Have you completed an MBSR course and would like to go deeper? Would you like a to have kinder approach to yourself or others in your life?
“When the sunrays of kindness touch the raindrops of suffering,the rainbow of compassion emerges.” Tibetan saying
This beautiful course will navigate you through the secrets of compassion to yourself and others and enable you to experience life in a deeper and more enriching way. The program builds on mindfulness skills, and is suitable as an advanced course for MBSR graduates or those of you who already have long-term meditation practice.
Take part in 8-week compassionate living program
Well-known MBCL program has been repeatedly verified by clinical research. It impacts experiencing positive emotions in life, inner feeling of satisfaction, reduces of symptoms of depression and anxiety, increases emotional resilience, impacts immune system in a positive way , reduces self-criticism and increases self-confidence, increases respect for people, cultivates a feeling of connectedness with people and has other other positive effects.
The MBCL course was created by psychiatrist Erik van den Brink and meditation teacher Frits Koster, who previously served as a Buddhist monk. It was originally applied to psychiatric patients at a clinic in the Netherlands. The program gradually spread among the general population to many countries and gained high popularity.
The course builds on insights from neuroscience, Paul Gilbert’s Compassion Focused Theory, self-compassion approach from Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, as well as Acceptance-Commitment Therapy, positive psychology, and the work of Tara Brach and Rick Hanson.
What to expect
You will attend 8 sessions in duration of 2.5 hours once a week in the evening and a one-day weekend retreat in week 6 of the program.
You will also obtain meditation recordings for home practice.
The program will be conducted in Slovak language in a small group from October 8th, 2024 in person in Bratislava.
What will we focus on in the course
- What is compassion to yourself and others
- Techniques to cultivate self-compassion and bring it into everyday life
- How to calm down your nervous system
- How to deal with your desires and habits that do not benefit you
- How to work with your “inner demons”,i.e. with deep internal patterns that are no longer useful today and limit you in experiencing life or in your relationships
- How to deal with experiencing difficult situations or painful emotions
- How to forgive – yourself and others
- How to develop kindness, gratitude and inner wisdom
- How to take care of your inner landscape to strengthen a feeling of happiness in life
When: Tuesdays from October 8 to December 3, 2024, from 6 pm to 8.30 pm
Silent retreat will take place on November 24 from 9.00 to 3 00pm
Where: DC Ihrisko, Halašova 25/A, Bratislava
Price: Eur 285 for the whole program. The price contains 8 sessions in duration of 2.5 hours, the silent retreat, materials and meditation recordings.
Applications: If you are interested to take part in the course, please fill in the application form.