Foundations of Compassionate Communications; How to be Seen, Heard and Understood

This is a unique opportunity to learn the foundations of Nonviolent Communication, speaking your truth honestly and with compassion and listening empathically to what's in the heart of any message in one weekend.People who have mastered this language report increased aliveness, joy, happiness and a greater sense of safety.

There will be plenty of opportunity to practice, using meaningful examples from your own life, including family life, work life, partnership, and social change.

Learn how to apply principles of compassion in difficult circumstances and in your daily-life situations. Create deeper relationships with clear authentic expression and avoid pain and hurt with empathic listening?

Class format includes instruction, individual work, small group and large group practice. Most of the learning is experiential and draws on examples from participants’ lives.

About John “Pan” Chamberlin
Enthusiastic and empathetic in spirit, John is an expert facilitator with the ability to help you get to the core of your communication issues. Establishing a tone of respect and care, he opens his workshops and private sessions to the unique, healing dynamics that arise spontaneously in the presence of heartfelt exchanges.

Expanding your capacity for mutual, heartfelt exchanges based on the principles of Nonviolent CommunicationSM, Pan is an expert facilitator with the ability to help you resolve communication issues at their core.

During workshops and private sessions, he provides tools designed to transform judgment and blame into a more compassionate framework of observations, needs, feelings, and requests that allows you to avoid conflict. With John’s help, you learn that feelings and needs – your own and those of the people you love – are true gifts, with the potential to make every relationship infinitely richer.

PSNCC Certified NVC Trainer, Candidate for Certification in Nonviolent Communications Training with the Center for Nonviolent Communication

On Friday night we will spend time on an introduction to Nonviolent Communications to get everyone going.

This will be a good time to ask any questions that may have come up from reading the book.

On Saturday morning we will use NVC to see within ourselves the beauty of who we are by practicing the art of self empathy. This process will include comprehension, demonstration and practice with the support of small groups.

On Saturday afternoon we will use NVC to deepen our intimate relations with family. We will come to see the beauty of the fun - and the beauty of the not so fun - aspects of relationship.

On Sunday morning we will turn our attention to the larger community and examine the power of NVC to assist Social Change. How can we build the world we want to live in where everyone's needs and values can be celebrated?  But first how can we deal with our despair for the way things are right now?

Then we will finish the day using NVC for healing emotional wounds and freeing blocks.

We are offering this three day format to provide a solid foundation for a lifelong practice of Nonviolent Communication; however this is just the beginning.

The tuition is between $100.00 and $200.00.

If tuition is not paid at time of registration, the minimum deposit is $30.00 with the remainder due by Oct 13, 2006.