Online Compassion Training | MBCL (English)

The mindfulness-based compassionate living (MBCL) training is a group-based 8 week training, including 8-15 people, with 2-2.5 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 Wednesday evenings, from 5.30-8.00pm (UK/GMT time), on the following dates:

Session 1 | October 01

Session 2 | October 08

Session 3 | October 15

Session 4 | October 22

Session 5 | October 29

Session 6 | November 05

Session 7 | November 12

Session 8 | November 19

More info & Sign-up

This training will be provided by Erik van den Brink and is organized via the Mindfulness Network. Klick here for more information and to sign yourself up.