Our Return to a Full Summer of Teen Retreats
→ Retreat Stats → Testimonials → Photos! → Our Takeaways → Resources Across the country, five in-person mindfulness retreats were held, offering teens and retreat staff a moment to pause, […]
Teen Voices and Experiences
Mindfulness as a shared and sharing practice.
Mindfulness as a shared and sharing practice. In the fall of 2021, iBme manifested a long-time goal of incorporating youth voices into our daily work with the inauguration of our […]
Life School: The Solace of Teen Mindfulness Retreats
Life School: The Solace of Teen Mindfulness Retreats A Q&A with Jess Berkun In the fall of 2021, iBme manifested a long-time goal of incorporating youth voices into our daily […]
Bringing Out the Good in Our Students
Tara Brach is founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. Along with Jack Kornfield, Tara leads the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and is the author […]
6 Relational Mindfulness Games Teens Love
We asked iBme Teacher Training faculty Anthony “T” Maes his top tips for bringing relational practice into mindfulness and he shared these 6 relational mindfulness games teens love. T found […]
An Inside Look at iBme’s Historic Return to In-Person Retreats
It was the afternoon that the iBme community had been waiting for—the moment when 46 teens and 15 retreat staff members would once again join together for an in-person retreat. On the afternoon of July 25th, families began arriving at Prindle Pond Retreat Center in Charlton, MA.
Exploring Male Identity: A Conversation with Mark Wax
What is male identity? What does it mean to be a male-identified person? iBme teachers/mentors Mark Wax and Anthony (“T”) Maes found that on iBme retreats, young people were hungry […]
The Best Decision I Ever Made for My Teen!
It’s a fact: teens find love and acceptance at iBme. That’s one reason we hear from a lot of parents, something along the lines of, “The iBme retreat was the […]
Teens on 13 Surprising Benefits of an iBme Retreat
In-person or online, why take a mindfulness retreat with iBme at all? What are the benefits? We talked to some teens to find out. We get it. Mindfulness and meditation […]