Vipassana meditation was started by late guruji sri Satyanarayana Goenka ji in india approx 1960. They had learned Vipassana from his guru late sri saiyaji uba khin from srilanka (Berma). He was also a big administrator in sri lanka.
Vipassana will gives you physical mental and spiritual benefits if you did correctly.
This course is conducted for minimum 10 days for adults. children course are only for three days. Vipassana is very much necessary for school going teenagers at present scenario. This is suitable for anyone either teenagers, mature and old age. Girls and women also take part in Vipassana. There are lots of the Vipassana centre available at most of the city in India. This is taught by free of cost. You can give voluntary donation at the end of course it will depend upon your wish. Lots of foreigners comes india for attending Vipassana.
If you want to know more about Vipassana Meditation. You should visit www.dhamma.org