INTRODUCTORY TRAINING: "Introduction to Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (NVC): The Language of the Heart"
DATE: Friday, February 13, 2009 (6:30 pm – 9:30 pm)
PARTICIPANTS: Open to all learning levels. Designed for people with noprior experience, and as preparation for the main workshop on February 14-15.
DESCRIPTION: Discover a life-transforming communication practice that builds trust, transforms conflict, and creates harmony in your relationships. In this session, you will learn how to create a quality of connection between yourself and others where everyone's needs, even in conflict situations, are held with care and compassion... without resorting to punishment, force, manipulation, blame or other approaches that we end up paying for later. Learn how to honor your deepest desires in every moment, and never give in or give up on your needs again.
You will learn how to:
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hear difficult messages without taking them personally;
express yourself honestly and openly;
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connect with others by communicating empathy; and
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find the gift that underlies all blame, judgment and criticism.
INTERMEDIATE TRAINING: "Compassion is an Inside Job: Using the Gifts of NVC to Transform Self-Judgment to Self-Appreciation"
DATES: Saturday, February 14 (9:30 am – 5:30 pm) and Sunday, February 15 (9:30 am - 5:30 pm), 2009
PARTICIPANTS: Designed for people with some previous NVC experience (such as Friday's introductory session)
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a special opportunity to deepen your practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), focusing on cultivating inner peace. This is an intermediate-level training, so we request that participants have previous training experience with NVC (such as Friday evening's introductory session).
You have Nonviolent Communication in your toolbox. You understand how it works. You even have a few peak experiences that have instilled hope in you that it's possible to step out of long-term patterns of self-blame and judgment, and into self-acceptance and empowerment.
Yet, more often that you would like, you are frustrated because you have been unable to access it when you need it the most. For example, even though you have been exposed to another way, you continue to beat yourself up, which creates inner resentment and internal confusion.
This training is designed with these challenges in mind, and to help everyone deepen their practice of NVC at the level of both practicality and consciousness. Join us to make NVC more a part of your everyday life-- a way of being -- that assists you in transforming whatever patterns of thinking, speaking, and listening that prevent you from experiencing a deep and abiding level of self-appreciation.
Topics will include:
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The power of self-empathy to come alive in any situation;
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Turning compassion loose inside ourselves to become more self-reliant;
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Forgiving ourselves fully when we regret something we did or said;
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Learning from our mistakes through compassion and without losing self-respect;
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Resolving inner conflicts, for example when it appears that we have competing needs;
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Identifying and transforming core beliefs that exist below our awareness; and
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Nurturing ourselves through self-appreciation and self-nurturing.
COST: Introduction (Friday only): $35/personMain Workshop (Sat. and Sun.): $200/person
WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR FEE:
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Register for all 3 days and save $10 ($225 total);
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Earlybird discount (by January 16) for Sat./Sun: $175 (save $25), or all 3 days: $195 (save $30);
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For those who are not able to afford our fee requests due to their financial situation -- even after applying the discounts -- we have a few work exchange opportunities. Contact Bob about this.
DETAILS ABOUT TRAINING: Contact Jeff Brown at jeff@heartfeltcommunication.com or 812-320-3842
REGISTER: Contact Bob Wentworth at bob@wentworth.bz or 703-472-3647. Checks can be made payable to ‘Bob Wentworth’ and sent to 7102 Swansong Way, Bethesda, MD 20817. We are limiting the size to preserve a quality learning environment --register early to reserve your seat! Credit card payments also accepted online (email Jeff for a secure payment link).
