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Restorative Circles offer ways for individuals, families, groups and communities to establish connection, discover meaning and recover power on profound levels. They create a forum for connecting empathically across differences and reaching agreements that support safety and well-being, both personally and within society.

This systemic approach guides communities in choosing how they would like to respond to future conflict – proactively preventing or diminishing harm – while also giving participants a real-life experience of the practical power of nonviolence to seed understanding and change in challenging contexts.

Developed in the shanty towns, schools, courts and prisons of urban Brazil, Restorative Circles are being used in a wide variety of contexts and countries, where creating the conditions for social justice, group cohesion, resilient relationships and personal healing are recognized as interconnected and vital.

The Circles support dialogue rooted in open-hearted clarity and tangible power-sharing - calling us to rethink our view of and response to living with others, while engaging with the challenge of consciously strengthening community well-being. The results open up revolutionary possibilities for furthering a culture of peace.

In these dynamic two days, Dominic Barter will present the evolution and practice of this work, and its application to diverse areas of our personal and collective lives. Through hands-on exploration of key concepts, grounded in a step-by-step process and illustrated by real world examples, we’ll apply the learning to participants’ issues and increase our ability to see and act from our shared humanity. Finally, we’ll rehearse the development of this new resource in a community of which we are part.

This event will be filmed; you will have the choice to not appear on the videotape.

Dominic Barter began developing restorative practices and systems in the mid 1990s, inspired by the social complexity of Rio de Janeiro, his adopted home, and his study with Marshall Rosenberg in Nonviolent Communication. Since 2004 he has been the training program director and consultant to the Brazilian Justice Department’s Restorative Justice pilot projects, in collaboration with UNDP, UNESCO, the Special Secretariat for Human Rights, local communities and State Secretaries for Education. In 2008 Dominic was a keynote speaker at the International Conference on Restorative Practices. He coordinates the Restorative Justice Project for the international Center for Nonviolent Communication.

CO-CREATING THE RESOURCES FOR THESE EVENTS AND THIS WORK:

We are committed to making this work available to all who request it.

It is offered in the spirit of a gift.

There is no specific fee required in exchange for participation. We invite those who come to do so in the spirit of receiving a gift.

We see us all as sharing power capable of creating the conditions for the world we want to live in. To support the exercise of this power, information on the financial resources used in developing and presenting this work will be shared during the evening. We hope this will support those participants who so choose to contribute financially toward meeting the event's costs and supporting the on-going work.

For those interested, we also welcome contributions before the event, which help to offset upfront costs.

Pacific Leadership and Training Program (PLTP) with Susan Skye

For the last three years, I have offered an ongoing training/coaching program for people wanting to integrate NVC skills and consciousness at a deep level. Feedback from those who have participated (some for more than one year) report enthusiastically that it has hugely supported their internal healing and greatly contributed to the strengthening of their skills and consciousness. 

It is my intention to have this be an opportunity to learn and be together in the energy of the partnership paradigm and to explore what it means to live it. I am also excited to pass on the breakthrough concept/process of the 'Living Energy of Needs."

We will focus first on internal process work using the "Transforming the Pain Process" and "Core Jackal Beliefs" process. Having offered these processes now in many countries, the feedback is clear that they are powerful and transformational; the second half of the program will continue the internal growth but shift more to using NVC skills in relationship, work, family. Though this is focused on learning skills and deepening conscioiusness, it is my experience over the last three years that deep friendships, fun and community also grow from our time together.

The PLTP meets monthly for nine sessions beginning in February of 2010. 

Basic skills and understanding of NVC is required. I would prefer individuals who participate in this program to have the inner emotional foundation to be able to express feelings and needs honestly. This is not designed as a beginner group.

The commitment is for the entire year. 

Tuition Scale: $ 1.250 - $ 1,500  (you choose) for the year's program.

Non-refundable minimum deposit:  $ 400 to hold a space. Balance due by start of program or by special arrangement with Susan.

Dates: Saturdays: February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 26, July 17, September 4, October 9 and November 13, 2010.

Location: Portland area

Time: Monthly Saturdays from 10 am to 5:30 pm

Make checks payable to:  Susan Skye

In limited instances Susan is willing to create a payment schedule. In that event, you agree to pay for the entire series, whether or not you attend.

Refund Policy:  In the event that Susan cancels, all payments will be refunded in full. No refunds for the year will be given unless a person has attended at least four sessions consecutively or has a severe emergency.

Mail checks to:

Susan Skye

5264 Bonita Rd

Lake Oswego, 97035

For further information contact:

Susan: 503.245.5735

E-mail: susanskye@gmail.com

other info and trainings: nvcti.com

Zu diesem Seminar laden wir Menschen ein, die Lust haben, ein Wohnprojekt im Raum Bonn/Königswinter auf Basis der gewaltfreien Kommunikation aufzubauen. Zusammen mit dem Architekten Sven Rehagel betrachten wir Architektur als Ausdruck der Beziehung der Menschen zueinander und zu Ihrer Umwelt.
Damit es nachher „wirklich stimmt“ und ein freudvolles Miteinander nachhaltig möglich ist, wollen wir die Bedürfnisse kennen lernen, die uns motivieren und unseren Blick erweitern für Möglichkeiten, sie in diesem Projekt zu erfüllen.
Der zweite Teil am 26./27.02.2010 hat zum Ziel, eine Initiativgruppe zu bilden.

Come enjoy a safe, fun, engaging NVC space for queer folks to explore everything that matters in our lives---our own healing and development, our relationships and families, our spirituality, and our work and activism. Join us in fostering a sense of queer community within the larger NVC network while integrating NVC consciousness within the LGBT movement.

Would you like to …

• Foster a sense of queer community within the larger NVC network?

• Transform your enemy images of heterosexual people & society?

• Heal your internalized self-judgments?

• Deepen trust within our communities?

• Integrate NVC consciousness in the LGBT movement?

• Build bridges toward creating our freedom, belonging and acceptance in the larger world in a way that’s in integrity with your values?

• AND sing, connect, eat, rest, play, and celebrate who we are---while deepening your NVC practice?

Then please join us for
STEPPING INTO OUR POWER!

TIME: 10 am - 5 pm

A small one day workshop led by Jeff Brown, Jeff is a certified trainer, the North American Dance Floor distributor and Director of an NVC nonprofit organization in Columbus, Ohio. 

Hosted by Gina at her home in Farnham, Surrey.

Join us for an exploration of how abundance consciousness is interwoven
with NVC, and brings NVC consciousness fully alive in our lives.

In Jeff's words: “I told the participants of our recent course on NVC and
Abundance that instead of taking a vow of poverty, I took a ‘vow of
abundance.’  Why did I do this? I have been so deeply moved by the
transformational work of NVC. Because I see NVC consciousness to be closely
aligned with Abundance Consciousness -- essentially the same, as I see it -- it is
unfathomable for me to embody NVC consciousness while carrying around a
deficit mentality when it comes to my own sustainability and sufficiency.”

This workshop will help you integrate the living reality of abundance into your
practice of NVC -- whether you practice NVC purely in your personal life, or
share it as a livelihood.

We will practice releasing scarcity thinking and discovering the true nature of
joyful giving and receiving -- which helps us to surrender outdated ideas of
self-deprivation that undermine the core NVC principle of everyone's  needs
mattering equally.

You will learn how to:
• Identify when you are operating out of scarcity consciousness, and how to
shift to abundance;
• Transform limiting core beliefs around money, abundance, and prosperity;
• Differentiate money (a common strategy) from abundance (the underlying
state of consciousness);
• Bring full expression to the concepts of joyful giving and receiving; and
• Integrate abundance as a foundation in your life.

This workshop is designed for people with a basic understanding of NVC and who have had some NVC training experience.  

Fee requested: £70.  Bring and share lunch.
For more information on Jeff's work in this area visit: 
http://www.nvcabundance.org

To book: http://www.NvcDanceFloors.com or email:admin@NvcDanceFloors.com
or tel: 0845 456 1050