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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Being more mindful, or observant, in life has many positive effects . It helps in everyday life, but also in dealing with difficult situations, experiences and pain. During this Mindfulness (MBSR) course you will work on exercises that provide insights into how your mind works, so that you can live life with more peace, balance and pleasure. We discuss theory that helps you better understand experiences. It is experience based learning, talking about it is secondary. You will also receive a workbook with additional information and home assignments, plus weekly audio files of the exercises to do at home.
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what do you need?​​​
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Comfortable clothes
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Motivation to open up and commit to something new
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Course materials are included
time
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Together: eight sessions of approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes per week plus a silent session of 3 hours (optional)
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Self: practice at home for about 30 minutes a day
The Mindfulness course/training includes an intake call, 8 sessions and all course materials.
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What 's the Metta is registered with the VMBN and Mindfulness Register.
This MBSR course is (partially) reimbursed by some health insurances.
See Zorgwijzer for more information about this.
Some employers reimburse it from a personal development budget. The costs may be deductible for self-employed persons .
Privately in group, location
Silent session
1 on 1, tailor-made
€ 375 (plus 21% VAT self-employed/business)
€ 20 if booked with the 8-week course; € 25 as a single session
from € 595 depending on wishes (plus 21% VAT self-employed/business)
for whom?
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Paying more attention to what you do or experience while you are doing or experiencing it, what can that mean for you?
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less stress
more resilience
more peace & balance
enjoy more in the here & now
Difficult moments and experiences are usually the cause of stress. It is a reaction to, for example, (too) high expectations, boundaries that are exceeded, performance pressure, sadness, change or ... you can fill in the blank. Stress reactions manifest themselves in complaints such as insomnia, worrying, negative thoughts or patterns, fears, pain, (over) fatigue, burn-out, having less attention or focus or not feeling happy.
Do you recognize something in these examples and would you like to​
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Change something about how you deal with difficult moments & stress
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Discover what more attention can do for your head, body & emotions
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Deal with peaks & valleys more consciously
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Enjoy more presence in the moment
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Or, just do something positive for yourself?
Then this training is for you.
positive effects
Research has shown that the majority of participants experience improvements afterwards and for years after the training, in particular in:
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Earlier recognition of stress signals (from your mind, body and emotion)
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Becoming aware of (negative) routines and patterns
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Recognizing and respecting your own boundaries
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Being able to make better/different choices
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Deal with difficult emotions, situations and pain with more resilience
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Being more consciously present and being able to enjoy what presents itself in the here and now more
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Experience more peace and balance
The training cannot make difficulties or problems disappear. It does give you tools and skills to deal with these stressors. Similar to surfing waves, instead of swimming against them or being swept away by them.
what is mbsr?
In life it can sometimes feel like you are swimming against the current or that you are being dragged away by it. You probably recognize that feeling, but how can you best respond to it?
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
This statement by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the creator of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is a nice metaphor for what this training can offer you: insights and tools to deal more consciously with the peaks and valleys of life, but also to enjoy more consciously the everyday moments that fill our lives.
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MBSR was introduced in 1979 by Kabat-Zinn and was the precursor and basis of Mindfulness trainings in the West. The training has been extensively clinically researched and is now widely accepted as a proven method for dealing with stress differently (more consciously). The training is therefore also reimbursed by some health insurers, or by employers from a personal development budget.
In short, it comes down to a training for your mind, similar to what we often do for our body. Exercising or training to improve physical fitness and muscle strength, or practicing yoga to develop flexibility, balance and strength. In the same way you can also train your mind, with the effect that you experience less stress and more resilience, awareness and peace in the here and now. What these forms of training also have in common: they require motivation, perseverance and practice to become more skilled.