In-depth mindfulness programs for teens and adults
Learn awareness, compassion, and concentration practices on a residential retreat
Young people deserve our best attention and support
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) offers innovative formats and teaching frameworks. Our mindfulness practices help deep listening skills, self-awareness, and communication, essential competencies for success in all areas of life.
Our programs
The unique iBme retreat model allows participants to gain a level of insight into their own experience and achieve authentic connection with peers that is often challenging to achieve in their daily lives.
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with a mindfulness course
Master the basics of mindfulness for teens with this Insight Timer course designed by iBme’s Executive Director Jessica Morey. Learn the basics of mindfulness to help deal with common tensions of being a teenager, and in the process help to support iBme!
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4 Compassion Practices
4 Compassion Practices Lovingkindness and compassion practices have always formed part of mindfulness tradition and teachings. The word “lovingkindness” is a translation of the word […]
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
David Treleaven wrote Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness to help teachers and practitioners offer mindfulness practices in a safe, effective, trauma sensitive way. In his monthly podcast, he […]
Stress, Anxiety, Pressure: Responding to the Teen Mental-Health Crisis with Mindfulness in Schools
Today’s teens face ever-increasing stress, anxiety, and pressure. With the digital world creating a fractured, image-based field that vies for so much of our attention, […]
Our teens depend on scholarships
Due to the generosity of our donors, no teen has ever been turned away for lack of funds. Help us to continue to making the gift of retreat possible.