September 17 - November 3

Take control! Introduction to Mindfulness

for young adults

….or do we not have time for that?

Ed de Bruin & Marjolein Prenger

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The course

👉 Do you experience (a lot of) stress and do you find it difficult to relax?

👉 Do you have doubts about your choice of study?

👉 Are you critical of yourself?

👉 Very distracted by social media?

👉 Do you feel that you no longer have control over your own agenda?

Take control!

Perhaps these themes are current in your life or there are other themes that require your attention. The period from study to your first steps in the professional field can demand a lot from you. The Corona crisis is adding to that. Perhaps you do not fully recognize yourself in the above themes, but you are simply curious about mindfulness or would like to learn more about yourself. Who am I and what do I stand for? With and without meditation experience this course can be interesting as we will focus specifically on the stage of life you are in right now.

This six-week course “Introduction to Mindfulness for Young Adults” is an introduction to meditation and mindful living. That may sound a bit soft to you, but you will be surprised how practical this can be. Meditating is nothing more than standing still for a while instead of unconsciously running on. With tips and exercises you will develop more attention to what you feel and think throughout the day and find out how you can deal with it more consciously. You get 'direction' back!

Experience the power of mindfulness. You learn:

Make conscious choices
Experience less stress and more peace (in both mind and body)
Get through the day with more energy
Gain more insight into your mental obstacles
Have a better idea of what you really want

For Whom

Practical setup

The course lasts six weeks. On Saturday you will have access to the theme discussion and a meditation via a new weekly page. Both are recorded in high image and sound quality and can be viewed at a time of your choosing. We also share suggestions for exercises and reflections that you can use yourself.

During the live session on Thursday evening we practice together and there is room for exchange. Very nice and valuable to be able to share your experiences with peers! By the way, you can also just listen 🙂 In addition, there is a possibility to start the week live together on Monday morning at 9.00 am. More information about this will follow during the first meeting.

Of course there is an opportunity throughout the course to respond and/or contact the trainers; we are happy to guide you!

“This course has helped me to reflect more often during the day on what I feel and what I need.”

Femke Schapink

This is what you can expect

Themed discussions and meditations
6 themed discussions with accompanying meditations (recorded in high image and sound quality) will appear on Saturday at 11.00 am.

Order date:
- September 17
- September 24
- October 1
- October 8
- October 22
- October 29
EXERCISES, QUOTES AND TIPS
You get access to exercises, supporting quotes, reading and viewing tips.
Live sessions
6 Thursday evenings from 20.00 – 21.00 pm a live gathering via Zoom with all participants. We then practice together and there is room for exchange. Very nice and valuable to be able to share your experiences with peers!

Dates Live sessions, Thursday from 20.00pm – 21.00pm:
- September 22
- September 29
- October 6
- October 13
- October 27
- November 3
In addition to the live sessions on Thursday, you can follow a short session on Monday morning in which we start the week together. More information about this will follow during the first meeting.
SUPPORT
Opportunity to (open or closed) share experiences and ask questions.
ONLINE COMMUNITY
Online community where you can experience, exchange and deepen from connection.

Ed Brown

Ed de Bruin is assistant professor and researcher at the Department of Psychology, Health and Technology of the University of Twente. He has a background in clinical neuropsychology and researches sleep and mindfulness in mental health. He is a certified somnologist (sleep specialist) and mindfulness trainer, and has been practicing meditation and self-examination exercises from various shamanic and Buddhist traditions for over 25 years.

Marjolein Prenger

Marjolein is a lecturer and internship coordinator at the Department of Psychology, Health and Technology of the University of Twente. She also has her own company in which she offers training in the field of Mindfulness and Positive Psychology. She started practicing vipassana meditation in 2008 and is mainly concerned with how to integrate the practice into daily life (school, family and personal contact).

The themes

What exactly is mindfulness?
This first week of the program explains what is meant by mindfulness, and what it can add to our lives. In addition, a short practical mindfulness exercise is introduced that you can apply yourself in your daily life and with which you cultivate space and awareness during your daily activities.

Live session at 22 September.
Headache or sore muscles? What does that actually say?
The life of students and young adults demands a lot from your body and mind: going to bed late, eating irregular times, study pressure, intensive social contacts, sports, a job. Have to or want a lot; can you make this distinction? We are going to investigate this in this session and use the body as a kind of inner barometer. Do you recognize the signs?

Live session on Sept 29.
rest point. Take control!
At school/during your studies you often learn cognitive skills and are largely called upon to think, analyze and rationalize. There is a risk that you will then ignore feeling and experiencing. Your head often moves so much faster! You may not notice this until your first job and this can lead to the feeling of more work pressure. Paying attention to your inner world at an earlier stage is therefore valuable and your breath can play an important role in this. After all, you always have your breath 'at hand'!

Live session at 6 October.
Deal with stress.
Stress can block or wear you out, but stress can also help you. It is about learning to notice stress, to deal with it more consciously, and to restore and support the balance between tension and relaxation. In this session we learn to notice signs of stress – even if they may affect us unconsciously – and we do an exercise that helps us better balance the physical and mental effects of stress.

Live session at 13 October.
Take care of yourself.
Young adults and students want to perform optimally and demand a lot from themselves in all areas. Not being allowed to make mistakes, wanting to do it perfectly, fear of failure… these are topics that are discussed a lot. The bar may be lowered a bit, but how? By taking good care of yourself. However, kindness and kindness to yourself are often the most difficult part of a Mindfulness training. We'll get to work on it in this session!

Live session on 27 October.
In contact with yourself and the other.
Our lives largely consist of interaction with others, and much of our emotional and physical well-being is affected by this. Subtle mutual irritations, perfectionistic and self-critical inner dialogue, and difficult communication with colleagues, teachers, or fellow students; all of these are forms of communication that can block us, and frustrate our everyday sense of well-being. In this session we get to know our own style of communication (both with ourselves and with others), and we do an exercise to be able to deal with this more consciously and with more elegance.

Live session on November 3th.

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