Mindfulness Courses

Mindfulness for Stress course is usually delivered over eight weekly sessions but can also be taught over four longer sessions. It's for anyone dealing with stress of any kind, whether associated with work, relationships, finances, loss or other factors outside your control. 
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• cope better with daily stresses of modern live
• manage symptoms of anxiety
• significantly reduce stress
• learn to challenge & deal with negative thinking
• ​use your time more productively​.

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You will rediscover the joy of life through being really aware of the present moment, without worrying about what might happen in the future, or dwelling on what you could've done differently in the past. This is an opportunity to find a new sense of balance and ease in your life.

This 8-week MBCL course is an opportunity to deepen your mindfulness practice and take it to the next level. 

Training in Compassion helps to enhance physical, emotional and relational health & wellbeing.

The course was developed by Erik van den Brink and Frits Koster, and includes a combination of teaching, practices, self-reflection and sharing with fellow participants. 

It is grounded in science and integrates work of Paul Gilbert (Compassion Focused Therapy) and Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer (Mindful Self-Compassion) as well as elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Positive Psychology, teachings of Tara Brach, and  traditional Buddhist meditation practices which focus on the cultivation of compassion.

 The MBCL programme is suitable as an advanced course after having followed an 8-week mindfulness course (Breathworks, MBSR, MBCT or equivalent). 

It consists of eight weekly sessions of 2 hours plus a half-day of silent practice (between sessions six and seven). 

The training can be particularly supportive for people suffering from self-criticism and shame, social isolation, depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic pain or illness. It can be helpful to anyone – care-seeker or care-giver – wishing to deepen mindfulness with ‘heartfulness’.

Mindfulness for Health course is developed to support you living with pain or illness. This 8-week programme has been extensively researched and delivers consistent outcomes. 

​Its structured approach can help you find ease of being, balance, and improve quality of your life and your health.

• chronic back pain
• arthritis
• fibromyalgia 
• chronic fatigue 
• post-operative pain 
• cancer
• nervous disorders 
• and other non-specific pain
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You will learn to understand your difficulty and find creative ways to live with your condition so you can enjoy life again.