Mindfulness Retreats for Teens & Young Adults
Tuition with Scholarships Available
Sleepawake Camp addresses the neglected dimensions of our lives, orienting us toward a sense of wholeness and authentic happiness through science, psychology, game-play, and ancient wisdom.
Young adult participants (ages 18-30) will experience the extraordinary potential of their lives, mentored by gifted facilitators in this unique four-week program.
Share family quality time together in a supportive community with a balance of engaged activities and free time for the whole family. The retreat programming is for parents, grandparents, and guardians with children ages 5+ interested in cultivating deeper presence, joy, resilience, and connection in everyday family life. Adolescents age 14-20 may register along with their families.
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.
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.
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
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.