Brussels Mindfulness

Cultivating a feeling of worth - Beate - 18 min - EN

In this meditation we use the method of HEAL as developed by Rick Hanson to generate and internalize a feeling of worth. It helps us to strengthen our self-confidence and tap into a feeling of love and self-care. 

Meditation on difficulty - Beate - 17 min - EN

In this meditation we bring a difficulty to the workbench of our mind by exploring how it feels in our body. We then bring kindness and warmth to it and send ourselves some good wishes.

Meditation on sounds, body and breath - Beate - 20 min - EN

In this meditation we gently switch from doing to being by bringing out attention to sounds, body sensations and the breath. This is a way to anchor ourselves in the present moment and to allow things to be as they are, from moment to moment.

Loving kindness in pandemics - Beate - 18 min - EN

We start meditation with bringing awareness to all the parts of our body. We then send ourselves love and good wishes, an progressively including our loved ones, the health care workers and all the people who take care of us, people who suffer mentally and physically during this crisis and humanity altogether. We close by sending love to all being on our planet, including animals, plants and minerals.

Feeling strong in pandemics - Beate - 18 min - EN

In this meditation Beate applies the 4 steps of the HEAL method designed by Rick Hanson to cultivate a feeling of strength: Have a good experience- in this case feeling strong-, enrich, absorb it and link it to a more difficult feeling - such as feeling more vulnerable or fearful. 

Body and breath - Beate - 22 min - EN

In this meditation we gently scan the body and become aware how things are inside. By allowing things to be as they are we find peace within ourselves. We then focus on the breathing as a way to steady the mind. 

Bodyscan with short stretching - Beate - 19 min - EN

In this live morning meditation we gently turn towards the body by first waking it up with two slow stretches. We then move into a bodyscan where we befriend ad explore each body part. This is a way to connect to your body and release tensions.

Loving kindness in 5 steps - Beate - 18 min - EN

In this meditation with Beate we cultivate compassion for ourselves and others by following the classical metta meditation in 5 steps: bringing love to a friend, to yourself, a stranger, a difficult person and all. We end by sending loving kindness to all beings in the whole world.

Mountain meditation - Beate - 18 min - EN

In this meditation we visualize a beautiful mountain and connect with its qualities of steadiness and grounding. Just like a mountain on the surface we can be tested by the seasons of our life. Different emotions can pass like the weather, but in our core we remain untouched.  This can be a go-to resource when we feel overwhelmed by difficult emotions.

Mindful stretching and self-massage - Beate - 20 min - EN

In this meditation (guided live) we practice some gentle mindful standing movements, followed by a self-massage. We close the practice with a standing breathing space where we tune into the body sensations and the breath.