"These
Teen Retreats offer a profound opportunity for youth meditation
practice and the exploration of how to live our lives with
kindness and wisdom. These retreats are a 'don't miss!' for
any teen interested in experiencing meditation and mindfulness
practices, truthful/heartfelt communication, wonderful mentors,
safe community, great food, and a time to relax and reflect
on the mysteries and truths of our lives."
2005
June Teen Retreat
4
PM June 19th to 1 PM June 24th Land of Medicine
Buddha
Santa Cruz, CA
Teachers: Tempel Smith, Diana Winston, and Marvin Belzer
Visiting Guest Teacher: ... to be announced
2.
Retreat Description This
retreat is an opportunity for teenagers to explore Mindfulness
practice through guided periods of silent sitting and walking
meditation, small group discussions, creative activities,
and unstructured free time. Besides learning the formal meditation
practices there are also times to go for walks, play music,
tell stories, and enjoy a bonfire on the last night. Since
meditation practice may be new to some teens each period of
sitting meditation will be limited to half an hour.
"This
retreat is a wonderful opportunity . . . for any teen serious
about deepening his or her meditation practice."
-James Baraz, Spirit Rock.
Tempel Smith has been practicing Insight and Metta meditation
since the 1989 including a year as a fully ordained monk in
Burma. He has been leading residential youth retreats for
many years at Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. He is currently
organizes the BASE
program at the Buddhist Peace
Fellowship, a member of the Spirit Rock Teen Council,
and teaches the teen
program at IMC
in Redwood City.
Diana
Winston, author of Wide
Awake! A Buddhist Guide for Teenagers, is the founder
of the BASE program.
She has been practicing Insight meditation since 1988 including
a year ordained as a Theravadin nun. She is currently in the
Teachers' Training program with Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock.
Heather Sundberg is the Spirit
Rock Family/Teen
Program teacher and manager. Having practiced meditation
for 12 years and attended numerous extended retreat periods,
she has taught meditation and dharma to teens, children, and
families since 1999.
Marvin
Belzer has practiced vipassana since 1982, studying primarily
with Sayadaw U Pandita since 1986. He teaches
philosophy and meditation at Bowling Green University in Ohio,
and has helped develop the Teen Retreat from its beginning
15 years ago.
Additionally,
facilitators will be available to support teens whenever needed.
Meals are vegetarian and are prepared with tastes and preferences
of young people in mind.
3.
To Receive and Application You
may contact Sara Schedler
to receive the application form by email or call her
at 510-435-5783 to to ask for the form by mail.
4.
Cost and Scholarships The
total cost of the retreat is $325. A $100 deposit is needed
when the application is sent in, though only send in $25 with
the application if you are applying for a scholarship.
We
have three ways to help those teens with great financial limitation.
The first is a payment plan where the retreat can be paid
for over many months. The second is a partial scholarship
each teen can apply for. The third is a small grant to any
teens whom have worked or volunteered in a progressive non-profit
agency. Please call or email us for more information concerning
financial support.
