Oakland NVC Empathy & NVC Skills Practice Group

Practice Group meets Sundays from 6-8pm. Discuss with me if finances might prevent you from attending, as I would like to accept your $$ as a gift openly and joyfully given. Practicing Gift Economy - No one turned away for lack of funds!

Location: 55 Santa Clara Ave., Oakland First Floor Conference Room

The front entry door is Locked. Call my cell to get in before 6pm. 707-367-3432. This practice group meets in the First Floor Conference Room on the FIRST FLOOR. After start of class, I will not be opening door. I will ask if someone is willing to leave the class to open the door if someone calls after 6pm.

Dates: Sundays Nov 20, 27, Dec 4, 11, 18 (Not 25th) Time: 6pm-8pm

Contact: mair@baynvc.org or 707-367-3432

Cost: $25-$65. No one turned away for financial reasons. Request that you pay at the highest level you can to attend to financial ease/sustainability for yourself, the facilitator and others who may not have access to discretionary funds at the same level that you do.

Description: Mair offers NVC in a unique way, focused on practical applications and having fun in sharing; using games, role plays, real plays, dyads, fishbowls, songs, stories, poetry, exercises. Mair's intention is to challenge each person (including self) to their learning edge while offering nurturing support.

Mair has co-written a children's NVC Coloring Book "Compassionate Underwear Bear", and developed a game she has titled "Jackal Cafe & Another Way", inspired by the Dance Floors created by Judy Morin, John Cunningham, Gina Lawrie and Bridget Belgrave.

Mair has studied NVC-based Mediation with John Kinyon and Ike Lasiter, and developed her own style she calls "No-Fault Mediation". Foundational in that style are two operating principles:

1. The slower we go, the farther we get....faster.

2. The less we hear, the more we understand.

Mair is a Certified International Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, participated in the First LP 2001-2002, Co-founder of the Safer Communities Project (2002-weekly offerings of NVC in prisons and jails), BayNVC Ambassador & Collaborative Trainer.

" I have known Mair since 2002, when she attended the BayNVC Leadership Program. I appreciate, in particular, her deep passion for meaning, her dedication to authenticity and full human connection, and her humor and courage in responding to challenges. I trust her understanding of NVC and her continued immersion in learning and clarifying concepts and processes. I am impressed by what I see as her ability to see and reach human beings across a wide range of demographics and experiences and offer meaningful healing and learning to others." - Miki Kashtan, Lead Trainer, Strategic Vision, Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (PayNVC) www.BayNVC.org

"I’ve known Mair for a decade as a friend, colleague and as a participant in some of my NVC Mediation workshops. I very much enjoy how she shows up in the world with humor, care and clarity. I like the way Mair relates to herself, and to me and others. I without reservation recommend that you work with her at every opportunity." – Ike Lasater, www.NVCMediation.com

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