The New Signature of Senior Living

The Solana East Cobb gives you the freedom to do what you want, when you want to do it. Our residents enjoy the most luxurious amenities, all while receiving the unique and personal care they need.

Engaging seniors in an active lifestyle brings an abundance of benefits. The benefits of East Cobb, along with our on-site experiences, make it easy for you or someone you love to continue living life to the fullest.

The Solana at East Cobb is comprised of both assisted living and dementia care neighborhoods. Our assisted living program is designed to meet a range of needs, from minimal to full assistance with activities of daily living, providing "just right" support that flexes or grows to meet your needs if they change.

In our dementia care “Evergreen” neighborhood, we provide expert care designed especially for those with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or other dementias. With more than 30 years of experience in cognitive care and support, we are the leading provider of innovative and modern dementia care.

the practice of zazen, or sitting meditation, and individual effort.

The Atlanta Soto Zen Center was founded in the early 1970s and offers a place to practice zazen every day of the week, along with daily and weekly discussion groups. Among its retreats, the center holds Just Sit Saturdays every second Saturday. These are days of just sitting zazen, with intermittent 5-minute periods of walking, hosted by Michael Elliston, abbot of the Atlanta Zoto

Zen Center. This event isn’t for first-timers, who are asked to first attend the Introduction to Zen Meditation held at the center on Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m.

Just Sit Saturdays morning sessions are from 9 a.m. to noon and afternoon sessions are 1-3:25 p.m. with a Lunch & Learn session in between. Cost is $25 for one session; $35 for both, with lunch included.

Elohee Center at Landsong

For those who’d enjoy a little road trip to escape to the North Georgia mountains, the Elohee Center offers the bliss of retreat space on 220 acres with a 100-foot waterfall, a pond and panoramic mountain views.

Andy and Carolyn Bralley purchased the undeveloped land in 2010 as a place of refuge while their daughter, Eve Cook, was battling refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Today, Cook is cancerfree and attributes much of her healing to the support from nature found at Elohee.

Thirty acres of the property were set aside for the Elohee Center, which invites guests to retreats allowing for selfexploration, individual growth and mind/body healing.

Space is available for up to 50 overnight guests in seven cottages, three communal spaces, two meeting spaces and an intimate dining hall featuring seasonally inspired meals, said Cook, Elohee’s executive director.

“Elohee was born from finding a way to not let trauma get in the way of living your best life,” she said. “It brings me joy to share this healing land with others along the path of their own journey.”

Among the center’s March retreats are an Introduction to Shamanism on March 15-17; a Spring Equinox Yoga Retreat on March 22-24; a Rest & Relaxation Weekend with massages available on March 22-24; A Day of Mindfulness on March 23; and “You Are Already At The Party,” on March 28-31. That retreat comes with this description: “What would it mean to you if you really knew that everything you seek and yearn for in life, you already are and have available for your life?”

For information about retreats and to learn more

► Monastery of the Holy Spirit, 2625 Highway 212 S.W., Conyers 30094. Info: 770-483-8705, trappiest.net. Retreat/Guest House: 770760-0959

► Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, 6700 Riverside Drive N.W., Sandy Springs 30328. Info: 404-2550503, ignatiushouse.org.

► Atlanta Soto Zen Center, 1167 Zonolite Place N.E., Atlanta 30306. Info: 404-8950123, aszc.org.

► Elohee Center at Landsong, 251 Elohee Drive, Sautee Nacoochee 30571. Info: 770-316-9195, elohee.org.