Mindfulness Retreats for Teens & Young Adults
Mindfulness retreats provide young people with the rare opportunity to experience uninterrupted and genuine insight into their own life experience while connecting with their peers and mindfulness teachers in a welcoming and safe community. Come for the fun & friends. Stay for the calm & community.
A three-week immersion for young adults on a Vermont homestead to cultivate self-awareness and deepen relationships with others and the living earth.
Tuition levels and scholarships available. An in-person retreat for 18-32 year olds.
In this retreat dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of young adults in these difficult times, we will co-create a refuge from all forms of oppression, a nourishing refuge of rest and rejuvenation. With the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion as our guide, we will cultivate a wholehearted attention to the present moment, waking up from worldly delusion and developing embodied ease, clarity, and kindness.
Retreat to be held on the land at Spirit Rock. Open to ages 18-32.
Come practice silent mindfulness and Insight Meditation for a week in community with your peers. Give yourself a break from constant overstimulation and external demands as we create a supportive space for cultivating greater inner calm, spaciousness, and presence.
An in-person retreat for BIPOC individuals
Aware that People of Color, as individuals and communities, may have similar lived experiences, including of intended and unintended discrimination, we provide circle sharing groups offered by an experienced facilitator, in which People of Color can express themselves freely and feel safer. It is reserved for People of Color only, in order to cultivate an environment that can support our individual and collective transformation and healing.
Ky Aldrich is a teen mindfulness instructor currently gaining certification through Inward Bound. This workshop will be trauma-informed and offered to teens and young adults ages 14-20 years old.
In this 4-part online workshop, we will explore how mindfulness practices can be used to get to know who we are in this present moment. This workshop is great for teens 14-20 years old eager to discover how to:
- bring more self-compassion to their lives,
- make clearer decisions, and
- tap into their inner wise teacher
Tuition with Scholarships Available
A deep dive into mindfulness meditation, beloved community, and earth connection for 18-25 year olds.
The Contemplative Semester is a 14-week residential immersion into the depths of the human experience. Drawing from Buddhist wisdom and meditation practice as the foundation, you’ll have the chance to deeply connect with yourself, a community of shared values, and the living earth as you explore your unique path to greater peace, love, joy and purpose.
Join us for a free info session -- learn all about our mindfulness teen retreats! Ask any questions you may have, and hear from teens who have been on retreat.
Embracing Quietude and Mindful Communication w/ Ofosu Jones-Quartey, Anthony "T" Maes, and Devon Sangster Rath
Tuition levels and scholarships available.
Join us for a transformative retreat that thoughtfully balances the power of silence with the art of communication, all taught through a trauma-informed lens. Our program is uniquely designed, dedicating half of our time to silent meditation and somatic expression, and the other half to engaging in relational mindfulness through thoughtful speaking and interaction. We look forward to guiding you on this balanced and empathetic journey, offering tools and insights that honor your individual experiences.
7 week course: 3-7 hours per week, combination of self-paced content and live events.
Do you have a deep sense of care for the Earth, and want to find ways to bring mindfulness to your climate response? This new online journey harnesses the wisdom of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh to teach us how to face challenging feelings and create a sense of freedom and possibility. It is designed to empower the human resilience we need to face our current situation.
Free
To stay connected and support each other's practice, we host a monthly meetup for our Northeast Retreat members on the last Sunday of the month. We'll meditate, connect and reflect on what mindfulness practice is like off retreat. Open to all Northeast retreat attendees and alums via zoom.
Free
Join in on a Weekly Pause with this free weekly meditation led by Peace in Schools Mindfulness Teachers.
Free
InStill Mindfulness is a nonprofit organization based in Pulaski, Virginia. Through education, action and community, and with kindness, caring and compassion, they seek to cultivate a mindful world for all.
Suggested donation is $5-$15.
Dharma Homies is a collective of mindfulness facilitators and teachers. They aim to offer teachings in a way which both honors the lineage and roots of Buddhism while also making them accessible to a broader audience, specifically marginalized communities.