Mindfulness-based supervision establishes a safe place for you, as a Mindfulness teacher or teacher-in-training, to explore your teaching strengths as well as your challenges. It focuses not only on your teaching, but also on your personal mindfulness practice and how it impacts on your work and everyday life.

For whom?

Supervision can be undertaken by anyone who is teaching mindfulness in any format, whether teaching MBSR, MBCT, Introductory programmes or other Mindfulness-based interventions. You may be newly qualified in teaching Mindfulness and are looking for support and mentoring as you deepen your understanding of the course curriculum and the dynamics of your group.  Perhaps you are already an experienced mindfulness teacher and would like to explore a specific aspect or issue in your teaching or you are looking for a new supervisor. The guidelines for good practice for mindfulness teachers recommend regular supervision if you are teaching mindfulness-based courses or retreats. 

Mindfulness based Supervision can also support you in exploring and deepening your personal practice, even if if you are not currently teaching.

For whom?

How does it unfold?

You may come to a session with a particular issue that is relevant to your work or practice, something you are wondering about, or any challenges you may have encountered during your course. Through a process of inquiry, we can explore these issues together. The sessions are very much a collaborative process, based on mutual respect and care.

The supervision session itself creates a container that includes elements of mindfulness practice and supports embodied presence and compassion.

If you are a teacher trainee at Brussels Mindfulness, you are required to attend four supervision sessions during your pilot course. You will need to submit a 1000-word reflection at least two days before each supervision session, which will be used as the basis for our exploration. If you are not part of the teacher training, no formal preparation is required.

If you are a mindfulness practitioner looking to deepen your journey without necessarily teaching, you are welcome to explore a particular aspect of the curriculum or further develop your guidance of a specific practice. You may be starting your teaching career, offering introductory courses and workshops. You may also be wondering how to adapt your teaching to the needs of a specific population or how best to support participants with particular needs. All of this, and more, can be considered in Mindfulness-based Supervision.

Meet your supervisor: Beate Trück

Beate brings more than a decade of personal mindfulness meditation practice and teaching in various settings to the supervision space. As an MBSR Teacher Trainer and a certified supervisor, she is passionate about supporting mindfulness teachers in immersing themselves in this curriculum and witnessing the powerful effects of MBSR and other mindfulness interventions unfold with their groups.

Beate has completed a 12-month, in-depth training for mindfulness supervisors with Lot Heijke (The Netherlands), Günter Hudasch and Petra Meibert (Germany), and Camilla Sköld (Sweden), all of whom are mindfulness teachers, trainers, and supervisors with extensive international teaching experience. In 2018, she trained in the use of MBI-TAC with Rebecca Crane, and in 2021, she completed both the foundational and advanced training in trauma-sensitive mindfulness with David Treleaven.

Meet your supervisor: Beate Trück

As well as her work with the general public, over the past decade, she has introduced mindfulness to numerous international organisations throughout Belgium and Europe, working with staff from the European institutions, corporate companies, educational and training settings, healthcare, senior groups, and more. This has required adapting her teaching to meet the needs of a wide and varied audience. Beate has specific experience working with senior executives and leadership programmes in international organisations.

Beate has committed to regular supervision since she first began teaching and is fortunate to have Claude Maskens as her mentor. She has found that supervision is a rich learning environment—a space where teachers can safely continue to refine their teaching skills and explore their edges and vulnerabilities. She works in English, Dutch, German, and French, with some knowledge of Spanish and Italian.

Interested in mindfulness-based supervision?

We look forward to meeting you and supporting you in developing your own teaching and personal practice!  Click on the button below to get in touch.

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