Mindfulness in Amsterdam

The Office Spa offers mindfulness at work and private  in Amsterdam in corporation with The MindBody Lab in the form of Dynamic Mindfulness.

Why Dynamic Mindfulness?

Long-lasting stress, without periods of healthy rest and recovery, gradually cause mental problems. These include anxiety, loss of energy, loss of interest in work, insomnia, burnout, and depression. Research has shown that stress can lead to mental health problems and burnout. Furthermore, sitting long hours without movement at work can cause serious health risks, a Harvard study shows.

To deal with stress and lack of movement at work, we might do yoga, meditation, and sports once or twice a week,  before or after work or during the weekend. However, we hardly practice mindfulness or movement during our hours at work, where we actually need it the most.

This is where the Dynamic Mindfulness offers a solution. Dynamic Mindfulness combines easy, time-efficient, and highly effective mindfulness meditation with light physical exercise/movements which release the typical  “office stress” areas (neck, shoulders, and back). It’s a guided group session between 30-80 minutes. Practicing this meditation mid-day will leave you with its benefits for the rest of your workday.

What are the benefits of  Dynamic Mindfulness ?

Dynamic Mindfulness helps to:

• identify stress more quickly and subsequently do something about it;
• become more connected to your body;
• become more self-aware and vital;
• learn to express and share “shame” with colleagues in a safe and constructive way and  therefore communicate easier with colleagues;
• have more focus, are more creative and perform better;
• release stress and “stuck” energy via highly effective time efficient, easy, practical, playful meditation, movement and exercises.

The Dynamic Mindfulness is inspired by “classic” mindfulness and a combination of the most efficient traditional and modern movement practices.

Mindfulness 

Mindfulness simply means paying attention to the moment-to-moment experience. It is all about awareness and living in the present moment.

Mindfulness – being aware – is a powerful resource for the functioning of people and teams at work. 

What is Dynamic Mindfulness ?

Dynamic Mindfulness combines  both gentle and more intense active healing exercises which relieve stress, transforms negative patterns, and helps us to be balanced and healthy. It increases our enjoyment and appreciation of life. 

Many meditative techniques require one to sit still and silent. But for most of us accumulated stress in our bodymind makes that difficult. Before we can hope to access our inner powerhouse of consciousness, we need to let go of our tensions.

This form of mindfulness is a quick, deep , yet gentle and thorough way to break old, ingrained patterns in the bodymind .

 

The Dynamic Mindfulness 8 Weeks 8 Steps Challenge

What do you learn in The Dynamic Mindfulness 8 Weeks 8 Steps Challenge ?

The MindBody Lab offers an in-company and also a private 8 weeks 8 Steps program:

This an effective and efficient, 8-weeks training in Dynamic Mindfulness  at work. In a group. Learning to deal with attention, stress, releasing the autopilot, saving your energy balance and communication at work. This training helps you to deal better with stress and get more vitality, focus and creativity in the workplace. 

The coach for the Dynamic Mindfulness 8 Weeks 8 Steps Challenge is Ivar van Hoorn, he’s an allround stress specialist:  he works as a chairmassage therapist at companies like Microsoft, Booking.com and also TQ, He’s given in-company mindfulness coaching at organizations like Gemeente Amsterdam, Salonized, Egon Zender and PR.CO.

After a decade of working in the corporate film industry during the week and partying a little too much on the weekend, he got a burn-out and a depression. In his quest for healing he explored all kinds meditation, yoga and other movement practices. From 2008 to 2010 he lived , worked as a filmmaker, studied  and practiced in a Buddhist Community in Southern France. It is his goal and passion to bring mindfulness and movement into the workplace in an effective, efficient, accessible, humorous way.

He believes at the workplace there is the most potential to deal with stress via the integration of meditation and movement exercises, since it is the place where we generally spent most of our time.

His latest project is The MindBody Lab, which combines meditation and movement “stress hacks” from the most effective, efficient and accessible sources.

Introduction events for Dynamic Mindfulness

There are also customized introduction and “taster ” events possible from for instance 45-80 minutes.

For more information about the Dynamic Mindfulness programs and events ask Ivar van Hoorn  or via: ivar@themindbodylab.nl .

Clients of the past, present & future  :
Salonized, Egon Zehnder, Fusiref (TATA Steel), Gemeente Amsterdam, PR.CO, OmnicomPRgroup, TQ.