Brussels Mindfulness: Recent Episodes
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Here you can find all our meditations and podcasts. Enjoy! If you would like to experience a live guided meditation or follow a course check out our agenda at www.brusselsmindfulness/be/agenda.
This guided meditation supports you in letting go of a toxic or emotionally draining relationship. Through gentle visualisation and a closing poem, you’ll create space for emotional clarity, self-respect, and healing. A soft and empowering practice to help you release what no longer serves you — and come home to yourself.
Reconnect with the present moment in this gentle live-guided meditation, inviting you to come to your senses through grounding and awareness of your body and surroundings. A nourishing pause to shift from thinking to sensing, and return to inner calm and clarity.
In this meditation, guided live by Yvonne, we practice bringing compassionate awareness to whatever arises. Instead of trying to change anything, we gently allow things to unfold in their own time—with kindness and curiosity. (If you listen closely, you might notice the sounds of a storm in the background.)
Join Rainer for a 29-minute guided sitting meditation, designed to deepen your mindfulness practice. This session offers a space to cultivate awareness, presence, and inner stillness, helping you reconnect with yourself and reduce stress.
In this 21-minute standing yoga sequence, inspired by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Rainer gently guides you through gentle movements that promote strength, flexibility, and mindful awareness. This practice is designed to help you connect with your body and cultivate a sense of grounded presence.
Join Rainer for a 36-minute guided sitting meditation, rooted in the principles of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This meditation invites you to cultivate awareness and presence, helping you deepen your practice and foster a sense of inner calm and balance.
Enjoy this short guided meditation with Dana to become aware of your posture and breath helping you to step back and ground yourself.
In this 30-minute Body Scan, you are invited to gently guide your awareness through your body, allowing sensations to be just as they are, without trying to change them. The Body Scan is a wonderful practice that helps increase body awareness, cultivate inner calm, and enhance mindful concentration.
This 37-minute lying down practice, guided by Rainer, is a core component of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, designed to cultivate deep relaxation and awareness of the body. Through mindful attention to body sensations in movement, you can release tension and develop greater presence in the moment.
In this short STOP practice with Beate, you'll learn how to Switch off, Take a breath, Observe your present experience, and Proceed with greater clarity and calm. It's a simple yet powerful tool to pause, reset, and bring mindfulness into your daily life.
Join Dana for a calming 20-minute body scan, guiding you to release tension and cultivate deep relaxation through mindful awareness of your body.
Enjoy this 40 minute MBSR standing yoga sequence with Dana helping you to to tap into the wisdom of the body.
Join Rainer in this 14-minute guided meditation designed to bring peace and clarity through mindful breathing. This session will help you focus on the natural rhythm of your breath, gently guiding your attention to the present moment.
Enjoy this 40-minute body scan, where Rainer will gently guide you on a journey through your body, helping you connect with each part, one at a time. As you settle into a comfortable position, allow your mind to quiet and your attention to shift inward. With Rainer's soothing guidance, you'll explore sensations, release tension, and cultivate deep relaxation, fostering a sense of calm and presence throughout your entire body.
Join Beate for a live guided meditation focused on cultivating self-kindness. In this session, you'll begin by bringing to mind someone you care about, allowing the warmth of loving-kindness to naturally arise. Gradually, you'll learn to extend this same compassion inward, embracing yourself with the same love and acceptance. Remember, true self-care goes beyond physical well-being—it's also about nurturing an inner attitude of self-kindness and self-acceptance.
Soothing Touch Meditation is a calming practice that works with gentle self-touch techniques to promote deep relaxation and emotional well-being. By focusing on the sensations of touch, this guided meditation with Beate helps to ground the mind, reduce stress, and enhance self-compassion.
This guided bodyscan practice with Beate helps you bring gentle awareness to different parts of your body, and helps you to shift to the being mode. Find a quiet space, follow Beate's step-by-step guidance, and experience the profound benefits of tuning into your body.
This meditation helps you become aware of everything that enter into your stream of awareness without clinging to it or pushing it away.
In this meditation with Steve we call up a sense of equanimity towards someone else by sending them balanced wishes
In this meditation Steve invites you to call up a memory that gave you joy and take it in.
In this meditation you are invited to bring yourself in a compassion mode and make sure it becomes a felt sense in your body.
In this meditation, guided live by Steve, we call up a feeling of kindness towards ourselves and others and take a moment to cherish it.
In this compassion meditation, guided live by Steve we bring a new mindset to desires so that we can relate differently to them as they arrive.
In this guided meditation with Steve we call up a sense of compassion by imaging a compassionate companion.
In this guided practice with Steve you are invited to practice in a compassionate way with your inner wisdom.
In this meditation we call up a safe place and let the felt experience of being in this place make us feel calm and protected.
In this meditation on abundance, we will cultivate a mindset of gratitude and openness to the flow of abundance in all aspects of your life. This practice fosters a sense of abundance consciousness, allowing you to acknowledge and appreciate the abundance already present and inviting more blessings and prosperity into your experience.
In this meditation with Beate we are using a mix of gentle movements in a sitting posture and positive neuroplasticity to cultivate a feeling of gratitude and joy.
Cultivate inner calm with this breathing meditation by Lorinda where you invited to focus your attention on the natural rhythm of the breath, observing its sensations without judgment, and gently bringing the mind back to the breath whenever it wanders.
In this standing yoga session, participants will flow through a series of gentle poses, focusing on breath awareness and mindful movement to cultivate balance, strength, and inner peace."
In this 39-minute MBSR sitting meditation, Lorinda gently guides your attention through breath awareness, and exploration of body sensations, thoughts and emotions.
In this 20-minute sitting meditation with Lorinda, you will be gently guided through breath and body awareness, fostering awareness and a calm mind.
Unlock the power of envisioning the future benefits awaiting you as you embark on adopting a new habit. Immerse yourself in the anticipation of these rewards, allowing them to reshape your brain for the positive and ignite the motivation needed to take that initial step towards change!
Beate's guided meditation, the closing session for our New Year challenge, invites you on a journey to inner and outer peace. Through a five-step loving-kindness practice, she guides awareness to the present moment, fosters self-love, and encourages the extension of kindness to those around you. We hope this will contribute to a renewed sense of calm and interconnectedness for you.
Join Andreaa as she guides us live into a body and breath meditation. We start by bringing curiosity to various aspects of the breath, followed by the entire body, cultivating a mindful and present connection to both breath and body.
In this short bodyscan, guided live by Marjana during our New Year challenge, we bring gentle awareness to various body parts, from toes to head, fostering a connection with the body. This brief practice serves as a powerful moment of reflection and renewal, setting a mindful tone for the day.
In this breathing meditation- guided live by Lisa during our new year challenge- we bring gentle awareness to the breath to help us feel grounded and present.
Join Jessica in a rejuvenating standing yoga practice as she guides you live during our new year meditation challenge. Embrace slow movements with gentle curiosity to release tensions, heighten body awareness, and recharge your energy.
Join Beate in this 18-minute guided live meditation as part of our New Year's challenge. Immerse yourself in gentle stretches to connect with and awaken your body, release tension, and recharge your energy. Engage in mindful movement to start your journey towards a revitalized and centered self.
In this meditation, guided live during our new year challenge, Beate invites you to cultivate a profound sense of peace and love amidst the hustle and bustle of life. Through gentle breathing you will be guided to connect with the stillness within, fostering a tranquil space within your heart. Join us as we embrace the new year with serenity and love, navigating through life's challenges with a centered mind and an open heart.
Experience a transformative journey with this guided positive neuroplasticity meditation led by Beate. In moments when certain individuals trigger challenging reactions within us, this meditation serves as a powerful tool to cultivate strength, kindness, and groundedness. Through visualization techniques, you'll guide your mind to envision responding with resilience and compassion, fostering a positive shift in your neural pathways.
With all that is going on do you feel the need to take a pauze and calm down your nervous system? Let yourself be guided by the gentle voice of with Lorinda into this awareness of breath meditation.
Installez vous comfortablement et profitez de ce doux bodyscan (MBSR) guidé par Rainer en Francais.
Enjoy this 10 minute guided practice with Beate exploring various breathing techniques to stabilise your mind and create more mental space, focus and calm.
Take a pause with this sort meditation and push the reset button to be more focused and calm. Let yourself be guided by Beate an enjoy this moment of crest.
Join Kirsten as she leads a loving kindness meditation, inspired by Barbara Fredrickson.
In this gentle guided practice, Kirsten guides you in the practice of installing a sense of safety here and now.
In this gentle 13 minute walking meditation, Kirsten guides you through the simple act of taking in the good. Best enjoyed in a natural environment, or where you can see outside.
Join Lorinda in a 38 minute journey of body awareness. This guided meditation takes you through a mindful body scan.
Join Evelyn in this 30-minute Loving-Kindness to cultivate compassion and extend well-wishes to both ourselves and those around us. This practice, also called metta, focuses on generating loving-kindness toward oneself and others in a graded way to include all living beings across the world.
Join Steve D. as he guides us in this gentle meditation practice to Recognize, Allow, Investigate and Nurture what comes up when we face difficulties.
In this meditation, Lyuba will guide you to connect to your breath and be aware of sensations in your body as you breathe.
In this meditation, Steve D. guides us through a gentle process of noticing what is present. In our body, in our breath, in our thoughts.
This gentle 4-minute practice of letting go with Alena will guide you through a process of releasing what you may no longer need.
In this meditation, recorded live with Beate, you will be guided through a process of connecting with yourself in the present and in the future to contemplate on what truly matters in your life.
In this meditation, recorded live with Beate, she invites you to slow down and lean into the downtime to which this season of the year lends itself.
In this guided live practice, Beate gently leads you into the profound experience of opening your heart. First, she encourages you to embrace the boundless love and care from a group of individuals who cherish and support you, whether they are real or imagined. Then, she guides you in reciprocating this love, extending it outward to both this nurturing group and into the wider world."
Wondering how to start with a gratitude practice? Join Lorinda in this guided meditation (recorded live) as we explore each of the senses with curiosity and appreciation.
In this meditation, guided live by Beate, she will help you to let go of of whatever you are holding onto that is weighing you down in this moment.
This meditation - guided live by Beate- helps you develop a calm mind that is less affected by outer circumstances and thus enhances your wellbeing.
Take a moment for yourself to relax and find grounding with this breathing space meditation. This meditation was recorded as part of a live session with Beate, part of a sample session of her upcoming 3-month, online meditation deepening programme.
Find out more here: https://www.brusselsmindfulness.be/agenda/weekly-online-meditation-deepening-programme
In this meditation we bring awareness to a difficulty that we have experienced lately and explore it by using the following four steps of RAIN: R- recognize the difficult feeling, -A- allow it to be here, I- investigate it in the body and N-bring nourishment to it. We close with the poem 'allow" by Dana Faulds.
Practice bringing your awareness back to your breath and find a sense of peace and grounding in this meditation with Lyuba.
Dans cette meditation nous nous approchons avec couceur a notre corps en tant que refuge et ancre. Ensuite nous nous envoyons de l'amour et de la bienveillance.
In this meditation, guided live by Beate, you are invited to switch from doing and thinking to being and sensing. we start by becoming aware of the breath wherever you feel it most and by feeling the sensations of breathing in the body, followed by exploring body sensations.
In this meditation, guided live by Beate, we bring awareness to the breath in various forms. We observe and explore it in its different forms and feel it different parts of the body. When a distraction comes, we do not push it away but include it in the observation. everything can be there as it is.
This is a gentle meditation to start the day with some kindness and care. You are invited to cultivate an attitude of benevolence towards yourself, and ending with some gentle movement to support yourself, especially in challenging times.
In this meditation, guided live by Beate, we practice the two wings of mindfulness: awareness and kindness. This allows us to tap into a deeper feeling of longing and what matters to us. We end the meditation with an intention.
This is a short meditation designed to ground yourself in an overall feeling of peace, contentment and love.
Enjoy this beautiful lake meditation with Lorinda where we tap into a sense of deep inner calm through the power of visualisation.
In this meditation Beate invites you to become aware of what is present, to release any unnecessary tension in the body and to tune into your breathing. We then bring kindness to our experience and send some good wishes to ourselves and others.
In this positive neuroplasticity meditation we tune into our body. We notice what's there, in particular what feels good or neutral. We expand our gratitude to this wonderful body. Gratitude for all the richness in our life. We then tune into deep longing we might have and send ourselves love and strength.
In this meditation, recorded live during our morning meditations, Steve guides you into awareness of your body, breath and sounds. He ends the meditation with the poem "Hukosai says" by ROGER S. KEYES.
In this meditation we practice the three steps of the breathing space (AGE):
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Acknowledging: bringing awareness to the inner weather pattern
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Gathering: bringing your attention to the breath
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Expanding: Feeling your entire body and the space around as you engage with the outer world again.
It can help you to better respond to a situation rather than to automatically react and to feel calmer.
In deze bodyscan meditatie met Beate brengen wij vriendelijke aandacht naar ons lichaam zonder iets speciaal willen te voelen. Gewoon voelen wat er aanwezig is in elke deel van je lichaam. Je mag deze meditatie in liggende houding doen.
In this positive neuroplasticity meditation we will develop a sense of gratitude by focusing on our approaching rewards system. We identify things that we are grateful for and get a sense of feeling grateful, followed by enriching and absorbing this experience.
In this loving kindness meditation we call up a feeling of love and kindness towards ourselves and others, following the structure of the 2000 year old Buddhist metta meditation.
In this meditation we bring our attention to something we do on autopilot all day- walking. We use the contact of our foot soles with the ground and the walking itself as a our anchor and walk slowly up and down. This meditation can bring peace to a restless mind and can be enjoyed outside even more.
In this meditation we start with some gentle stretches to wake up the body. We then tap into a sense of being steady and flexible like a tree, through the different seasons of our life. Knowing when to grow and when to rest.
In this mindful movement meditation with Steve you are invited to some gentle movements on the mat helping you to ground yourself in the present moment and to tap into the stillness of our body.
In this meditation we bring gentle awareness to our body and breath. It helps us to train our attention to be in the present moment and to feel more focused and relaxed.
In this meditation we bring awareness to sounds and thoughts and start to observe them as they come and go- just like clouds on the sky of our awareness.
In this meditation we call up a feeling of being strong and take it in. As much as we can we enrich and enlarge the experience of feeling strong so it becomes increasingly a felt experience.
In this meditation we invite you to gently bring awareness to different parts of the body, without wanting to feel a certain way. Find out what it feels like to be and focus on these different parts and how you relate to pleasant, unpleasant or neutral sensations.
In deze meditatie nodigen we je uit om zacht bewustzijn te brengen naar verschillende delen van het lichaam, zonder op een bepaalde manier te willen voelen. Ontdek hoe het voelt om te zijn en focus op deze verschillende onderdelen en hoe je je verhoudt tot aangename, onaangename of neutrale sensaties.
In dieser Meditation mit Beate konzentrieren wir uns zunächst auf den Atem, sodass wir in einen Zustand des Seins übergehen können. Im zweiten Teil der Meditation reflektieren wir über unsere Werte und Prioritäten im Leben und verbinden uns damit.
In deze meditatie met Beate gebruiken we de adem en lichaamssensaties als anker. Als je geest afdwaalt word je uitgenodigd om te zien waar hij naartoe gegaan is en dan vriendelijk terugkomen naar je ademhaling.
Dans cette meditation avec Beate tu es invitée à te concentrer sur ton souffle et ton corps. si les pensées vagabondent tu peux toujours revenir à a ton souffle comme ancre , avec gentilles, determination et sans jugement.
Meistens finden wir alle möglichen Strategien, um unangenehme Gefühle nicht zu spüren aber was passiert eigentlich, wenn wir uns erlauben diese einfach mal zuzulassen und zu spüren? Versuche es selbst einmal in dieser RAIN-Meditation mit Beate.
In dieser Meditation mit Beate wirst du eingeladen dich zunächst auf Geräusche zu konzentrieren und diese zu erforschen. In einem 2. Schritt beobachten wir unsere Gedanken, die wie Geräusche aus dem Nichts kommen und auch wieder verschwinden, wenn wir uns nicht darin verlieren.
Diese Streching-Übung mit Beate ist optimal nach einem Tag Sitzen am Büro, um vom Tun zum Sein umzuschlaten, Spannungen loszulassen und im Körper anzukommen.
In dieser Meditation mit Beate wirst du eingeladen, dich auf deinen Körper einzustellen. Zunächst führen wr einige bewusste Bewegungen im Sitzen durch und dann machen wir eine geistige Reise durch den Körper, ohne etwas verändern oder uns entspannen wollen.
In this meditation Lot invites you to bring awareness to your breath and body without wanting to change anything, from moment to moment.
In this MBSR meditation with Lot we bring awareness to our breath and use it as an anchor to steady our mind Just like a boat in the open sea we sometimes need to throw an anchor for or mind so it does not wander off too far.
Cultivating gratitude is a great way to counterbalance the negativity bias of your brain. It provides natural hormones of dopamine and soothes your nervous system. Join Silke for a gratitude practice perfect for starting off your day.
Many people think that being self-critical is a way for self-improvement, but research suggests that it is counterproductive.
The more you criticise and put yourself down the more stressed you will feel, and this will make you feel hopeless and stuck. Therefore, it is important to learn to be kind to yourself and to treat yourself like a good friend.
In this recording, Steve will guide you in a gentle heartfulness meditation.
Our mind has a life of its own and this can be sometimes a source of great misery.
Do you know the feeling of wanting to push the stop button of all the thinking?
Unfortunately, it is impossible to not think, but the good news is we can learn to relate in a different way to our thinking.
In our mindfulness courses we teach a method of metacognition which basically consists of learning to observe our thoughts like clouds passing by on the sky.
Get a glimpse of this method by joining our sounds and thoughts meditation with Alena.
This mediation was given live as part of our 5-Day Free meditation challenge from January 17 - 21, 2022.
The body is a wonderful radar about how we feel, and it never lies. And the good news you can train to increase your body awareness so that you can notice tiny flickers.
Join Lyuba for a relaxing bodyscan meditation which you can do either sitting or lying down.
Let Beate gently guide you into a relaxing mindfulness of breath meditation where we will explore the breath and body as an anchor.
Ceci est une petite pause méditation guidée par Silke pour interrompre les activités quotidiennes et se recentrer dans le présent.
In this MBSR sitting meditation we start by becoming aware of our breath and body, followed by sounds, thoughts and feelings. It is a beautiful way of finding inner peace and learning to detect our own patterns of reactivity.
In this talk by Beate, she shares how our modern, individualistic lifestyle conflicts with the interconnectedness of our world and why compassion is needed to heal yourself and the world. You already have the ability for compassion, and our shared humanity provides the ground for oneness and collective responsibility.
In this mountain meditation with Alexandra, recorded live, we tap into the feeling of steadiness and strength of a mountain.
Are you someone who tends to see the glass half empty when it come to your own achievement? In this positive neuroplasticity practice on accomplishment with Beate we apply the four steps of the HEAL method (have a good experience, enrich, absorb it and link it to a feeling of inadequacy) to heal old feelings of failure and self-blame.
Dans cette méditation Beate vous invite à un voyage à travers votre corps- tout en douceur et sans jugement.
In this guided practice with Lyuba you are first invited to some gentle stretches in a seated position. This will help to release some tensions and to come into your body. The second part of the practice is a guided relaxation.
In this meditation with Jake we bring mindful awareness to our body and breath. By focusing on the subtle sensations of your body and the breathing you can quiet the constant chatter of your mind and become calmer and more focused.
In this meditation Alena invites you to become aware of the breathing wherever you feel it most. The breath can be a wonderful anchor to quieten the mind and to ground yourself. Second, we tune in to our body sensations with kindness and curiosity.
In this meditation on mindfulness of body and breath, recorded live during the morning meditation, Silke brings in some elements of loving-kindness. We first ground ourselves with the breath and explore bodily sensations before we address a kind wish towards ourselves. This wish can accompany and carry us throughout the day. It can help us not to lose the connection while we are faced with the daily challenges of our lives.
Enjoy these energizing mindful stretches with Beate, guided live, followed by a relaxing bodyscan. A precious mindful pause in the busyness of your day.
In this busy period it is crucial to stop from time to time, become aware of your body, release tensions and nourish yourself from within.
In this meditation, recorded live during the positive neuroplasticity course, Beate invites you to call up a feeling of peace, contentment and love which are linked to our three primary needs of safety, satisfaction and connection. Using the HEAL method developed by Rick Hanson we then enrich and intensify this feeling and let it sink in so it becomes a resource that we can use whenever we need it.
In dieser kurzen Meditation mit Beate wirst du eingeladen eben innezuhalten, bewusst zu atmen, den Körper spüren und Spannungen loszulassen.
In dieser Meditation lade ich dein, um eben innezuhalten und diich freundlich auf deinen Körper zu besinnen. Wahrnehmen, spüren, Signale aufnehmen und sein lassen was gerade da ist. Was braucht dein Körper jetzt? Vielleicht kannst du ja danach etwas tun, was ihm guttut.
Dans cette meditation nous prenons conscience du corps avec un gentil self-massage et des mouvements en conscience. La deuxième partie de la meditation consiste en un scan corporel.
Dans cette meditation avec Beate nous nous concentrons sur ce qui est bien dans notre vie. La gratitude est une merveilleuse et naturelle maniere de booster notre bien etre.
Dans cette méditaion nous pratiquons la bienveillance. Nous nous envoyns de l'amour a nous-meme et ensuite aussi a ceux que nous aimons.
Bienvenue a cette meditation sur les émotions difficiles et la conscience ouverte avec Beate ou nous approchons avec curiosité à ce qui est difficile.
Dans cette méditation de gratitude nous pratiquons des étirements conscients pour ensuite rechercher des sensations agréables dans le corps.
Arretez le faire pendant un moment et prenez un espace de respiration debout avec Beate, guidé en live.
Dans cette meditation nous prenons conscience des sons autour de nous sans aller a la chasse de sons particuliers, avec curiosité et ouverture. Ensuite nous observons nos pensées telle qu'elles entrent dans notre esprit et disparaissent,comme si c'étaient des nuages sur le ciel.
Prenez une pause avec cette meditation debout qui commence avec des gentils mouvement et ensuite une prise de conscience des sensations dans le corps.
Ceci est un court espace de respiration avec Beate- un moment de pauze et de prise de conscience.
In dieser Meditation machen wir eine Reise durch den Körper. Wir nehmen Körperempfindungen wahr, ohne diese verändern zu wollen.
In diesem Atemraum halten wir eben inne um zu spüren wie es uns gerade geht. wir verbinden uns mit unserem Körper und dem Atem um dann beuwsster in den nächsten Augenblick zu gehen.
In dieser Meditation gebrauchen wir Körperempfindungen und den Atem als Anker um den Geist zu beruhigen.
Ceci est une longue méditation, guidée live par Beate, en 3 parties:
Un moment d'auto-massage, des étirements en pleine conscience et un scanner corporel. Un moment de bienveillance et prise de soin de vous.
In the meditation “In for me – out for you” guided by Silke, we use the breath to nourish ourselves with a kind wish and send compassion and kindness to another person. This is a practice on self-care and can help you to remain connected to another person.
In this short practice called "Taking in the good", guided by Silke, we anchor a good experience within ourselves, so that we can connect to it, whenever it is needed. We first bring to mind such an experience, then enrich it with all our senses and finally absorb and engrave it within our body. This helps our brain to shift the general tone towards a more positive one.
Join me in this short practice on taking in the good. We will be exploring the three steps of the HEAL practice with Beate: Having a beneficial experience, enriching and absorbing it. This is a method of shifting your mind to the positive and rewiring your brain for happiness. Enjoy!
In the exercise rupture and repair recorded by Silke, we explore ways to work with or resolve conflicts - with children, your partner or a friend. Starting point is a situation in which you were not happy about your behaviour, when you got angry or stressed out.
Take care not to do this exercise when you are still overwhelmed by a conflict or in the middle of a stress reaction. It is best to first get back in contact with yourself before you listen to the practice.
In this mountain meditation with Silke, we explore the qualities of a mountain: steadiness, stillness and unshakable strength. They can become an inner resource in our daily life, when we are facing challenging moments or a difficult time.
In diesem Bodyscan mit Beate wirst du auf eine Reise durch deinen Körper eingeladen, in der du dich neugierig und freundlich jedem einzelnen Körperteil zuwendest. Du musst nichts verändern, du musst dich auch nicht entspannen, einfach dasein für deinen Körper....
Dans cette meditation avec Beate nous prenons conscience des sons autour de nous et nous les explorons sans jugements. Ensuite nous observons nos pensées de la meme manière que les sons, avec curiosité et bienveillance, sans rentrer dans leurs histoire.
In diesem Atemraum mit Beate nehmen wir eine kurze Pause in unserem hektischen Alltag, um danach eine bewusste Entscheidung zu treffen, wie es weitergehen soll.
In this short exercise for parents with Silke, we cultivate the attitude of equanimity, and while we accompany our children as much as this is possible, trying to let go and trusting our children to find their own path in life.
In this meditation with Silke, we explore a place where we feel safe, at ease and happy. The sensations we experience at this place and a feeling of support from a visitor nourish us from the inside and build a resource we can come back to at any moment in our life.
To kick off our third series of live morning meditations Beate guides you into some standing stretches followed by a gentle bodyscan.
Dans cette meditation guidée par Beate nous prenons conscience du corps en mouvement, toute en bienveillance.
In dieser Meditation mit Beate spüren wir in den Körper hinein und werden uns der Atmung bewusst, ohne dass wir etwas besonderes erfahren möchten. Einfach nur sein mit dem, was ist und zulassen.
This self-compassion break with Silke invites you to bring a kind attitude towards yourself, especially when something went wrong or when you feel unhappy about your behaviour, but also in general when something is painful or difficult. You can use the self-compassion break at any time in your daily life, following these three steps: bringing awareness to the situation, recognising our shared humanity and practising self-kindness, see what does you good and what you need right now.
Dans cette meditation avec Beate nous portons une attention bienveillante à notre corps, en commencant aux pieds jusqu'à la tëte.
The breathing space invites you to let your attention rest on the breath as it moves in and out of the body. Letting the breath become an anchor, the door to the present moment.
In this short breathing meditation, Silke invites you to cultivate a friendly and compassionate attitude towards yourself, while being nourished by the breath that moves in and out of the body.
In this practice, we invite you to bring gentle awareness to different parts in the body, without wanting to feel in a certain way. Explore how it feels to be and focus on these different parts and how you relate to pleasant, unpleasant or neutral sensations.
Dans cette meditation nous prenons conscience de notre corps tel qu'il est en ce moment, sans vouloir sentir qelque chose de specifique. Ensuite nous nous concentrons sur le souffle.
You can practice this short meditation throughout the day, whenever you feel it is needed. It brings you back into the present moment and allows you to step out of the autopilot.
Silke guides you through the technique of box breathing, helpful to regain calm, reduce anxiety and sleep better. You can read the related article here: Building in powerful stress relievers in your daily life | Box breathing (brusselsmindfulness.be
In our last morning meditation recorded live with Silke, we practice (self-)compassion, using the breath to nourish ourselves and another person with kind wishes. We also bring gratitude towards the morning meditation group, for the space that has been created and the path we walked together. The meditation ends with a poem written by David Whyte.
In this lake meditation with Alexandra, recorded live, we bring to mind a beautiful lake and tap into its peacefulness and calm. This meditation can help you quiet the mind when you feel overwhelmed and emotional.
In this tree meditation Beate guides you into the visualisation of a beautiful tree which is firmly rooted in the ground and moving with the wind. You are invited to tap into the feeling of being a tree and find movements that correspond with it.
Our eyes are the window to the world they say. They give us so much beauty, help us connect to others and also express how we feel. But do we really take care of them? The increase of screen time is tiring for the eyes. In this meditation Beate guides you into a moment of nourishment, self-care and gratitude for your eyes.
In this guided meditation by Lorinda we welcoming spring through an exploration of all the senses. Enjoy!
In this morning meditation, recorded live, we explore the qualities of the mountain: steadiness, stillness, an unshakable strength. They can become an inner resource in our daily life, when we are facing challenging moments or a difficult time.
In this meditation with Beate we bring the awareness to the body and sense what it needs right now. You are invited to perform some gentle stretches to release some tensions in the body and to attend to parts that feel tense or painful with gentleness and curiosity. We then extend our gratitude from this wonderful body to other good things and people in our life. We take the time to savour these feelings of gratitude and contentment.
In this lake meditation with Lyuba, we visualize a beautiful lake on a sunny day. Gradually, we explore the beauty of the lake during the day and night, summer and winter... We gradually start to embody the qualities of the lake. This is a great meditation to help you recall the sense of inner calm and stillness in the midst of changes. For this meditation, you might want to lay down.
In this sounds and thoughts meditation, guided live by Alexandra, we first bring awareness to sound from near and far and explore them with curiosity. In the second part of the meditation we apply the same method to our thoughts, we see them come and go, like clouds on the sky, sometimes big and heavy, sometimes white and fluffy.
In this morning meditation recorded live with Silke, we first wake up our body with gentle taps on different parts, followed by some stroking movements. We then anchor ourselves in the breath and go through three steps to call up and absorb a good experience, finding a place to store it inside our body so that it becomes part of ourselves, always available to us.
In this meditation, guided live by Lorinda, we bring kindness to a friend and then to ourselves by sending good wishes and warm feelings.
In this meditation, recorded live, Beate guides you into a feeing of being safe and protected. So often we hold on to unnecessary feelings of fear and worry which tense up our body. Yet worrying has no added value at all except of making us feel more miserable. We therefore learn how to let go of worrying and increase a feeling of safety and relaxation.
In this guided mindful movement, recorded live, Beate guides you into some gentle standing stretches. When doing this movements, it is important that you listen to your body and respect its signals and limitations. After each stretch we tune into the aftereffects of the movement and enjoy any pleasant sensation we might feel.
In this morning meditation with Silke recorded live, we nourish ourselves first with the breath to cultivate connectedness, and then bring in some loving-kindness towards ourselves and the world around us.
In this bodyscan, guided live, Alexandra invites you to bring gentle awareness to your body, one part at a time, without wanting to feel in a specific way. Precious me-time to simply be and rest.
In this meditation with Alexandra, recorded live, we bring gentle awareness to our body and breath, from moment to moment. It is a moment to pause and to nourish us from within with mindfulness.
This Sounds and Thoughts meditation is a practice to become aware of the sounds within and beyond ourselves, to explore how this affects our thoughts and our connection to body and breath. This meditation has been recorded live by Lorinda during the morning meditations.
In this tree meditation, recorded live with Silke in the morning meditations, you can connect to the qualities of a tree, its strength and groundedness. This might help you in your daily life when being overwhelmed by emotions or by what happens in this world.
This meditation is inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and a talk by Tara Brach on embodied presence.
In this meditation with Lorinda, recorded live in the morning meditations, we gently befriend our body and become aware of the different sensations as they come and go. It is a moment to pauze and nourish yourself from within.
In this meditation, recorded live during the morning meditations, Lyuba's voice accompanies you gently through your body, starting at the feet and ending at the head. It is a gentle way to nourish yourself from within and bring your attention to the present moment.
In this loving kindness meditation guided by Silke and recorded live during the morning meditation session, we use the breath to nourish ourselves with a kind wish and then reach out to another person who might need support, creating a flow of compassion.
This guided meditation with Lorinda, recorded live, uses visualisation and the breath to help us acknowledge and cope with the stress and change that appear in our lives.
In this meditation by Beate, recorded live during the morning meditations, we focus on mildly pleasant or neutral body sensations. As we tune more and more into a sense of wellbeing and ease, we bring appreciation and gratitude to our well-functioning body as a source of wellbeing which is always with us.
In this meditation by Berenice we find a happy place inside of us - a place where we can get back to at every moment of the day.
In this short meditation by Berenice we bring to mind a situation where we felt joyful with our child and cultivate this joy. This is a meditation specifically designed for parents, but you can also apply it to other situations.
In this meditation with Lyuba, recorded live, we bring awareness to the whole experience as it unfolds, including body sensations, thoughts and emotions, the breath and sounds.
In this morning meditation with Silke, recorded live, you can explore different anchors of attention and see which ones work for you and stabilise you in the present moment.
Listen to the experiences of one of the participants of the mindfulness teacher training. Alena Reisinger completed her training in summer 2020.
Listen here, in what way the Brussels Mindfulness teacher training was a unique experience for Silke Lalvani. She completed her training in summer 2020.
In this meditation, recorded live during the morning meditations, Beate leads you first into the body, before taping into a feeling of being strong. We use the three elements of the HEAL method developed by Rick Hanson of having a positive experience, enriching and absorbing so you can use it as an inner resource whenever you need it. More at www.brusselsmindfulness.be/happiness;
In this interview with Silke, Christina, participant of her 8 week online course, explains how being kind to herself has been transformative in her daily life. She also talks about how stopping and being present in each moment has changed her perspective on life.
In this interview with Silke, Dana explains how mindfulness helped her deal with feelings of anxiety and fear and how to be kinder to herself.
In this guided meditation by Lorinda which was recorded live during the morning meditations we looked at how creating movement can bring us into stillness, but also how we can use stillness as a way of relating to movement.
In this interview by Silke Lalvani some participants of her last 8-week course agreed to share their experiences. Listen to how mindfulness has changed the life of Dane, Christina and Ileana. This can give you a better idea of the benefits of mindfulness in an 8-week course. Would you like to engage in our next mindfulness course? Check out www.brusselsmindfulness.be/agenda.
In this meditation, recorded live by Lyuba in the morning meditation, we practice some slow and gentle standing movements. This is a meditation in slow movement which can help to release tensions in the body and ground you in the present moment.
In this meditation with Beate, recorded live in our morning meditations you are invited for some gentle movements, followed by appreciating their effects in your body and cultivating contentment for this moment as it is.