Wattle Hollow Schedule SPRING 2025 **
Welcome dear yogis!
Joy is on retreat through March.
(She will still receive text messages and email letters, albeit not every day)
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Following is the upcoming Spring/Summer 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!
About Dharma Days
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 or cushions available for sitting, and yoga mats for our period of stretching, though you all are of course welcome to bring your own. I will send out an orientation letter well before the event.
All are welcome, though pre-registration must be submitted no less than three days before the retreat (e.g. the Wednesday before). These Dharma Days have been filling up the last couple of years, so don’t wait til the last minute to sign up, friends.
At Dharma Day, we also practice the Buddhist tradition of Noble Silence, though there will be group discussions and question periods. The participants’ silence allows them to sink down into the practice without distractions.
DHARMA DAY April 5
Saturday, April 5, 2025 (10 a.m. – 4:30 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 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.
Email to Register
DHARMA DAY April 26
Saturday, APRIL 26, 2025 – 10 a.m. – 4:30 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 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.
Registration is required. You will receive an orientation letter within a couple weeks, well before the event.
Songwriters’ Creativity Weekend
May 9 – 11, 2025
6 p.m. Friday – 4 p.m. Sunday
Here’s another opportunity to experience a conjunction of
creativity, kindness, gourmet food, with the best possible guides on
our musical journey: Donna and Kelly Mulholland, Jack Smith.
Contact Judy Smith for information and registration:
judysmith221gmail.com
All Wattle Hollow retreats (except Songwriters’ weekend) are
offered by donation…e.g. no one is turned away for lack of finances,
according to the ancient Buddhist tradition.
DHARMA DAY May 24
Saturday, MAY 24, 2025 – 10 a.m. – 4:30 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 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.
Registration is required. Register – JoyFoxWath@gmail.com You will receive an orientation letter within a couple weeks, well before the event.
Dharma Day – June 22
Sunday, June 22, 10 a.m. – 4:30 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 – JoyFoxWath@gmail.com You will receive an orientation letter within a couple weeks, well before the event.
Dharma Day July 19
Sunday, July19, 2025 (10 a.m. – 4:30 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 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.
Registration is required. Register – JoyFoxWath@gmail.com You will receive an orientation letter within a couple weeks, well before the event.
This will be last Dharma Day before Joy goes into private retreat.
