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"We can spend a most of our life energy pursuing happiness only to be disappointed eventually by its inability to be ultimately satisfying and for its inherent quality of impermanence. We recognize these characteristics, yet continue our pursuit. This retreat will explore an alternative approach."Well Being Retreat Center is offering a day-long ONLINE retreat entitled "Our Pursuit of Happiness." The retreat will be led by Don Oakley, the Founding Director of Well Being Retreat Center and author…See More

"We can live for a long time before it might occur to us to ask, "Who exactly is living this life?" It is a matter of identity. We might respond, "Well, me of course!" But who or what exactly is that?  If we don't know who we are, for whom are we living this life? It is a fundamental question that can transform our time here.The retreat will be led by Don Oakley, the Founding Director of Well Being Retreat Center and author of "…See More

"We can live for a long time before it might occur to us to ask, "Who exactly is living this life?" It is a matter of identity. We might respond, "Well, me of course!" But who or what exactly is that?  If we don't know who we are, for whom are we living this life? It is a fundamental question that can transform our time here.The retreat will be led by Don Oakley, the Founding Director of Well Being Retreat Center and author of "…See More

Well Being Retreat Center is offering a 2-night mostly silent Weekend Retreat led by Don Oakley, author of "It's Time to Wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths that Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening," a five star rated book on Amazon, and by Patty Bottari, a Director of Well Being Foundation and longtime employee and…See More

Well Being Retreat Center is offering a 2-night mostly silent Weekend Retreat led by Don Oakley, author of "It's Time to Wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths that Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening," a five star rated book on Amazon, and by Patty Bottari, a Director of Well Being Foundation and longtime employee and…See More

Well Being Retreat Center is offering a 2-night mostly silent Weekend Retreat led by Don Oakley, author of "It's Time to Wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths that Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening," a five star rated book on Amazon, and by Patty Bottari, a Director of Well Being Foundation and longtime employee and…See More

"From where does compassion arise? We have all heard that compassion is a commendable spiritual virtue, but for whose benefit are we practicing? As long as we believe we are separate from others, the distinction can be blurred. This retreat will explore the nuances of compassion to discover the heart of the matter of caring for our fellow humans and, indeed, the planet."Well Being Retreat Center is offering a day-long retreat entitled "The Heart of Compassion …See More

Well Being Retreat Center is offering a 3-night mostly silent New Years Retreat led by Don Oakley, author of "It's Time to Wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths that Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening," a five star rated book on Amazon, and by Patty Bottari, a Director of Well Being Foundation and longtime employee and…See More

"Happiness is our natural state. It takes considerable effort to make ourselves unhappy. Perhaps, you sometimes find yourself in a state of unhappiness without knowing exactly why or how you got there - a haphazard process at best. This in-person, day-long retreat will shed light on the top ten most common and effective ways we make ourselves unhappy."Well Being Retreat Center is offering a day-long retreat entitled "The Top Ten Ways to Make Yourself UNhappy” led by Don Oakley, the author of …See More

Well Being Retreat Center is offering a day-long retreat entitled "Let It Be” led by Don Oakley, the author of "It's Time to Wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths that Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening," a five star rated book on Amazon, and by Patty Bottari, a Director of Well Being Foundation and longtime employee and…See More

"We demand peace out in the world but refuse it within ourselves. If we wait for the world to be to our our satisfaction, we will wait a very long time. We can do what we can to relieve suffering out in the world, of course, but  the question remains: "what needs to change within myself in order to realize peace here and now?" This one day retreat will explore the resolution to that question."Well Being Retreat Center is offering a day-long retreat entitled “Finding Peace” led by Don Oakley,…See More

Bask in Alaya's loving presence and clarity for a two-night silent retreat at Well Being Retreat Center where you will be well cared for, well fed, and have the opportunity to experience profound inner and outer silence.Following a spontaneous awakening twenty years ago, Alaya has deepened her understanding by immersing herself in the teachings of Neelam (in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi) and with personal counseling with Adyashanti. More information about Alaya can be found here (…See More