Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL)
A follow-up compassion training programme after a foundational course in mindfulness. Cultivate self-compassion, compassion for others and our planet.
Ancient wisdom and modern science confirm the beneficial effects of mindfulness and compassion. Fortunately, we can grow these qualities with practice, which is perhaps what the world needs more than ever.
MBCL is a compassion training programme, developed by the Dutch psychiatrist-psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher and trainer Erik van den Brink and the Dutch meditation teacher and mindfulness teacher and trainer Frits Koster.
It is recommended as a follow-up course after participating in a foundational course in mindfulness and helps to deepen the healing effects of mindfulness with exercises for cultivating compassion for yourself, others and the planet at large.
MBCL welcomes people in all their diversity and not exclude anyone on the basis of their gender, or their ethnic, cultural or religious background.
MBCL Blog
Comparing MBCL and MSC: Which Compassion Training Suits You?
If you are looking for the right compassion training, you might wonder which path is the best fit for your current practice. While both MBCL and MSC offer powerful tools to counter self-criticism, the differ in their structure and focus. This comparison will help you...
From self-hatred to self-compassion
During my last silent retreat, after a few days, an old memory suddenly came to mind: I remembered a situation in which I had not behaved particularly elegantly or wisely. The memory stuck with me and resurfaced regularly over the next few days, accompanied by various...
Compassion: The essential ingredient. My experience with MBCL
In this article Mindfulness Network Community volunteer, Kate Ensor invites us to join her journey on the mindfulness-based compassionate living pathway – what it means to begin, to stay with it and to grow through the process. By sharing her own lived experience,...