Wattle Hollow Retreat Center

4 p.m., Thursday, May 27th -  2 p.m., Sunday, May 30th 2010

Cobbing Fun at A Greener America workshop

We will continue to build the newest cob building: Sea World, with more emphasis on sculptural furniture, adobe floors and the last of the windows. Expect your building experience to be accompanied by music, whimsy, and dancing. No suffering allowed.

We will also have a guest lecturer for a couple of hours on the weekend days, Richard Herman, sharing his expertise on permaculture.

Our meals will be gourmet vegetarian (from local sources), some of it cooked in solar ovens. Daily yoga classes for those who wish. This is a time to relax, learn, and commune with friends and nature. Continue Reading »

Jack Williams and Still On The Hill

May 14-16, 2010 – Music Workshop 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
* Catering by Chef Tuesday
* Work

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The Great Mother

Saturday, May 1st, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

This year we are inviting all the local NWA meditation groups to join us for a day of contemplative meditation focusing on the feminine principles of self-acceptance and unconditional lovingkindness.

We will tour the many Mother/Feminine meditation sites at Wattle (i.e. the Black Madonna, Virgen of Guadeloupe room, the Earth Mother, Gaia, Kuanyin), and silently discover what resonates from within. Meditation will be led by Joy Fox, with accompanying yoga.

Cost: dana/donation. Lunch will be provided.

You must reserve ahead of time, please.

A meditative weekend retreat with Anna Cox

April 17, 2010 – April 18, 2010  (Saturday 10 a.m. – Sunday 4 p.m.)

Cost: $100. Continue Reading »

Saturday, April 10th

8 a.m. at the top of the Wattle Hollow driveway OR 10 a.m. for late riser’s hike down into the creekbed.

Noontime potluck on the deck for the very late risers.

Annual Nature/Birdwalk with Ozark Naturalist Joe Neal. No charge.  Bring binoculars if you have them, and hiking shoes.

10 AM Saturday – 3 PM Sunday — A Vipassana meditation and Ashtanga yoga retreat led by Mark Cain and Joy Fox.

Both beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.

Mark Cain, of Dripping Springs Garden, has been practicing ashtanga vinyasa yoga for 12 years, weaving the practice into his full time work as an organic market gardener. He has studied extensively with certified teacher Louise Ellis; with senior teacher Richard Freeman; and with root teacher Sri K.Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India.

Joy Fox, of Wattle Hollow, has been practicing and teaching Vipassana meditation for decades. Her primary teachers have been Sri Goenka, Jack Kornfield, Amita Schmidt, and Ruth Dennison.

Cost: $90 (talk to us if you wish to come, but lack the funds. No one will be turned away, if we’re not already full.)

Retreat Registration Form