Teens
Upcoming retreats and ongoing programs specifically for teens
California
Escondido: Deer Park Monastery (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Santa Cruz: Mindfulness and the Art of Growing Up, with Jason Murphy
Woodacre: Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Everywhere: Dharma Punx (affiliated groups in San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Hollywood, Santa Monica and San Diego)
Other
Barre, MA: Insight Meditation Society
High View, WV: Bhavana Society
Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, CAN: Gampo Abbey
Seattle, WA: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Everywhere: Dharma Punx (affiliated groups throughout the U.S. and Canada)
Young Adults
Upcoming retreats and ongoing programs specifically for young adults
California
Berkeley: Dharma Realm Buddhist Young Adults
Cobb/North Fork/Joshua Tree: Vipassana meditation (S.N. Goenka)
Escondido: Deer Park Monastery (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Los Angeles: Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society (Noah Levine)
Oakland: Bay Area Young Adult Sangha
Oakland: East Bay Meditation Center, with Spring Washam
Woodacre: Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Everywhere: Dharma Punx (affiliated groups in San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Hollywood, Santa Monica and San Diego)
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Association (S.N. Goenka)
Other
Barre, MA: Insight Meditation Society
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
High View, WV: Bhavana Society
Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, CAN: Gampo Abbey
Everywhere: Dharma Punx (affiliated groups throughout the U.S. and Canada)
Other Interesting Programs
California
Between Four Eyes: Workshops that combine mindful awareness-based education, peacebuilding and social transformation for educators, students and organizations.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship: International organization devoted to socially engaged Buddhist practice. Original sponsor of teen retreats in California.
Challenge Day: Experiential workshops and programs that celebrate diversity, truth and full expression.
Coming of Age: Year-long program of spiritual inquiry and engagement for teens in 7th and 8th grades.
Inner and Outer Peace: Service work, meditation and adventure learning in India and Nepal for teens.
Mind Body Awareness Project: Meditation and movement for incarcerated youth.
Mosaic Project: Providing young children from diverse backgrounds with essential skills for creating a more peaceful world.
Stepping Stones Project: Rites of passage for middle school and high school students.
The Woolman Semester: Residential high school program focused on youth activism and spirituality.
YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity): Connecting, inspiring and empowering young change-makers to join forces for a thriving, just and sustainable way of life for all.
Youth Yoga Dharma: Meditation and yoga for youth in a variety of environments, emphasizing disadvantaged situations.
Virginia
Urban Arts Center, a program of the Center for Community Development, Inc., sponsor of MAYA
Other
ANG*L (A Network for Grateful Living): Dedicated to providing education and support for the practice of grateful living as a global ethic.
The Lineage Project: Yoga and meditation for at-risk and incarcerated New York City teenagers.
Stone Circles: Sustaining activists and strengthening the work of justice through spiritual practice and principles.
