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The NVC Tree of Compassionate Connection

Hi All,

Over the summer I've been working on 'The NVC Tree of Compassionate Connection'. Now I'm ready to share it here. There are printable versions also available.

The Tree is a way of understanding the 'Big Picture' of NVC, including the intention to connect compassionately and the specific skills of self-empathy, empathy and expression. It makes it clear that the intention to connect compassionately is the heart wood of the tree. Compassionate connection means connecting in ways that lead to everyone's needs being valued and met. And it also makes clear that self-empathy is the roots of the tree. The extent to which we have grown the roots of self-empathy corresponds to the extent to which we can reach out to others through empathy and expression.

I hope this helps further the spread of compassionate communication in the world :-)

Posted Fri, 2012-08-31 15:03 by Shantigarbha

Fundraising letter from Hagit Lifshitz, Israeli NVC trainer

Dear Friends,

Here's a short film of an NVC event for Israeli and Palestinian woman:

http://youtu.be/kVWtU2TYKQk

Posted Sun, 2012-06-24 06:07 by Shantigarbha

Interview with Shantigarbha, co-leader of Israeli/Palestinian NVC training

I was interviewed as part of a documentary about the 9-Day NVC training I co-organised and co-led in January on the West Bank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBTVmff0K4&t=30s

More information about the training here: www.SeedofPeace.org

If I look rather intense, I think it was the crying that I was doing. With love and respect, Shantigarbha

 

Posted Thu, 2012-04-26 13:42 by Shantigarbha

9-Day Residential NVC Training for Palestinians and Israelis

This is an international retreat with an international team of trainers. We plan to be 50-60 people, living communally for nine days. We wish to respect and accommodate all religions and nationalities, so special food needs, prayer time and observance of Jews, Moslems and Christians will be respected. This training will be accessible to you if you speak English, Arabic or Hebrew. If you wish to support peace building and peace activists from all sides – please seriously consider applying. And please tell your friends and colleagues too!

Trainers
Shantigarbha (UK) www.seedofpeace.org
Roberta Wall (USA) www.steps2peace.com
Hagit Lifshitz (Israel) www.mifgash.org.il
Tarek Maassarani (USA): www.american.edu/sis/faculty/maassara.cfm
Sylvia Haskvitz (USA): www.ccjewishsoul.com and http://www.eatbychoice.net/
Guest trainer: Nafez Assaily (Hebron): www.lownp.com

Posted Wed, 2011-10-12 05:15 by Shantigarbha

9-Day Residential NVC Training for Palestinians and Israelis

EcoME - the venue

On this day of remembering, we'd like to invite you to a training that we are organizing near the Dead Sea for Palestinians and Israelis, plus others.

Trainers
Shantigarbha, CNVC.org certified trainer (UK): www.seedofpeace.org
Roberta Wall (USA): www.steps2peace.com
Hagit Lifshitz (Israel): www.mifgash.org.il
Plus other trainers to be announced.

Dates
29 December 2011 at 18:00 - Saturday, 07 January 2012 at 19:00.

Posted Sun, 2011-09-11 10:44 by Shantigarbha

Watch 'Empathy, what, why and how' - talk by Shantigarbha at the Buddhafield festival

This summer I had the opportunity to talk about empathy in a Buddhist context. I gave a talk entitled 'Empathy, what, why and how' at the Buddhafield Festival in the UK. It contains material from the book I've written on empathy (I'll let you know here when the book comes out - I'm currently negotiating with a US publisher). "Empathy is a compassionate understanding of another's experience. It's the basis of ethics and compassion. We develop it by expanding our 'natural' empathy through practise."

I'm delighted to have this record of a time when I was able to talk about empathy in a Buddhist context, in a way that I was happy with. Here's the link to the video

http://www.videosangha.net/video/Buddhafield-2001-Shantigarbha

Posted Tue, 2011-09-06 05:25 by Shantigarbha

Mindful Communication

Mindful Communication participantsI've spent the past 25 years practising mindfulness and learning, sometimes painfully, how to communicate effectively with a wide range of people. It's helped me to ask: how do I harness the power of mindfulness and empathy to increase trust and connection with others and myself?

Posted Fri, 2011-02-25 14:25 by Shantigarbha

NVC parenting arcticle in The Times (UK) and available online

Hi Everybody,

I'm delighted to say that the article on NVC parenting I helped a journalist from The Times write last year has appeared in print - yesterday (Tuesday 20th). I haven't seen it yet. However, Heidi (the journalist) sent me a link to the online version. The online version features Helen Bone, who has been attending my parenting workshops in Bristol, and my friend Sarah Ludford (who is also an independent NVC trainer).

I'm sad that I don't get a mention in the final version - I would have liked recognition for the work I put into supporting Heidi (and training Helen). :-( And at the same time, I'm delighted with what I interpret as Heidi's straightforward enthusiasm for NVC, and presenting stories from Helen and Sarah that demonstrate its effectiveness.

Here's the link to the online version:

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article7101960.ece

Posted Wed, 2010-04-21 05:53 by Shantigarbha

Video of poem of reconciliation from Sri Lankan NVC participant

Hi there,

Here's the link to the poem writen by a participant on a 10 day
Nonviolent Communication retreat in Sri-Lanka with people from both the
Singhal, Thamil and Muslim community.
The retreat was ogranized by Sandhi institute (sandhi.org) and the trainers were myself (Shantigarbha, seedofpeace.org) Liv Larson (www.friareliv.se/index.php/en), Kay Rung and Jeyanthy Siva (Director of the Sandhi Institute). For a fuller report, visit seedofpeace.org.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDZW42p_qI

Love and life, Shantigarbha

Posted Tue, 2010-03-02 12:04 by Shantigarbha

Celebrating the Sri Lankan residential training

Hi everybody,

Posted Tue, 2010-02-16 09:08 by Shantigarbha

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