Een voorstel voor duikcentra
Mindful Diving Center — Met aandacht duiken
Green Fins helpt duikers de oceaan te beschermen.
Mindful Diving™ helpt duikers daarin volledig aanwezig te zijn.
Een logische volgende stap
Veel duikcentra zetten zich al in voor duurzaamheid, bescherming van het zeeleven en verantwoord duiken. Mindful Diving™ voegt daar een dimensie aan toe: hoe beleven we de duik? Mindful Diving is geen extra technische certificering. Het biedt een manier van onder water zijn, gebaseerd op aanwezigheid, bewustzijn, verbinding en intentie. Het vormt een aanvulling op bestaande opleidingen van SSI, PADI, Green Fins en andere organisaties.
Het kader
VOORAF
Bereid je aandacht voor voordat je het water ingaat.
Ademhaling · intentie · bewustzijn · emotionele bereidheid · verbinding met de oceaan
BELOW
Verander hoe we onder water zijn.
Aanwezigheid · bewust ademen · drijfvermogen · waarnemen · niet verstoren · verbinding met het zeeleven
BETWEEN
Neem de ervaring mee naar de oppervlakte.
Reflectie · bewustwording · delen · integratie · leren van de duik
DAARNA
Laat duiken doorwerken in hoe we leven.
Verbinding · welzijn · verantwoordelijkheid voor het milieu · zingeving · bewust handelen
Wat Mindful Diving™ voor je centrum kan betekenen
- Een onderscheidende ervaring voor gasten.
- Een diepere verbinding tussen duiker en oceaan.
- Hulpmiddelen die passen in bestaande briefings en duiken.
- Een nieuwe dimensie van waarde voor instructeurs en gidsen.
- Een kader voor betekenisvolle ervaringen die bijblijven.
- Erkenning als Mindful Diving Center.
Mindful Diving vervangt je bestaande brevetten van duikorganisaties, milieuprogramma’s of veiligheidsnormen niet. Het bouwt erop voort.
Waarom nu?
Duikers zoeken steeds vaker ervaringen die verder gaan dan het zien van zeeleven. Ze willen verbinding voelen, aanwezig zijn en deel uitmaken van de oceaan, in plaats van die alleen te bezoeken. Een duik kan technisch uitstekend en ecologisch verantwoord zijn, en tegelijk een diepgaande verandering teweegbrengen. Mindful Diving schept de voorwaarden voor die ervaring.
Een mogelijke pilot
01
Voorstellen
Een korte Mindful Diving-sessie voor je instructeurs en gidsen.
02
Ervaring
Een begeleide aandachtige duik met eenvoudige oefeningen in aanwezig zijn.
03
Reflecteer
Een kort integratiemoment na de duik.
04
Verkennen
Hoe Mindful Diving deel kan worden van de gastbeleving en de ontwikkeling van instructeurs in je centrum.
Alle duikorganisaties leren duikers wat ze onder water moeten doen. Wij ontwikkelen een manier om ze te leren hoe ze daar aanwezig kunnen zijn.
Center partnership
A clearer guest experience. A practical center partnership.
Give your team a shared readiness check, a considered briefing and a short reflection after the dive. Start with one guest package, learn from its delivery, then grow at your own pace.
Centers, PROs and partners: roles and fees
Center / operator
Owns guest bookings and diving operations. Agrees the guest price, logistics, instructor and payment allocation. Its membership does not affiliate its whole team.
MDI PRO
An individually affiliated professional. Teaches and assesses within verified authority; earns the agreed teaching fee. PRO-1 covers MD-1/MD-2; PRO-2 adds MD-3. MD-4/MD-5 need Institute arrangements.
Federation / community partner
Contributes experience, convenes members and helps shape the pilot. May work with an operating host without becoming a center. Agrees attribution, costs and public endorsement. Partnership alone grants no teaching rights or standard referral reward.
Diver / participant
Receives one clear inclusion and cost summary, uses an individual email and completes the applicable learning, practice and assessment. A community demonstration does not award certification.
Membership is separate from enrollment and teaching: Founding PRO €111.00/year; Seed €190.00 in the first year. Confirm Founding eligibility, renewals and previous payments. Seed and the audited Seal are distinct services. Certification credits are also separate from teaching fees.
See all fees and termsPlan the first cohort · fees, people and next steps
Build a draft together. Blank costs stay ‘To agree’. Download a copy before leaving; this page does not save your draft or contact anyone.
Center collects: retain the reward in MDI’s net invoice. Codes follow payment confirmation. Full-price eligible first enrollments only; team training, repeats, discounts and bundles are excluded. One credited partner per enrollment.
Group estimate · 1 person
- Guest total (before any separately agreed extras)
- To agree
- Online tuition included in that total
- €111.00
- Center reward
- €50.00
- Independent PRO referral
- €0.00
- MDI allocation
- €61.00
- Practical balance after entered teaching / operating costs, before taxes
- To agree
MD-1: 2 published supervised water sessions
- Confirm entry requirements and assessor authorization before booking practical delivery.
Use a group summary here; collect participant names and readiness information through the secure process. Confirm any agency course, its fees and instructor authority with its provider. Agency dives do not automatically fulfil MDI session requirements.
- Name the coordinator and authorized PRO; confirm prerequisites and the session/assessment plan.
- Agree inclusions, exclusions, taxes, payer, payment date, weather, cancellations and refunds before taking bookings.
- Collect each participant’s own name/email through the secure roster; confirm online access and practical dates.
- Record delivery, verify academic work separately, reconcile payments and review the first cohort before setting the next rate.
DRAFT - confirm the written agreement before booking. This estimate does not issue an invoice, grant access or certify a participant.
Your center earns €50–€250 for each eligible paid MD level, as shown below.
| Level | Online price | Center earns | Net MDI invoice |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD-1 | €111.00 | €50.00 | €61.00 |
| MD-2 | €111.00 | €50.00 | €61.00 |
| MD-3 | €222.00 | €100.00 | €122.00 |
| MD-4 | €333.00 | €150.00 | €183.00 |
| MD-5 | €555.00 | €250.00 | €305.00 |
Eligible MD-1, MD-2 and MD-3 enrollments include the MDI certification fee when assessed by an authorized PRO at the credited center; no additional €11 or €22 credit is deducted. MD-4 and MD-5 practical training, assessor and panel arrangements are agreed separately with the Institute. Buying online access does not grant teaching or trainer authorization. You set your guest water-session price, pay the delivering PRO the agreed teaching fee, and retain the balance before other operating costs and taxes.
Plan each level and its assessment
- MD-1: Entry pathway: online learning, required supervised water sessions and assessment by an authorized PRO.
- MD-2: Confirm MD-1 readiness, complete advanced learning and water assessment. PRO-1 or PRO-2 within their verified agency rating.
- MD-3: Confirm the preceding levels; arrange the Leadership Practicum and an authorized PRO-2 or Institute assessor.
- MD-4: Confirm the preceding levels and active agency instructor rating; agree an authorized Instructor Trainer, Teaching Practicum, portfolio and sign-off with MDI.
- MD-5: Confirm MD-4 and Institute admission; agree the Trainer Academy, supervised MD-4 cohort, portfolio and panel review. Trainer authorization is an Institute decision.
One center reward per learner per level, after payment and access activation. MDI-collected rewards become payable after a 30-day refund hold and are settled monthly following payment review. Complimentary places, team training, repeat enrollments, bundles, discounted purchases and seat packs do not qualify. A center reward and a PRO referral share cannot apply to the same enrollment. Refunds reverse the reward; a dispute pauses settlement pending review.
Choose the payment route for each booking. MDI collects through your center link and pays the reward monthly. Or your center collects one guest payment: select the level and request named seats, accept MDI’s net invoice and receive email-bound access codes once payment is confirmed. The level’s EUR reward is retained in that invoice, never paid twice. Both the course and net invoice are in EUR; no currency conversion is needed.
Independent PRO referrals remain 20% under the PRO terms. The center booking link you open before checkout selects the center; use a PRO link for independent referrals. Water teaching and certification permissions remain separate from earnings.
Supervised water sessions
Keep three amounts clear: the online course and center reward, the agreed PRO teaching fee, and diving logistics. A center can collect one guest payment and pay the assigned PRO the agreed teaching amount. Boat, equipment, instructor dive costs, travel and any taxes must be itemized in the quote. Complimentary online access does not include practical instruction.
There is no universal water-session tariff. Introductory pilot rates apply only to the named cohort; future rates are agreed after review. MD-4 and MD-5 require a bespoke total quote and Institute approval of the teaching or assessment plan.
- 01Check the learner’s preceding levels; agree the authorized teacher or assessor, who invoices and all practical costs.
- 02Add each team member’s name and email; nominate the instructor who will complete the pathway.
- 03Complete the online learning and arrange required water training and assessment.
- 04Launch one guest package; review the first delivery and its settlement together.