Mindfulness with Kris
Cognitive mindfulness and personal growth
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a scientifically proven method that teaches you to be fully present in the present moment. You learn not to fight against what is there, but to observe it and deal with it.
What can mindfulness do for you?
Mindfulness:
- Helps you deal better with stress, fatigue and pain
- Strengthens your self-awareness and increases your resilience
- Increases your self-confidence
- Teaches you to observe without judgment
- Offers peace and clarity
- Helps you make more conscious choices
Psychologist Filip Raes puts it aptly: "Mindfulness stops the worrying process, as it were. You learn to curb endless worrying."
Mindfulness is effective against:
- Excessive worrying
- Sleep problems
- Chronic pain or illness
- Burn-out and stress complaints
- Recurring depression
- Tension in body and mind
You learn to be present in the here and now with attention - not because you have to, but because you are allowed to. From gentleness, patience and without pressure to perform.
The trajectory of the individual mindfulness
- Introductory meeting
- 4 to 5 follow-up sessions with specific assignments
- Understanding stress patterns and learning skills to change them
- Exercises to strengthen resilience and carrying capacity
Special attention to:
- Sleep problems caused by stress: collaboration with neurologist-somnologist Dr. Marleen Vieren within an integrated treatment trajectory. This helps to avoid or reduce sleeping medication.
- Loss and grief: in the event of death, illness, loss of work - we explore the tasks of grief, what this does to body and mind, and how to deal with it.
- Relationship loss: trajectory focused on processing relationship breakdowns (partner, friendship, family), including impact on self-image, trust and other relationships.
Practical
What do we ask of you?
- Time and willingness to practice daily
- Patience with yourself and the process
- The intention to look at what is going on with kindness
What do we not ask of you?
- That you perform or score
- That you change yourself
- That you ‘achieve something’
What do you get in return?
- A practical toolkit for stress management
- Increased self-care and resilience
- Connection with yourself and your body
- Better sleep, less worry, more peace
The trajectory of the 8-week mindfulness training
The classic training consists of:
- 8 weekly sessions (individual or in a group)
- Daily exercises (6 days/week, ± 1 hour)
- Audio recordings and guided material
During the sessions you learn to deal with your thoughts, emotions and physical signals. You become aware of your automatic patterns and learn to deal with them differently. You practice self-care, focus and recognizing boundaries.
What do you learn during the training?
- You learn to be present in the moment, with everything that is there
- You learn to deal attentively with pain, tension and difficult emotions
- You discover how thoughts influence your mood - and vice versa
- You learn to let go, allow and not judge
- You get more in touch with your body
- You learn to recognize signals of stress in time
- You develop inner peace, resilience and mental clarity
"We pay attention to 'being', not to 'doing'. Nothing has to work - and therefore nothing can go wrong."