Planned 8-Week MBSR group courses - Centrum voor Mindful Leven

The MBSR course is an 8-week group program, with weekly group sessions and exercises to practice at home. Everyone is welcome: teenagers, adolescents and the elderly. For young people and children, we provide separate courses. You can read more about that below.

The standard price for the sessions is €340. However, you may have the option to get a partial reimbursement from your health insurance company. Check this yourself. Staff members of the VUB (and their family members) can get a compensation for the sessions in the BRUCC through Van Breda. For more info click here. For some courses a more beneficial price is offered, contact our center for more information.

You can choose between online and live mindfulness courses. The latter always take place in a beautiful place in nature.

You can choose between online and live group courses. The latter always take place in a beautiful place in nature.

Group courses

*Region Brussels: in cooperation with the Brussels University Consultation Center (BRUCC) and the VUB, mindfulness courses are being offered regularly. Consult the webpage for more information: www.brucc.be.

New group training dates for the coming year will be communicated online here from 15 July.

* We also offer tailored courses, depending on the region and the possibilities. Please contact us if you want more information.

Do you have any questions about the trainings? Don’t hesistate to contact us.

The center also organizes MBSR courses for adolescents and children. These are adapted to the target group. We offer these tailored, individually or in small groups. If you want more information, contact us.

Again, know that we take into account recent scientific research.

Target groups for which this is available:

– Primary school children (Dutch)

– Young adults from 12 to 14 years old (Dutch)

– Young adults from 15 to 21 years old (Dutch)

What is included?

Scientifically based Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course, based on the original protocol of founder Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Weekly online or live group sessions, with meditation and soft physical exercises, such as yoga, and group conversations. Each sessions lasts approximately 2,5 hours.
A day of silence between session 6 and 7. The goal is to spend one entire day in complete silence.
Daily guided meditation exercises to practice at home, including body scan meditation, yoga and breathwork. The home exercises last 45 to 60 minutes each. You will receive sound recordings to practice.
Follow-up sessions, such as walking meditations and mindful eating moments, which you can attend for free after you completed the group course (see page 'Activities'). These sessions are organized on a bi-weekly basis.

Full days of silence and follow-up sessions

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Do you work for a company, health center, institution, organization or university, and would like to get started with mindfulness? The workshops can also be tailored to your specific requirements and expectations. Do you want to know more about what is possible or do you have specific questions?