Online Compassion Training | MBCL (Dutch)

The mindfulness-based compassionate living (MBCL) training is a group-based 8 week training, including 8-15 people, with 2.5 hour lasting sessions. The sessions contain experiential practices in which we (re-)discover our patterns, share our experiences, and receive psycho-education. In between the sessions, one is expected to practice at home for about 30-45 min a day, including formal home practices, such as a compassionate body scan or a metta meditation but also informal shorter practices bringing (self-)compassion more explicitly into daily life, such as walking with kindness or taking a self-compassion break, and keeping logs. Science to date seems to indicate that a (self-)compassion training may lead to, among others, increases in mindfulness and (self-)compassion skills, and well-being, while decreases in symptoms of distress/burnout, self-criticism, and rumination are found.

Date and Time

This 8 week training takes place on Tuesday evenings, from 7.15-9.45pm, on the following dates:

Session 1 | October 29

Session 2 | November 05

Session 3 | November 12

Session 4 | November 19

Session 5 | November 26

Session 6 | December 03

Session 7 | December 10

Session 8 | December 17

Including an hybrid Silent Day on Sunday December 15, from 10am-3pm at Steve Bikoplein 13 (Amsterdam) or online.

Costs

The costs for this training are 450 euros (excl. 21% VAT).