Greespiral | Nonviolent Communication & Focusing Retreat

Nonviolent Communication & Focusing Retreat

Toward a More Authentic Connection

Connection & Relationship for Healing

This course is based on the skills of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), as pioneered by Marshall Rosemberg & The Focusing Approach by Eugene Gendlin.

We all have our edges of challenge, we don’t necessarily need to be in touch with Trauma! This retreat will provide you with extensive approaches to create resilience, creativity, safety and forward flow in your life.

Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centred engagement, the combination of NVC and Focusing offers a paradigm for Community and connection to play its role needed in depth Healing, allowing for a nurturing safety to grow where we can be supported and enabled to have a safe and spacious inner relationship.

Both Focusing and Nonviolent Communication share a Humanistic approach, so from the start I found that crossing both was supported by a common ground. Eugene Gendlin studied with Carl Rogers, obtained his doctorate, and both men continued a fruitful professional collaboration for over a decade. Eventually, Gendlin’s research took him to a related but autonomous path, one that included Focusing, Thinking At the Edge (TAE) and the Philosophy of the Implicit.Marshall B. Rosenberg obtained his doctorate in Psychology and continued his training from a Humanistic approach that finally culminated in the creation of a process he called Nonviolent Communication. His quest for a deeper understanding of human processes and relationships led him to learn Focusing. As a result, Rosenberg incorporated parts of Focusing in his practice, and recommended it in his advanced trainings.

(Extract from Javier Romeo).

This is a real opportunity for personal and community transformation, getting to the roots of change and learning how to hold issues with compassionate means through deep listening and sharing in a wonderful community setting with real support.

When:

Connection & Relationship for Healing

Thurs 2 – Sun 5 April 2020

* Meeting our Inner Critic Compassionately

* Deepening Presence

* Self-empathy and Companioning

* Focusing within and empathic listening skills

* Grounded Aware Presence for Safety as the core paradigm

Personal Profiles:

Simon McKibbin aka Sinhaketu and Marta Fabregat

About the Trainer; Simon McKibbin aka Sinhaketu
I believe focusing learning should be fun with a strong element of community and sharing. I am a certified BFA Focusing practitioner and also a certified trainer in the fields of Mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication (NVC), with 30 years of personal practise. Combining elements of NVC and Mindfulness into the program adds a richness and depth allowing for a deeper facilitating of the Focusing experience. I am currently engaged in teaching Focusing based Mindfulness at Cambridge University.

More on Simon and one to one https://www.mindfulnesswithompassion.com/

About the Host and Co Facilitator: Marta
Marta trained as a social and conflict resolution mediator, community development and facilitator, NVC and Focusing certified Practitioner, especial interest in focusing in nature, Forest connection and sacred plant healing. Marta’s experience in the art of hosting, holding space and healing in nature gives this course an exciting blend of elements to accompany the group process as a community and self healing adventure.

An Tionól Cottage´s natural environment, with the strong presence of an Irish oak forest and its respectful approach to learning, is the vessel that holds us together in any open circle. It is our intention to continue opening space for new, fresh ways of communicating, connecting and being in the world.

Cost

Benefits or low-waged: Euro €425
Moderately comfortable: Euro €500

The fee includes;
Tuition
Materials, including handouts
Vegetarian & organic local food
Accommodation in shared wooden cabins ( not more than 2 people per cabin )

We offer a sliding scale, to make it more accessible depending on your financial means:

Contact

Marta Fabregat +353 872031764 – info@green-spiral.com
Simon McKibbin + 44 7974817393 info@mindfulnesswithcompassion.com

How to apply: Complete the booking form we will send you by email on interest.

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Nonviolent Communication & Focusing Retreat

Nonviolent Communication & Focusing Retreat

Toward a More Authentic Connection