Meditation

The practice leads to a deeper insight into patterns and reactions of the mind. These insights can give us a deeper freedom and choice from what place to live.

What we offer:

1-5 DAYS MEDITATION TRAINING for MBSR & MBCT

These days are designed for people who are attending or who completed a 8 week MBSR or MBCT training.

For a recent calendar, please visit the Dutch site www.aandacht.be

MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION

• The reality of who I am now
• Yoga from within. Yoga as a way to a complete life experience
• “Lake”-meditation
• Emotional exploration
• Insight meditation: a humoristic perspective
• Walking meditation: losing your centre and finding it again
• Communication : expressing your totality
• Compassion & loving kindness: self and other: meditation
• Here and now: integration

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION : “emotional pain & fear”…

a meditative exploration of the 3 subtle habits & its antidotes:
…being happy and content with what I have…
…allowing gentleness in my life …
…having the courage to face life’s reality…
These days consist of lectures, meditation and silence

Day 1: Unfulfilled desire…our search for happiness…
Attachment in our life :greed & competition, avarice & egoism…
Underlying emotional pain & fear. My reality as actuality?
Day 2: Aversion, irritation, anger , hatred, violence, domination and aggression.
Underlying vulnerability, fear and emotional pain?
Day 3: Delusion. Where do I fool myself? Underlying fear...The power
to take responsibility in your life.

MINDFULNESS DAY : “ self acceptance and appreciation”

• Aversion & resistance towards myself, the painful mechanisms of defense
• The reality of myself : accepting myself as I am now
• Loving Kindness: cultivating your “heart” qualities
• Connecting to your body…my body, my life
• Embracing your shadow…room for healing
• 2 qualities in meditation…connecting to your wounds
• Solidarity and love

MINDFULNESS DAY: “dealing with stress & fear

• An introduction to MBSR & MBCT
• A day full of practical exercises: yoga, bodyscan, insight meditation,…
• Dealing with thoughts and emotions: the mindfulness perspective
• The power of here and now: attention training
• Your body as a safe place
• Cultivating the qualities of your heart