NL MINDFUL CLASS for Daily Life

NL MINDFUL is an online Mindfulness class to cope better with stress in daily life and for a better emotion regulation. You can work on your 8 weeks digital class any time and from anywhere, you get written Lectures and Audio Files via email twice a week on Monday and Friday with a weekly overview of your Assignments.

Personal support by your teacher is our main focus at NL MINDFUL:

In NL MINDFUL  students get regular support by their personal teacher Publisher & Naturopath for Psychotherapy Melanie Kettner.You can send questions during office time throughout the whole class and one week after the class has finished with an option to get in touch later on.

Your personal teacher responds as quick as possible. All Lectures and all Audio Files are from your personal teacher.
Office Time: Monday to Friday: 10-17.00
contact@nl-mindful.com

We integrate in Daily Life Breathing Practices, Mediations with different topics, Mindful Movement & Walking Meditation. In the second Part of our class, in week 5-8 we focus on emotion regulation and resilience. We learn to improve our approach to stress and pain. NL MINDFUL has a clear structure, especially helpful for those new to Mindfulness. It is important to keep up with the schedule to get the best benefit out of it. If this is a challenge in your daily life, we adapt the class to your personal needs:

Flexibility of our Mindfulness class:

We offer students a break of 2 or 4 weeks after the first part of the Mindfulness class, according to our office time an holidays. For this break you will get a list with Inspiration and Assignments you can work on. We adapt the class to your personal needs if necessary.

NL MINDFUL is based on Mindfulness studies at: Oxford University: Prof. Mark Williams & his 8 weeks MBCT class (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) and the
Mindfulness Research Center at the Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior University of Los Angeles: Director Diana Winston. NL MINDFUL uses the Breathing Practices of Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn.

We stay in contact with our students beyond their Mindfulness class NL MINDFUL. The price is payable in 2 parts and you can ask for a break of 2-4 weeks between Part 1 and Part 2 of the program. After your bank transfer NL MINDFUL class starts the following Monday.

NL MINDFUL in GERMAN:
Our Mindfulness class will be available in German. Stay tuned for more information. If you want your personal support in German, this is possible already. Send us a message.

What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is based on an ancient buddhist practice, it is a form of mental training and a meditation technique. Being mindful means paying & maintaining attention to the present moment experience with kindness and self compassion. While practicing Mindfulness the mind is concentrated and at rest at the same time, we become aware of ourselves and the world around.

Stress is an ongoing topic in our life. Minor stress can add up during the day and acute stress can become chronic stress. Hyperarousal can be a chronic state of body and mind and exhaustion follows any time soon. Science showed that an unfocused mind is an unhappy mind.1) In Mindfulness we therefore learn to maintain and shift our attention by Anchoring: Connecting with our anchor the breath in our Meditations.

Brief daily mediation enhances attention, memory, mood and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators.

We integrate Mindful Breathing in between during the day, this will improve your breathing, your concentration and relaxation. People under stress, anxiety or pain breathe more quickly and less regularly. Meditators have a slower breath, indicating reduced automatic response, better mood and improved health.2)

For whom is a Mindfulness class?

Actually for everyone who wants to be prepared for difficult life situations, in which we normally tend to lose our balance without support. And for everyone who wants to learn to cope better with stressful daily life. It is not a Psychotherapy, but it can be a good idea to visit a Mindfulness class, if you are waiting for your Psychotherapy or alongside a Psychotherapy. In some cases it might sufficient to work with a Mindfulness teacher who can provide personal support.

Contraindications:
There are physical conditions such as Asthma or Migraines, Emphysema or heart problems where breath work can not be the right tool. There are emotional conditions in which we first need to come out of to practice Mindfulness: Conditions like Depression, Acute Stress Reaction, Trauma and Anxiety Disorder can be better treated by in person Psychotherapy. Talk to your doctor, if you are not sure or get in touch: contact@nl-mindful.com

Trauma sensitive Mindfulness:
In cases of Trauma meditation can cause flashbacks, a in person support by a therapist is needed and in this setting Mindfulness supports self-regulation, stability and attention regulation. We follow the rules for TSM, Trauma sensitive Mindfulness (David A. Treleaven), but this class is not a Psychotherapy. Please read our health questionnaire and send it to us, so that we can be sure that every student attending this class gets the right support.

1.Harvard Gazette. Read here.

2.James Nestor: Breath- The New Science of a Lost Art
3.Jon Kabat Zinn: Full Catastrophe Living
Tessa Watt:Mindfulness
Daniel Goleman, Richard J.Davidson: Altered Traits
Susan L. Smalley & Diana Winston: Fully Present

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30153464/

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