More than just a training
Has mindfulness transformed your life in a positive way and are you looking for ways to deepen your practice and pass it on to others?
Maybe you identify with one of the following:
- You would like to deepen your practice and understanding of mindfulness in a group of like-minded people
- You would like to teach mindfulness courses to individuals and/or companies
- You are a coach/therapist and would like to bring mindfulness into your work with clients
- You would like to bring mindfulness into the organisation where you work in a professional way
- You would like to further increase your wellbeing and stress resilience
If so, consider joining our next cohort starting in February 2025. Benefit from our early bird discount of €200 until June 2024.
About the Mindfulness Teacher Training
Mindfulness training programmes have attained solid ground in many areas of life: personal development, work, health, education, leadership, parenting, childbirth etc.
As mindfulness is becoming more mainstream, there is a growing need for professionalism.
Brussels Mindfulness offers a 13-month Mindfulness Teacher Training programme, starting in February 2025 with Beate Trueck, Lot Heijke, Sandrine Rauter, Yvonne Tuinte and Peter Paanacker.
New! The successful completion of all parts of the programme including the assessment leads to a Certificate of Competency in two programmes: The Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Programme and the Finding Peace in a Frantic World Programme.
What you can expect
Enjoy getting away on long weekends in a beautiful retreat center and learn about mindfulness with like minded others, supported by a team on international teachers and spoilt by our cook Viannou with delicious organic food.
Here is what else you can expect
- Deepen your practice and understanding of Mindfulness
- Invest in your wellbeing
- Boost your personal growth
- Make new friends with an interest in meditation
- Figure out what it is that you have to offer the world
- Make an investment in your personal future
- Prepare a (career) change in your life
- Ability to share mindfulness in a skilful way with others
- Be kinder to and take better care of yourself
- Look for new ways to earn additional income
- Increase your self awareness and decrease reactivity
- Improve your concentration and focus
- Get certified in two leading mindfulness programmes
Features of the teacher training
- Internationally recognized programme in English
- Small group to deepen the experience and direct exchange with the trainers
- International team of senior trainers (with minimum 15 years of teaching experience)
- Possibility to exchange and work in small peer groups during the duration of the programme
- 8 weekend modules over the course of 15 months in a residential setting
- Beautiful location with delicious organic food and exclusive use of the location
- An online platform with all material in one spot (guidelines, meditations, handouts etc)
- Personal supervision and tutorial with one of the senior teachers
- Internationally recognized certification
- Competency in teaching two major mindfulness programmes
Watch our video why you should join a teacher training.
Location of the mindfulness teacher training
Our residential modules take place at the Retreat Centre La Maison du Chemin des Roches, Dongelberg in Wallonia, about 50 minutes from Brussels. The retreat centre is a true oasis of peace with a beautiful meditation hall, delicious organic, vegetarian food, a large garden and comfortable rooms. The accommodation is in single or double rooms with shared bathrooms. Our wonderful cook, Viannou, will take care of your wellbeing with fresh, organic and delicious food three times a day and additional tea and coffee breaks.
Dongelberg is a small village in the midst of the country side where you can go for nourishing walks amongst fields and meadows with sheep, horses, and cows. The garden of the retreat center has beautiful trees where you can rest or meditate and listen to the bird songs.
The residential setting offers the perfect opportunity to get away from the demands and the business of your daily life and to give yourself a healthy treat.
There will be six modules in Dongelberg and two in our beautiful location in Brussels.
Modules of the mindfulness teacher training
There are 8 immersive, residential modules taking place from February 2025 onwards, followed by a supervision and certification period. In total, there will be 21 full days of teaching.
- Module 1: 13 to 16 February 2025 (residential), start at 15.00
- Module 2: 4 to 6 April 2025 (residential), start 15.00
- Module 3: 27 - 29 June 2025 (residential), start 11.00
- Summer retreat (optional), not included in the fee: 9 to 13 July 2025 (residential)
- Module 4: 5 to 7 September 2025 (residential), Start 15.00
- Module 5: 6 December 2025 (online), start 10.00
- Module 6: 15 to 18 January 2026 (residential), start 15.00
Module 7: 14 February 2026 (online), start 10.00 - Module 8: 13 to 15 March 2026 (residential), start 11.00
Assessment period with supervision and certification
As of 2026 you will be able to organise your own pilot course and prepare for assessment. You will be required to book 4 supervision sessions with one of the teachers of the programme. The supervision is a gentle process in which we explore together your process, challenges and learnings during your teaching and personal practice. You can find more information about supervision here. For this process we will use the criteria of the internationally recognized MBI TAC, the mindfulness based intervention teaching assessment criteria. You will be required to prepare a written report and send in the recordings of your guided meditations that you have prepared for your pilot course as well as a video recording of one session of this course. This material will be reviewed by your supervisor and you will receive structured feedback on it.
Overview & Costs
Early bird rates for the program are as follows (until 30 June 2024):
Price incl. VAT:
- Pay-in-full: €4999 (€4131 excl VAT), Full fee €5199 (€4296 excl VAT)
- 2 Instalments: 2x €2750 (€2272 excl. VAT), Full fee €2850 (€2355 excl VAT)
- 6 instalments 6x €959 (€792 excl VAT), Full fee €992 (€819 excl VAT)
- 12 instalments of €499 (€394 excl VAT), Full fee €598 (€494 excl VAT)
Included in the fee
- The fee of the teachers for 21 days of teaching
- Full board accommodation for the six residential modules
- Course material such as handouts, guided meditations and videos/recordings
- Delicious organic vegetarian meals during the residential modules
- Snacks, tea and coffee throughout the day
- Exclusive use of the entire location and its beautiful garden (in Dongelberg and Brussels)
- Structured review of your progress and assignments
- A 60-minute tutorial with one of the head teachers
- Certificate of completion provided that you participated in all modules
Not included in the fee
- Summer retreat
- Books
- Single room fee (€30 per night)
- Linen and towels at the retreat center (€20 per stay)
- Lunch during the Brussels modules
EXTRA:
Supervision and assessment of your pilot course (€480):
this fee includes 4 supervision sessions, structured feedback, a supervision report and, in case of successful assessment a certificate of competency in teaching the MBSR and Finding peace in a frantic world programme.
Some feedback from former participants of the training
"Signing up for the teacher training with Brussels Mindfulness was one of the best decisions I’ve made, both personally and professionally. The retreat-like modules were deep and nourishing, my peer group kept me on track and gave me the confidence to start teaching, and my pilot course helped me realise how much I had learnt and how good it feels to share these practices with others. I can’t recommend the training enough. Even if you’re not 100% sure you want to teach, I would invite you to consider it as a means of deepening your own practice and for the sense of community, both during and after the training." - Steve D
"When I engaged in the training I was not sure if I would like to become a mindfulness teacher. I only wanted to deepen my journey in a structured way with like-minded people. The training has given me so much more than what I was expecting. It has been transformative, enriching and given me an enormous number of tools and skills. At my work people have asked me to guide lunch-time meditation sessions and they keep on asking for more. It is such a joyful and deeply rewarding experience to provide these sessions that now I am seriously considering of giving an 8-week course." – Course participant.
"This Teacher Training is so much more than I expected it to be. Learning about Mindfulness and MBSR is one thing. Becoming a well-equipped teacher is another and - if you ask me - essential criterium when you aspire to add value and coach people towards growth in (mindfulness) trainings. I'm happy to see this often very practical training is at the core of this. What I appreciate a lot personally is that this training is not only about the 'good news show' of mindfulness. We also spend time exploring criticism, different opinions, available research, history and future of mindfulness training." – Niels Piette, course participant.
"I am so grateful that I have chosen this training. Jake is such a wonderful teacher and he really knows how to teach in a way to engage everyone. It is really fun to come to the modules and meet the other participants who have become real friends for me. The morning and evening meditation sessions are wonderful moments to deepen my practice and to come to rest. This will change your life for ever- in a positive direction- an absolute must if you are interested in mental growth and wellbeing!" – Course participant.
"The teacher training combines passion for mindfulness with a professional approach to teaching it. It strengthened my own meditation practice and gave me excellent guidance on how to practically implement an MBSR course. I would sign up straight away again!" – Course participant.
"The Teacher Training programme has been one of the best learning experiences in my life. It sets very high academic standards in an environment that fosters openness, creativity and a deep human bond." – Elena Prokhorova, course participant.
Application requirements
Prior to your application you should have:
- Followed an 8-week mindfulness course as a participant in a group
- Completed some form of higher education (at least Bachelor’s degree).
- Attended at least one retreat day (click here for our days of nourishment and retreats)
- Have a daily meditation practice for a few months prior to the teacher training
To book your spot at the teacher training you are requested to fill in the form and send an advance payment of 499€. This amount will be deducted from the overall fee once you are accepted into the training. Please make sure you have proof for all the requirements before applying for this training. Should there be any doubts concerning your application we will contact you for a call. Should you not fulfil the application requirements your advance payment will be fully reimbursed.
Enrol now to benefit from our early bird discount of €200 until 30 June 2024
Questions?
Do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions. For administrative and practical questions, please contact info@brusselsmindfulness.be. For questions about our courses and events, have a look at our FAQ.
If you want to discuss something directly with the teacher, you can contact Beate Trück via beate.trueck@brusselsmindfulness.be.
Many thanks for your registration. We look forward to meeting you in the course.
Health & Well-being Guidelines - In-person
While meditation and well-being courses, workshops and other in-person events can be very nourishing; they can demand some stability of psychological health and can be triggering for some people.
Have you experienced significant trauma or psychiatric illness, or are your currently struggling with your mental health such as with anxiety, depression, or burnout? If so, it's important for you and the mindfulness trainer to discuss your specific situation as they might not be able to give you the kind of individual psychological care and support you need right now.
If you are currently under the care of a mental health professional, please discuss your attendance with them. You should be in a relatively stable period of mental well-being and have adequate psychological resilience.
Please fill in the questions in the registration form as open and honestly as possible to give us an idea of your current situation. The teacher of the event may reach out to you for more information.
We also ask that if you are feeling ill to consider not attending the class, for the health and safety of the trainer and others in the group. Listening to your body and taking rest can also be an important act of self-care.
If you are unsure, or have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us directly at info@brusselsmindfulness.be.
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