Mindful kickboxing mental health services

Mindful kickboxing for clients in mental healthcare

Mindful kickboxing GGZ is a body-oriented training for clients in mental healthcare. Through breathing, movement, focus, and physical exercises, clients learn to regulate tension better, feel their boundaries, develop more self-confidence, and be more firmly present in their bodies.

Not from performance or toughness, but from attention, presence, and connection. Safe, attuned, and fitting within the context of mental healthcare.

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Safe and customized

A training where regulation, resilience, and confidence come together.

  • Body-oriented
  • Recovery support
  • Group-oriented
  • Customization
ExperienceTraining within an addiction clinic on Ibiza and current experience within Dutch mental healthcare institutions.
FocusRegulation, feeling boundaries, resilience, release, and self-confidence.

Why this works

Mindful kickboxing in mental health care as an avenue to peace, firmness, and connection

Sometimes it's necessary not only to talk about tension or boundaries, but also to actually learn to recognize them in the body.

Mindful kickboxing is an experiential method where participants practice breathing, focus, posture, rhythm, and simple kickboxing forms. Through movement, access is often gained to what is more difficult to reach with words.

By safely practicing strength, alignment, and presence, participants learn to better feel what is happening in their bodies. This helps to release tension, experience clearer boundaries, and connect with themselves and others with more awareness.

  • From the head and back into the body
  • Release stress and unrest in a healthy way
  • Experience more focus, presence, and body awareness
  • Learning to feel and set boundaries
Mindful kickboxing mental health services

For whom and how

Tailored to clients, setting, and affordability

These training sessions are intended for clients within mental healthcare and are always tailored to the target audience, support context, and the group's resilience.

For whom

Clients in mental health care

Suitable for groups in outpatient support, day programs, residential locations, and recovery-oriented programs where body-oriented work can be a valuable addition.

  • during tension, unrest, or overstimulation
  • in case of uncertainty or low self-esteem
  • difficulty feeling or setting boundaries

What participants experience

More peace and inner strength

The training invites you to feel, practice, and remain present. The goal is not to perform perfectly, but to set something in motion that supports recovery and growth.

  • more rest in the body
  • more self-confidence and personal space
  • more connection in the group

Structure

Safe and clearly structured

A session combines deceleration and activation. Participants are guided step by step through a clear and safe progression.

  • Arrive with breathing and grounding
  • simple techniques, focus, and partner exercises
  • completion with reflection and integration

For settings

When this training fits well within a healthcare setting

Mindful kickboxing can be used as supplementary, recovery-supportive training in settings where there is a need for increased body awareness, regulation, and activation. It can open up things in groups experiencing significant tension, withdrawal, or overload that don't always happen through conversation alone.

  • Alignment with the setting

    The training is adapted to the target audience, space, group size, and support context.

  • Safety first

    Clarity, pace, and boundaries are a standard part of every session.

  • Supportive of recovery

    Not a treatment, but a powerful method that can support recovery, awareness, and self-direction.

Practical

Custom solutions for mental healthcare institutions in the Netherlands

The training can be offered as a standalone workshop, a series, or a recurring group program. Together, we will determine what best suits your clients, team, and objectives.

  • on location in the Netherlands
  • for small or medium-sized groups
  • possible as a workshop, series, or program
  • in consultation with supervisors, coordinators, or therapists
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Experiences

These reactions show how mindful kickboxing and Nicole's way of guiding resonate with participants and groups.

I did the mindful kickboxing training with Nicole. It helped me immensely to get out of my head and into my body, and it awakened the lioness within me. It's much more than just a kickboxing workout.

Danielle DoeveFounder of Hartskracht & HeartFire

The Holistic Health course day at the UMC was a valuable and interesting course day. Nicole involves the group well, asks good questions, and creates a lot of interaction. The mindful kickboxing at the end of the day was also very good.

Lydia van ManenUMC Nurse

Good self-care is essential in hospitals, and the Holistic Health program is exactly what we need. The mental resilience in the program is incredibly valuable. Nicole really connects with her audience and has a keen sense of what's going on.

Kirsten KarsijnsUMC Nurse

What Nicole brings is both gentle and powerful. She helps people release tension, be more present, and connect with themselves and others with more confidence.

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About Nicole

Experience in both training and care

I am Nicole, a Holistic Lifestyle Coach and trainer. My work focuses on strengthening body awareness, inner strength, and autonomy. For me, mindful kickboxing is a way to move people not only physically but also mentally and emotionally.

On Ibiza, I did this work in an addiction clinic where I experienced firsthand how powerful body-oriented training can be in a recovery process. Additionally, I am currently working as an outpatient employee within various mental healthcare institutions in the Netherlands.

This allows me to understand not only the power of training but also the daily reality of mental healthcare from the inside out. For me, safety, pace, trust, and alignment are not extras, but the foundation of how I work.

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Getting acquainted

Are you curious what mindful kickboxing can do for your clients?

I'm happy to brainstorm with you about a suitable format for your location, target audience, or program. Whether it's a single workshop or a series of training sessions, we'll explore together what best suits the people you work with.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mindful Kickboxing Mental Health Services

Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about mindful kickboxing within mental healthcare and recovery-oriented support.

Mindful kickboxing mental health care is a body-oriented training in which clients practice breathing, focus, posture, boundaries, and self-confidence. It is not about performing or fighting, but about feeling, regulating, and gradually being more present and grounded in the body.

The training is suitable for clients in outpatient support, day activities, residential locations, and recovery-oriented programs. The exercises will be tailored to the group's capacity, safety, and needs.

No, mindful kickboxing is not a substitute for treatment or therapy. It is a recovery-supportive and body-oriented method that can contribute to greater awareness, self-regulation, boundaries, and personal agency.

No, experience is not required. The training is accessible, safe, and built up in a calm manner. The focus is on body awareness, breathing, making contact with boundaries, and increasing confidence.

Yes, mindful kickboxing can be offered on-site within a healthcare institution, practice, day care, or recovery-oriented setting. The format and duration will be tailored to the target audience and organization.

Clients can gain more contact with their bodies, learn to recognize tension better, feel boundaries more clearly, and build more self-confidence. The training supports calm, focus, stability, and more conscious emotional processing.

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