Wattle Hollow Retreat Center

Sunday, November 22nd, noon til dark.

This is an annual event of many years’ vintage at Wattle. Everyone is invited to come early, stroll around and visit the buildings (There’s a new cob project, called Sea World, in mid-construction), the Peace Path or the woodland creeks. Or just visit with each other.

We’ll gong the gongs at 4 p.m. to converge in the main hall and share a potluck vegetarian supper. (Dairy and eggs are fine, but please indicate the ingredients somewhere….)

Then, everyone is invited to circle up, and share some form of thanksgiving. It could be in the form of song, drama, music, poetry, or simply words spoken from the heart. The circle has been zoned for lovingkindness, and it is critic-free!

It is not necessary to contact me in advance about this event. Just come on out. No charge.

This will be the final meditation event for the year 2009, and until late March, 2010.

Saturday, December 12th, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

It will be a day of guided Vipassana meditation, with accompanying and optional yoga – about finding our own light in the darkness.

No charge for this day, but pre-registration is required.  Donations accepted.

November 13th – 15th (Friday evening – Sunday, 3 p.m)

The theme for this weekend silent meditation retreat will be:
“Time Out”

Joy Fox, Wattle Hollow owner, therapist, and retreat leader, will guide us in exploring our concept of time using Vipassana meditation, writing exercises and yoga.

Cost: by dana (the Pali word for donation)
Retreat Registration Form

A meditative weekend retreat with Anna Cox

October 17th and 18th (Saturday 10 a.m. – Sunday 4 p.m.)

Anna Cox, founder and director of 'Compassion Works for All'

Anna Cox is a practicing psychotherapist in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is also a trainer, lecturer and consultant on psychotherapy, meditation, the expansion of consciousness, subtle healing, death and dying, living spiritual lives and lives of compassionate service. She offers talks and workshops that encourage individuals to conceptualize their life as a spiritual journey rather than as an ordinary life of accomplishing goals that promise worldly happiness.

A practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism since 1980, Anna has lectured and taught classes extensively on Buddhism. Anna helped to found the Ecumenical Buddhist Society in Little Rock, which supports a variety of Buddhist traditions by bringing lineage masters from around the world to offer teachings and retreats.

Since 1993, Anna Cox has offered volunteer psychotherapy and spiritual counseling, group psychotherapy, and meditation classes with incarcerated individuals on and off death row in a maximum-security prison. She has written and published the free monthly newsletter, Dharma Friends, since 1997. Anna Cox also presents lectures frequently on the abolishment of the death penalty in Arkansas and in other states.

For over twenty years, Anna has traveled the world extensively in pilgrimage to holy sites of all religions, places of human suffering, and to places of great transformation. Anna feels deeply that ours is one human family and that no one should be excluded.

Cost: $100. Details on the focus of the weekend will be coming soon. Meanwhile, you can register with this form: Retreat Registration Form

Jack Williams and Still On The Hill

October 23 – 25, 2009 – A Music Weekend

Spend three days in the Heart of the Ozarks
and experience an eclectic, organic approach to creating music
in a provocatively creative atmosphere.
A weekend of musical exploration and growth.

Registration fee of $250 per person
includes rustic lodging, healthy gourmet meals, and…

* An intimate concert by Jack Williams and Still On The Hill
* Nature walks
* Open mics, song swaps, quiet time to write and create
* Inspiration and camaraderie

Workshops will cover all aspects of music making, including:

…”Songwriting off the wall and outside the box”
…”Upping the ante on your musical skills”
…”Connecting with an audience…even your family!”
…”Individual musical Q&A”

Space for the weekend is limited to 20-24 people and fills fast – if you are interested please don’t wait to sign up. For more information or to make your reservation, contact Judy by phone at (205)572-0056, (479)761-0001, or email at judy@jackwilliamsmusic.com

Plan to arrive in time for dinner on Friday evening and stay through lunch on Sunday.

November 27 – 29 (Friday evening – Sunday noon) RETREAT CANCELLED

Vajrayana weekend retreat led by Anam Thubten, a Tibetan master who currently resides in Berkeley, CA.

Anam Thubten Rinpoche

Anam Thubten grew up in Tibet and received traditional Buddhist training from various teachers at an early age. He had developed a special affinity towards a very inspiring Dharma teacher and hermit named Lama Tsurlo. Lama Tsurlo’s kindness and wisdom gave him the firm base to advance in his Dharma practice and still serves as a source of inspiration on the spiritual path, as well as his work as a teacher.

In the 1990s, he came to America, and people began requesting Dharma teachings from him. Since then, he has been traveling and teaching extensively in the U.S. and abroad. He is the founder of the Dharmata Foundation and the author of various articles and books in both the Tibetan and English language. His teachings mainly draw from Prajnaparamita. The timeless non-conceptual wisdom of Buddha. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California.

SORRY, this retreat has been cancelled!