Mindfulness

What does
mindfulness mean?

Mindfulness is the awareness of everything that arises within and around us, including unpleasant feelings and thoughts. Freeing ourselves from internal judgments, observing the mind, and recognizing that thoughts are not truths can help us overcome blocks, reduce stress, and better manage fears and pain. However, this requires practice.

Through mindfulness training, we learn to approach all our experiences—sensations, thoughts, emotions, actions, and the situations we find ourselves in—with curiosity and acceptance. This perspective can provide us with the freedom to respond with greater clarity and wisdom, rather than acting out of habitual patterns.

It opens up the possibility of dealing with life's challenges more wisely and compassionately, enabling us to make conscious choices.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

There are numerous courses and programs available to integrate mindfulness into daily life. MBSR has established itself as the foundational and most well-researched mindfulness training. Numerous studies confirm the health-promoting, stress-reducing, and quality-of-life-enhancing effects of MBSR.

MBSR stands for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is a scientifically-based program developed in the 1970s by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Since then, it has been offered worldwide with great success to reduce stress and promote well-being.

The course consists of weekly sessions over an eight-week period and includes daily practice to be carried out at home. The training combines meditative exercises in stillness and movement, group discussions on specific topics, and the understanding of modern approaches from psychology and stress research.

Sign up for the course using the contact form and experience a new perspective on yourself, your relationships, and your life, while increasing your overall well-being.

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

- Dr. Jon-Kabat Zinn

Informations

  • Anyone can learn mindfulness! The course is particularly beneficial for people who...

    • feel under stress at work or at home

    • live with acute or chronic illnesses

    • suffer from chronic pain

    • are burdened by psychosomatic complaints

    • are suffering from anxiety or depression

    • suffer from sleep disorders, listlessness or mood swings

      and

    • want to work on changing their situation

    • want to make an active contribution to maintaining or regaining their health

    • are looking for a meaningful addition to medical or psychotherapeutic treatment

    • want to live more consciously

    • want to learn a method for self-awareness and self-exploration

  • MBSR has an effect on both physical and mental well-being.

    • Reduction of stress, anxiety and depression

    • Improvement in emotion and stress regulation

    • Increased attention and concentration

    • Increased quality of sleep

    • Improved mental health and quality of life

    • Reduction in blood pressure and cortisol level (= "stress hormone")

    • Improved balance in the nervous system

    • Reduction of inflammatory processes in the body

    • Strengthening the immune system

    *The course provides a method for self-help, but does not replace any necessary medical or psychotherapeutic treatment.

  • Next course 2024:

    Start: June 6 to July 25

    • Eight Thursday evenings from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

      (06.06, 13.06, 20.06, 27.06, 04.07, 11.07, 18.07, 25.07)

    • A day of mindfulness on July 6 from 09:00 am to 4:00 pm.

    Click here for more information.

  • The cost of the entire course including the manual is 199,-$.

    1. Are you interested? Register via the contact form and let me know your time preferences for a free preliminary consultation.

    2. You will receive feedback within 24 hours with suggested dates for the preliminary meeting. This serves as a rough orientation, to get to know each other and to clarify any open questions. There are no costs yet.

    3. Now you decide whether you want to devote yourself entirely to yourself for the next 8 weeks with a new approach.

    4. After receiving the costs, you will be sent the course documents.