Day

This Practice Group begins with a "remembering" for inspiration, centering and connecting with ourselves. This is followed by a "check-in" when we share how we are, what we bring with us or what we hope to receive during the session. Activities include: short education exercises, empathy, role-plays, games and discussions. Participants can facilitate the group with prior arrangement with Rodger Sorrow

Time 7 - 9 PM Pacific

Donation $10

Open to all

• Transform conflict into understanding.
• Communicate effectively with family, friends, colleagus and strangers.
• Free yourself of habitual reactivity. 
• Go deep, have fun!

Third Annual NVC Santa Cruz Retreat.
In a spirit of play and community building, we invite you to the Santa Cruz Mountains to co-create a week of insightful learning, empathetic connections, and personal empowerment.
Jean Morrison, Kelly Bryson and Kristin Masters; bringing over 40 years of experience teaching NVC in the US and abroad. They will bring their rich experiences in diverse areas of expertise to explore:
• Love without conditions, expectations or demands
• Making our dreams come true - Taming our Jackals to unleash our Giraffe Vision
• Hearing Nonviolently
• Learning NVC thru Art, Play and interactive games
• Strategies, presentation skills and qualities for effective sharing of NVC
• Personality dynamics, core beliefs/needs, and jackal strategies
• Taming the Jackal Show
• Social Change
• Unconditional Parenting
• Absurdiveness Training - Humor in conflict resolution
• Conflict Improv
• Open Space Technology for everyone to offer and request workshops

In this four-week introduction to NVC we will learn how to practice the four basic NVC steps and experience the transformative power of compassion. 4 sessions on ThursdaysJune 19 – July 17 (No Class on July 3) from 7:45 to 9:45pm 08SPS41T Approved for CEUs The course will be held at:The New York Open Center83 Spring Street, Soho, NY212.219-2527www.opencenter.org Please register directly at the Open Center.Price for members USD 120 / Nonmembers USD 130 For further information about Nonviolent Communication please visit www.brooklynnvc.org or call 718.797-9525 The course will be held by Dian Killian, PhD (founder and director of Brooklyn NVC)

FEE REQUEST: $20/session or $60/4 sessions prepaid. No one turned away due to lack of funds -- work exchange and barter welcome.  | TIME: 7:15 pm - 9:30 pm one Friday each month, including April 11, May 16, and June 27, 2008 (contact Jeff for future dates) | DESCRIPTION: Most sessions will use the following format: a brief presentation of a particular NVC skill, followed by practice exercises and role playing real situations. Empathy and self-empathy are common themes, as well as compassionate honesty, gratitude, celebrating and mourning. Led by experienced facilitator.  Everyone welcome.  Contact Jeff for exact location and directions.

Go to http://nvctraining.com/courses/sts.html to register

A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Miki Kashtan, Author and Co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and the North America NVC Leadership Program, from Oakland, California, USA

"The Heart of the Matter" is one session that will be repeated two different days/times in an effort to accommodate the worldwide NVC community. Miki suggests taking both sessions because the class is so interactive, that different topics will arise and be explored in the two classes.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 • 9:30 - 11:30 AM PDT
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 • 6:00 - 8:00 PM PDT

* Do you want to increase your capacity to identify and connect with feelings and needs?
* Would you like to enhance your ability to translate judgments?

Many people experience tremendous hope for connection and a richer life when they encounter NVC, and often become discouraged after awhile as they attempt to integrate their excitement into usable skills. In particular, people often struggle with identifying and working with feelings and needs, and remain disconnected from need words even when able to identify them.

In this telecourse you will learn tips for how to identify and connect with feelings and needs, both your own and others’. The focus of this class is on skill more so than the depth of NVC consciousness we want to bring to our practice.

In this class you’ll learn skills and practices to:

* Identify your basic feeling “flavor” and increase your fluency with feeling words

* Recognize the needs hidden within hard-to-hear messages

* Focus on naming the full specificity of the need you notice

* Tune in to your body to sense when connection has been made

"Miki, I really admire the way you are able to be so present in the moment and are able to respond so well to what you see and sense. Just watching you in action makes this course worthwhile to me." — S.G., Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Fee: $19 USD: All registrants receive access to a recording of the course.

We will use NVC to discover the "yes" behind the "no". This will allow us to move past the fear of "no" and receive the gift that is there. Learn how to stay in the dialog and connect.

Trainers: Rodger Sorrow and/or Kathi Aichner

Fees: Sliding Scale $100 - $65, Church members $50

Location: Church of Truth, 609 E Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA

Register at http://www.communicationfromtheheart.com, print the form and mail it and your check to us.

NVC enables us to connect empathically with other people, and helps us
to help them to connect empathically with us. But what do you do when
you are feeling angry or upset to the extent that you don't want to
empathise with them? And they feel the same about you?! We call this
empathy collision, and on this day we will explore what is happening in
these situations and how we can get around this impasse. This day will
be practice oriented, to help you develop and rejuvenate your skill
with NVC.

Das Grundlagenseminar umfasst 5 Wochenenden (6./76., 22./23.8., 26./27.9., 24./2510. und 21./22.11., freitags 16.30-21.30, samstags 10.00-16.30), veranstaltet von der VHS. Anmeldung unter 06151 133035.

Inhalte: Einführung, die 4 Schritte, Schlüsselunterscheidungen, Wertschätzung ausdrücken, Selbsteinfühlung als Voraussetzung, um andere zu hören, Verantwortung für mein Tun übernehmen, Ärger vollständig ausdrücken, Nein sagen - Nein Hören, Glaubenssätze transformieren, Feedbackgeben und hören

Book a free place for one of these dynamic, interactive, live and fun introductory sessions on the 1st Wednesday of each month.

English - 7 - 7:45 p.m. GMT (8 - 8:45 p.m. Paris/Central European Time)

Réservez-vous une place gratuite pour une séance d'introduction dynamique, interactive et vivante !

Français - 20h00 à 20h45 (heure Paris) chaque 1er mercredi du mois.