MRP Advanced Level

Designed for experienced practitioners, this one-year Mind Retreat Program invites you to go beyond the intermediate stage and explore the deeper dimensions of mindfulness. Over the course of 12 months, you are guided into a more profound understanding of the practice and encouraged to make it a steady part of everyday life.

At this level, the focus shifts toward the philosophy behind mindfulness, offering new perspectives that can support meaningful inner change. By seeing yourself through a renewed lens, you create space to move beyond long-held pain and into greater clarity.

Why Choose MRP Advanced Level?

This advanced program is carefully structured to help participants develop a more complete grasp of mindfulness teachings. Through thoughtful insights and practical methods, it supports lasting results and a deeper connection to the practice.

Who Should Enroll?

This level is suited to those who want to work through stress, burnout, emotional ups and downs, or who are simply looking for more stability and spiritual meaning in life. It offers a supportive path for anyone ready to deepen their mindfulness journey.

Program Highlights

• Duration: one year of immersive mindfulness training
• Transformative learning: build on the strong impact of the Intermediate Level
• Philosophical insights: explore the deeper philosophy of mindfulness
• Practical techniques: learn and apply methods that support sustainable personal growth

What you'll learn

Mindfulness assessment

The program begins with a detailed assessment process that combines theory and practice. Through repeated exercises, participants gain insight into their strengths, notice areas that need attention, and gradually build more mindfulness energy. During the first eight months, you are encouraged to follow a structured weekly practice plan and share it with peers and instructors to support progress and accountability.

Reflection is an important part of the journey. By regularly noting challenges, improvements, insights, and exercises that need repetition, you contribute to your own development and to the shared learning of the mindfulness community.

Advanced Body Mindfulness Techniques

The body becomes a key anchor in this stage of practice, helping you cultivate deeper awareness and strengthen your connection to mindfulness energy. Building on the body-mindfulness techniques introduced in the Trainers Module, these advanced methods emphasize patience, consistency, and mindful repetition.

As you refine these practices, your body supports both your personal growth and your ability to guide others. It becomes a starting point and a reliable companion in deepening awareness.

Advanced Sense Mindfulness Techniques

These techniques are designed to deepen your relationship with the senses and the sensations they create. As sensitivity increases, you become more able to detach from deeper problem areas in the body and release tension and blockages more effectively.

With regular practice, this approach strengthens sensory awareness and supports a more expansive experience of mindfulness and well-being.

Advanced Mood Mindfulness Techniques

This part of the program focuses on recognizing emotional states such as craving, delusion, and aversion. You will learn to observe how these moods arise and pass, gaining insight into their temporary nature and developing greater emotional resilience.

Through continued practice, you become more aware of your emotional landscape and better equipped to respond with clarity and balance.

Advanced Wisdom Mindfulness Techniques

These techniques deepen your understanding of the mind’s patterns and behaviors, helping you recognize the wisdom within your thoughts and actions. As your insight grows, so does your ability to see reality more clearly and navigate life with greater understanding.

Over time, these practices become a core part of your mindfulness path, supporting a more aware and wise way of living.

Cyclical practice

All techniques are practiced throughout the year in four-month cycles. Completing the mindfulness assessment three times within one year creates progressively deeper insight and prepares you for the Expert Level that follows.

MRP Advanced Retreat

A 7-day MRP Advanced Retreat is recommended alongside this program. If you have already joined the MRP Intermediate Retreat, you know the value of its impact. Places are limited, so early planning is advised.

The program

The Mind Retreat Program is a step-by-step journey from beginner to advanced mindfulness. The Beginner Level includes access to an online learning platform and mindfulness app with instructional videos, articles, guided sessions, motivational content, and practice schedules. It is designed to quiet the mind and strengthen your connection to the body, helping you notice signals such as stress.

At the Intermediate Level, the program runs as a 7-day retreat or 7 sessions over 12 weeks. The 14 mindfulness techniques covered at this stage create the foundation for moving into the Advanced Level.

The Advanced Level continues this progression with a 12-month commitment and includes advanced body mindfulness, sense mindfulness, mood mindfulness, and wisdom mindfulness techniques. These are practiced in four-month cycles, with assessments that provide deeper insight and prepare you for the Expert Level. A 7-day MRP Advanced Retreat is also recommended as a complement to the program.

Guidance from Master Niels

The program is guided by Master Niels, who offers attentive support throughout the study days. Unlike on-demand courses, this format emphasizes structured guidance and careful supervision, helping participants develop a deeper understanding of the practice.

Upcoming start date: 11 September 2026

Guided mindfulness sessions: held from 10 AM to 5 PM

If you live in the Netherlands, the sessions must be attended in person at Zonnebergstraat 18 in Wilp. You may bring your own lunch.

MRP Advanced Level with guidance from Master Niels: €1650

MRP Advanced Level (with guidance from Master Niels) - Registrations: €1550 (incl. VAT)

After payment is received, your participation is confirmed and you will receive an email with important information. If you have questions or have not received the confirmation email, please get in touch.

Some of the complaints that can be addressed with mindfulness

• Burnout
• Stress
• Overstrain
• Chronic diseases
• Tinnitus
• Tension headaches
• Anger and frustrations
• Difficulty of letting go
• Inability to relax
• Bottling up emotions
• Grief processing
• Overthinking
• Excessive worrying
• Doubts
• Concentration problems
• ADHD/ADD
• Anxiety (attacks)
• Trauma processing
• Relationship issues
• (Mild) Addictions
• Bad habits
• Dysfunctional desires
• Lack of meaning
• Indecisiveness

MRP Advanced Level – 12 months (11 study days)

MRP Beginner Level – 12 weeks (7 sessions)

MRP Intermediate Level – 7-day retreat or 12 weeks (7 sessions)

MRP Expert Level – 12 months (11 study days)