Robyn Marie Bors Veraart

Robyn Marie Bors Veraart, born in New York, USA,  is trained as a Psychotherapist (MA Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University), Music Therapist and Gestalt Therapist.  Her career was spent “on the inside” when she worked in a Prison where she offered courses in yoga and meditation.  She came to NonViolent Communication through the door of NonViolence, having spent time in La Borie Noble, a community in France which was begun by a student of Gandhi.  She considers herself now “planted” in a peasant lifestyle, in the small village in Transylvania (currently part of Romania) where she is part of building community, actively working with several NGOs including the Romanian NVC Association, "ACNV."  Robyn engages daily in the support of local economy through her practice of food sovereignty as well as promoting the health of soil and water systems.