Check out these pictures, taken by the wonderful Jasmine, from last weekend's young folks retreat in South-East England....

We had three beautiful spring days to enjoy the sunshine and relax together. We had very calm and still walking meditation, sitting meditation, deep relaxation in a field, mindful exercise (mainly chi-kung and stretching in early morning mist!) and mindful eating (often outside in the sun). And then some more lively bits: lots of games and playing, including an acrobatics session and running down a big hill very fast, dharma missions (where we performed short [usually very funny] scenes to each other that explored difficult situations for us youngsters) and tea meditation where we shared songs and readings.

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