Mindfulness Training: the Effects of a Stress Reduction Program on Older Portuguese-speaking People in Luxembourg

Inclusion Criteria: * Portuguese-speaker Migrants over 55 years old, residing in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg the Greater Region; * Mastery of written and spoken Portuguese; * Subjects without cognitive impairment (The Mini Mental State Examination - MMSE, cut-off of \< 22 will be adopted since most of participants are expected to have low education level -Kochhann et al, 2010) * Subjects with a full capacity of consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous (up to 2 years before) or actual weekly participation in formal meditation, yoga or mindfulness-based interventions * Concomitant participation in other kind of enhancement intervention in group, e.g., cognitive training, psychological therapy * Severe hearing or visual impairment (not corrected) * Severe medical condition requiring intensive medical care that makes it difficult to participate in the group sessions * Refusal to sign the informed consent * Diagnosis of dementia * Clinical neurodegenerative illness, psychotic disorder, unstable psychiatric condition which makes it difficult to participate in groups, posttraumatic stress disorder or history of trauma, individuals with acute psychosis, mania, suicidality or alcohol chronic or other substance abuse within the last 6 months (cutoff: 2 points at the Adult DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure)