Mindfulness Retreats for Teens & Young Adults
Waking Up to Whiteness – A White Anti-Racist Affinity Space
6-week series
Mondays 6-7:30pm PT / 9-10:30pm ET
This course is for self-identified white people. It offers the opportunity to use relational mindfulness practice in community with other white folks to deepen in our understanding of whiteness and how it functions in our world and lives. We will discover together how to create supportive white anti-racist culture and community.
a free six-part online series
In partnership with Sounds True and the Sounds True Foundation, this six-part series from Peace in Schools offers tools to connect with yourself and the young people in your community.
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
Weekly “drop-in” sessions are led by Inward Bound and UCLA Mindful’s Diana Winston, Marvin G. Belzer Ph.D, and other affiliated teachers. Open to anyone interested in learning how to ‘live more presently’ in life.
Mindful awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being.
Mindfulness communities for people ages 18-35 with affinity groups and chapters all over the world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.