite ready, however, for...
READ MORE / RegisterTales from Joy #10 – 2024
Read about Food, Farms, Lessons from the River…and getting both Joy AND her computer across the border to Cambodia…. View/Download Tales # 10 pdf Click Here
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Wattle Hollow is a relatively small retreat center (40 acres of woodlands on a mountainside in Northwest Arkansas) with capacity for 20 - 25 folks.