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Whether you are new to Mindfulness or an experienced practitioner, we have courses and events for you. Come and explore what mindfulness can do for you, refresh your knowledge or deepen your practice.
**NEW**
‘Strong Heart, Kind Mind’
Mindful Compassion course
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
Stress is one of the biggest health-risk factors in our lives, greatly impacting both mental and physical health. Mindfulness meditation is one of the best ways to reduce stress and improve your emotional well-being. It also improves focus, supports habit change, and may help protect your memory.
The MBSR course is ideal for everyone who seeks to improve well-being, especially if you want to:
• learn how to deal with stress
• learn how to deal with difficult emotions, like tension, anxiety or pain
• spend less energy on worrying
• be able to enjoy a busy life
• find more moments of joy, peace and inner stillness
• increase your energy levels
This course follows the internationally-recognised 8-week MBSR curriculum, as developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Taught in this way, the program is scientifically proven to reduce stress and allow us to enjoy a better quality of life. We learn to become aware of the mind’s tendency to wander between worrying about the past and the future. And we discover that there is an alternative, a space of conscious choice.
The simple but powerful techniques learned provide tools to experience a greater sense of satisfaction and peace.
I felt at ease for the duration of the course. I liked the small group environment and safety to share our unique perspectives. There was a sense of warmth, peace, and togetherness.
– Josephine
8 sessions of 2.5 hours
In-person: Mondays 19-21.40 hours
The program is experiential and comprises active participation rather than passive learning, taught in a supportive group environment. The course has eight sessions of 2.5 hours plus an optional (highly recommended!) whole practice day. The MBSR program taught in this structure has been widely proven to significantly improve well-being, with lasting effect.
Each session includes:
• guided meditations (sitting, walking, lying)
• practical mindfulness daily life exercises
• discussing and sharing practice experiences
As well as these exercises and theory, additional course materials are provided for daily home practice:
• Course workbook
• Audio recordings of guided meditations
• Worksheets for home practice
Each session has a theme:
• Session 1: Introduction to Mindfulness
• Session 2: Exploring Perception and how it affects Responses
• Session 3: The power of being present: Living all our moments
• Session 4: Stress Reactivity
• Session 5: Responding to stress with awareness
• Session 6: Building Resilience
• Session 7: Integrating Mindfulness for better Self-care
• Session 8: A Mindful Life – Maintaining the practice
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
8-Week In-person Training, €435
STARTS 7 OCTOBER 2024
Dates: 7, 14, 21 October, 4, 11, 18, 25 November, 2 December
Location: Yoena, Delftstede, Phoenixstraat 66, Delft
Join a group or choose for ONE-to-ONE training
Individual training allows you to complete this classic course at your own speed
Contact me for dates and rates
Strong Heart – Kind Mind
An MBCL Course
Are you too hard on yourself at times? Or on others? Feeling stressed? Well-being begins with love, kindness and compassion for yourself. Learning to embrace yourself and your imperfections gives you the resilience needed to thrive.
The Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL) course offers a scientifically-proven way to accept yourself, with practical steps to become more confident, less self-critical and kinder to yourself. Research shows that the ability to develop mindful compassion towards oneself and others has a profound impact on our minds, health and happiness, and on those around us.
Love and Compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
Dalai Lama
MBCL can help if you are looking for:
• Ways to deal more wisely with the stresses of life
• A healthier balance between caring for others and yourself
• Sustainable ways to cultivate more kindness, happiness, health and harmony – at work, at home, in your relationships
• Science-based practices
Suited to experienced practitioners, this follow-up course is for anyone wishing to deepen their mindfulness skills with compassion for a healthier, happier life and more fulfilling relationships.
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Dealing with Stress
Reduce stress, and find more moments of joy, peace and inner stillness in just 6 weekly sessions.
Register today and gain practical knowledge and tools to build healthy habits and greater resilience that last for years to come.
The 6-session course is an easy and practical introduction to Mindfulness for beginners, or a refresher for those who want to renew their practice. It’s based on the world famous Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course and is a scientifically-grounded program to reduce stress and enjoy a better quality of life.
6 sessions of 90 minutes
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Silent Retreat Day
This nurturing one-day retreat is a ‘time-out’ just for you!
A time to rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit; to reconnect with
your authentic self.
We invite you to awaken your senses and embrace the energy of the season for a day of inner renewal. Free yourself from your to-do list, explore Mindfulness and emerge feeling lighter, more joyful and more balanced.
The day is spent in restful silence – taking time to just be still and quiet gives our nervous system a chance to regain balance, bringing our inner world in harmony with the outer world. That’s why our retreat is set in a green, secluded location with absolute peace and tranquility, where you can relax and reconnect with nature, enjoying calming meditation and revitalizing outdoor walks.
A light, vegetarian lunch is lovingly and freshly-prepared for us by my husband, a professional chef! And fruit, tea and water is available all day.
Read more about the benefits of a silent retreat here
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Arrival, with tea
MORNING
Grounding meditation to come to stillness; tuning in to the body with gentle Mindful Movement practice; a flow of meditation practices including body scan, sitting meditation and mindful walking in nature.
LUNCH
A light vegetarian lunch, with Mindful Eating practice.
AFTERNOON
Resuming our meditation practices, including walking, sitting and a Loving-Kindness meditation. Ending with dissolving the silence, group dialogue and closing the circle.
Goodbyes, with tea and cookies
Freshly prepared lunch, fruit and tea included, €80
10.00-15.30 hours.