Our Values
There’s no moving through life without being driven by underlying values
Our value system is always operating, but usually it’s on automatic pilot and unconscious. Yet when we look deeply, what we value is shaping our lives day-to-day, month-to-month, year- to-year. As a team we are inspired and committed to the following values in both shaping this new mindfulness organisation in the Netherlands, and in the delivery of our workshops, courses and retreats.
Compassionate
Compassion is at the heart of what we do. It gives us the courage and ability to show up in the present moment, also when being faced with difficulty or suffering. Compassion is the sensitivity to the suffering of self and others with the deep wish to relieve it. It is only when our heart is involved that real change can take place. Our practice is always dedicated to the well being of all sentient beings.
Engaged
We are curious about the interconnection between finding more inner peace through mindfulness practice and creating more peace in the outside world. We challenge ourselves and others by asking; How can mindfulness practice contribute towards an “environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just society”?
Compassion is at the heart of what we do. It gives us the courage and ability to show up in the present moment, also when being faced with difficulty or suffering. Compassion is the sensitivity to the suffering of self and others with the deep wish to relieve it. It is only when our heart is involved that real change can take place. Our practice is always dedicated to the well being of all sentient beings.
Engaged
We are curious about the interconnection between finding more inner peace through mindfulness practice and creating more peace in the outside world. We challenge ourselves and others by asking; How can mindfulness practice contribute towards an “environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just society”?
Systemic
We are dedicated to making the shift from being person-centered to system-centered; seeing the whole picture instead of just our part and recognize ourselves as active members in co-creating the systems that shape us. Systems thinking is a profound relational view where we acknowledge how we all exist interdependently, from which a deep care for all sentient beings and our planet Earth can arise naturally.
Inclusive
Inclusive means to us being curious about both the similarities and differences we have within and between us; realizing that by recognising and integrating differences systems survive, develop and transform. This requires sometimes uncovering the so-called hidden reefs, our deepest underlying expectations, assumptions and goals that can totally shape our experience if left unchecked and allowed to solidify.
We are dedicated to making the shift from being person-centered to system-centered; seeing the whole picture instead of just our part and recognize ourselves as active members in co-creating the systems that shape us. Systems thinking is a profound relational view where we acknowledge how we all exist interdependently, from which a deep care for all sentient beings and our planet Earth can arise naturally.
Inclusive
Inclusive means to us being curious about both the similarities and differences we have within and between us; realizing that by recognising and integrating differences systems survive, develop and transform. This requires sometimes uncovering the so-called hidden reefs, our deepest underlying expectations, assumptions and goals that can totally shape our experience if left unchecked and allowed to solidify.
For life
We want to live in the service of the sacredness of all life. Mindfulness practice can bring us in touch with our innate noble heart, to live sanely and gracefully with presence and a sense of strength and bravery in a world that is in a period of huge upheaval and transition. We are not looking for a quick fix, but are willing to invest in the long run; like planting seeds, to harvest a more sustainable well-being for all beings. We realize we cannot do this on our own and therefore want to create a space and sense of community where people feel ‘Here’s where I can be listened to. This is where I can be held’. Our intention is to build with the people who join our courses a community of practice together that can sustain and support us, a place to reconnect and for joined actions in contributing to a better world.
We want to live in the service of the sacredness of all life. Mindfulness practice can bring us in touch with our innate noble heart, to live sanely and gracefully with presence and a sense of strength and bravery in a world that is in a period of huge upheaval and transition. We are not looking for a quick fix, but are willing to invest in the long run; like planting seeds, to harvest a more sustainable well-being for all beings. We realize we cannot do this on our own and therefore want to create a space and sense of community where people feel ‘Here’s where I can be listened to. This is where I can be held’. Our intention is to build with the people who join our courses a community of practice together that can sustain and support us, a place to reconnect and for joined actions in contributing to a better world.
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