Table 1.

Weekly topics and session activities of the MBEC intervention

Week	Topics	Group objectives	Session Contents/activities
1.	Increase awareness and live in the present moment	• Understand the goals and schedule of the intervention • Understand the meaning of living in the present moment and its impact on daily life	• Introduction to the MBEC program (10 min) • Mindful seeing and mindful eating (raisin exercise) (30 min) • Discussion (10 min)
2.	Organize thoughts:	• No thoughts about the past or the future • Be completely present in each moment	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Diaphragmatic breathing (15 min) • Mediation (15 min) • Discussion (10 min)
3.	Be aware of your own body	• Understand your own body and feelings through stretching exercises	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Gentle yoga (30 min) • Discussion (10 min)
4.	Seek for true self	• Accept and detect your own bodily conditions	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Body scan (30 min) • Discussion (10 min)
5.	Integration of body and mind	• Connect your experience through feelings not thoughts	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Walking and sitting meditation (30 min) • Discussion (10 min)
6.	Knowing what you like and dislike	• Be interested in unpleasant experiences, rather than avoid them	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Sharing of (un)pleasant events and non-avoidance exercise (30 min) • Review of previous exercises/Discussion (10 min)
7.	Reality and thoughts	• Know that thoughts are just a psychological activity, not reality	• Reflection of last week (10 min) • Guided imagination (30 min) • Review of previous exercises/discussions (10 min)
8.	Take care of self and keep learning	• Be benevolent to self, no harshness • Allow things to be as they are • Do not attempt to change	• Reflection of seven weeks (10 min) • Loving-kindness mediation (15 min) • Review of previous exercises/discussions (15 min) • General feedback and sharing of the program