Seminar trip - mindfulness training in Iceland
My special 2023
Small group trip to the places of power in Iceland including mindfulness training
Mindfulness is the balancing of thoughts and feelings based on increased body and breath awareness
In small groups of 10 people we spend 2023
eight days in Iceland.
You will receive a selected supporting program that is a combination of Iceland experience, meditation, self-care and mindful handling of yourself. You will receive stress management techniques, pragmatically transmitted for practical transfer into everyday life.
You practice mindfulness and meditate at the power places in Iceland, which you can perceive more consciously during our hikes and let them work on you.
Our round trip to the places of power in Iceland:
- Golden Circle - Geysir - Gullfoss - ThingvellirHigh temperature area Haukadalur towards Hengill: hot springs and sofatars, bathing area in the middle of nature, Geo-Thermal-ParkSecret Lagoon,Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss, HeimatmuseumSaga-Museum, GluggafossLava MuseumElfen-Park in Hafnafjördur,outdoor area of blue Lagoon
Training content:
- Welcome meditation every morning with a specific topicMindful communication with yourself and othersAccepting/accepting yourselfCompassionate dealing with yourselfRecognizing the difference between perceiving and evaluatingBody perception through body scansFeeling yourself: the 2nd showerFocusing - packing and putting away simple yoga exercisesBreathing meditation, sitting and walking meditationSetting priorities - what is really valuable? Transfer of practice into everyday life
We explore the land of mindfulness, do the exercises in nature and can experience the special atmosphere of Iceland more intensively. After breakfast you will learn mindfulness exercises, which we then integrate into everyday life as a daily task during the hikes.
Hotels:
https://www.icelandairhotels.com/
http://www.smaratun.is/
http://eldeyhotel.is/
The trip is being planned. You are welcome to reserve a place in advance without obligation.
Limited number of participants: only 10 places available
Bus transfer from Kevlavik Airport to the hotel in Reykjavik by Flybus
7 nights including breakfast in the hotels mentioned above
All bus tours with a German-speaking guide
Implementation of the mindfulness training by seminar leader Sabine Ritz
daily guest care by Sabine Ritz
not included are:
Arrival to Iceland
Drinks and food, except breakfast
If you would like to book a twin room at a reduced cost, please call:
Tel. 05633-89 39 999
I look forward to meeting you.
Backgrounds:
Mindfulness and self-care are essential approaches to dealing with stress and pressure in a healthier way.
Self-care means: the ability to perceive the environment and one's own sensations, thoughts and bodily reactions openly, curiously and without judgement. It is an awareness of what is happening NOW.
Mindfulness training can help you to feel more relaxed again, to focus more on the here and now, to increase your ability to enjoy yourself, to train self-care, consisting of self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-compassion, on a daily basis in order to be able to act and be confident even in difficult situations feel.
Seen from the new perspective, things can appear differently, the focus is placed on the here and now, so that the "everyday catastrophes" that often take place in your mind are reassessed and you can therefore cope with your everyday life more resiliently.
- because as Marc Twain said: "I have lived through an infinite number of catastrophes in my life, very few have ever happened."
With MBSR (Mindfulness-Based-Stress Reduction), Prof. Jon Kabat-Zinn has developed a holistic method of body scan, small yoga exercises, walking and sitting mediation, which is used successfully worldwide to support burnout treatment, prophylaxis and stress management. Based on his approach, we practice the elements in individual sessions or in group courses and practice mindfulness based on the teachings
von Thich Nhat Hanh.
Scientific Findings:
Tobias Esch is a professor for integrative health care and promotion at the University of Witten/Herdecke and is considered one of the leading figures in integrative medicine. Quote: "Meditation gives us back control, it frees us from helplessness in the face of internal and external influences." Meditation unfolds its effects on the entire organism, as scientific studies have shown.
Compassion can be trained through dyad meditation:
Does daily meditation practice enhance our ability to feel compassion? The neuroscientist and psychology professor Tania Singer has investigated that compassion and empathy can be trained through dyad meditation.
It is meditation in the form of mindful communication.
After three months of dyad meditation for ten minutes a day, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to show structural changes in the brain in areas that are linked to the processing of compassion and perspective-taking.
In addition, Professor Elissa Epel, a psychologist specializing in biology and health, demonstrated that regular meditation slows down cell aging.
Meditation stimulates the neuroplasticity of our brain. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change as a result of experience or training. Both the anatomy and the function of our brain are permanently transformed by regularly practiced meditation. The entire organism is influenced, the meditator learns to cope better with stress and develops a more sensitive feeling for his body.