Jill Klimpel, an academic advisor for the Ohio State Departments of Political Science and Geography, strives to help students beyond their academics. Klimpel has spent the last two years working to ...

All-inclusive resorts and cruises are a fun way to spend a vacation, but meditation retreats are gaining popularity. An estimated 200 to 500 million people meditate, according to Mind Works. And it ...

So you’re booked for a meditation retreat. Don’t worry about how you got to this point — whether it was your wife, colleague, or a hangover-inspired promise — in all likelihood you’re going to be ...

Few people have guided me through mindfulness and meditation quite like Janet Solyntjes. As a longtime silent retreat leader, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor and co-owner of the ...

Serial entrepreneur Ben Casnocha has long been interested in meditation’s potential to reduce stress. But in 2012, he delved into it seriously–really seriously–through silent meditation retreats. He ...

If the thing preventing you from packing up your comfiest leggings and going on a meditation retreat is the price tag, before you resign yourself to a mindfulness staycation (courtesy of your ...

Comfortable accommodation is key to ensuring participants have a pleasant stay during the retreat. Choose lodgings that are clean, spacious, and equipped with basic amenities like Wi-Fi access and ...

When I signed up for a week-long silent meditation retreat, I was looking forward to some peace and quiet, to deepening my meditation practice, and to having no choice but to unplug. When the first ...