Nonviolent Communication Practice Group
Integration and NVC online practice
What is NVC and why practise it?
NVC (Nonviolent Communication ) was developed by Marshall Rosenberg and others in an effort to reconnect with a forgotten language, a way of communicating and relating that fosters human kindness and interconnectedness.Nonviolent Communication is not only a communication form, but a whole approach to life. It is about being available to our own and to other people′s well-being.
The intention and root dream of NVC is to create and reclaim an ancestral language where all needs are understood and met. A world where all of us matter, humans, animals, plants…
A key principle of Nonviolent Communication that supports this is the capacity to express oneself without the use of good/bad, right/wrong judgments, hence the emphasis on expressing feelings and needs, instead of criticisms or judgments.Like any language, it needs to be practised: the more you practise it, the more you live it and integrate it into your own life context, especially within your own inner experiencing of the outer and inner world (family, workplace, relationships, politics, belief systems). This results in having more space to welcome life as it is and transform resistance into fresh and creative, loving action.
The intention and root dream of NVC is to create and reclaim an ancestral language where all needs are understood and met. A world where all of us matter, humans, animals, plants…
A key principle of Nonviolent Communication that supports this is the capacity to express oneself without the use of good/bad, right/wrong judgments, hence the emphasis on expressing feelings and needs, instead of criticisms or judgments.Like any language, it needs to be practised: the more you practise it, the more you live it and integrate it into your own life context, especially within your own inner experiencing of the outer and inner world (family, workplace, relationships, politics, belief systems). This results in having more space to welcome life as it is and transform resistance into fresh and creative, loving action.
Intention of the year long practice group and why I am offering this course:
This year-long course is offered with the intention of creating an open space for NVC/Compassionate Communication learning and practice, an online community for ongoing support and connection from the comfort of your own home.This learning and practice group is for you if you are a beginner or you are an advanced learner. This is an opportunity to open up to a community of NVC online and to improve your skills or start learning the NVC language.I often find myself talking to friends and colleagues who have gone to numerous NVC workshops and have read Marshall Rosenberg’s books, and still find it very difficult to practice NVC with family and friends in real situations.
I believe that practice is the key to any language. If you were learning Spanish you wouldn’t go to practice it with your friends who were learning German.
That is why practice groups are there: to create a community of NVC speakers and learners where we can try and play with the language, where we can share our difficulties in life, knowing that the space is safe and confidential and there is a common understanding of the language and a willingness to improve it together for the good of all and life itself. There is an underlying need and longing for truth, freedom, love, compassion and depth in our relationships and our life in general.
We all are conscious of this and are committed to this journey.
I believe that practice is the key to any language. If you were learning Spanish you wouldn’t go to practice it with your friends who were learning German.
That is why practice groups are there: to create a community of NVC speakers and learners where we can try and play with the language, where we can share our difficulties in life, knowing that the space is safe and confidential and there is a common understanding of the language and a willingness to improve it together for the good of all and life itself. There is an underlying need and longing for truth, freedom, love, compassion and depth in our relationships and our life in general.
We all are conscious of this and are committed to this journey.
NVC Journey-Marta:
MA in Social and Cultural Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Community Development and Focusing, Zen and Nature/Sacred Healing& Plant Medicine guide and one-to-one companion in healing processes.I started learning NVC seriously about 10 years ago. I have offered workshops for families and adults on Compassionate Communication, meditation, respectful parenting, creative expression and nature connection as part of a family project I am co-founder of: Green Spiral.
www.green-spiral.com
I am also co-facilitating a year-long NVC retreat with Sinhaketu McKibbin, from our own centre in Co Galway, Ireland.
An Tionól Cottage/Compassionate & Creative Learning Centre:
www.green-spiral.com
I am also co-facilitating a year-long NVC retreat with Sinhaketu McKibbin, from our own centre in Co Galway, Ireland.
An Tionól Cottage/Compassionate & Creative Learning Centre:
https://www.facebook.com/An-Tion%C3%B3l-Cottage-350915385105639/
You can see our year-long NVC retreats here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/387628105089720/
You can see our year-long NVC retreats here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/387628105089720/
Group Learning Structure-Time:
You will be part of one of the groups, morning or evening.
* The course will start on January 29th until December 10th.
* Tuesday morning and evening group sessions twice a month.
* Morning: 10 to 12 pm (Irish time)
* Evening: 6 to 8 pm ( Irish time)Meeting structure:
* The first 10 sessions of the year will be dedicated to learning NVC following Marshall’s book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language for Life, together with The Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook by Lucy Leu to guide your practice for deepening understanding of NVC principles.
The following sessions will be an open space practice group with key themes and NVC role plays and dance floor practices. The same structure as previously, plus more time for practice and integrating NVC, as always allowing flexibility to meet the learning needs of the participants and group.
* There will also be guided inner processing with mindfulness and focusing meditations for arriving and closing group sessions.
* Empathy practice within the group session and in between sessions.
* 2 one-to-one, 1 hour support sessions over the course of the year with Marta, one at the early stages of the group and one later in the year in Nov/Dec.
And more if required or needed individually by request.
* The course will start on January 29th until December 10th.
* Tuesday morning and evening group sessions twice a month.
* Morning: 10 to 12 pm (Irish time)
* Evening: 6 to 8 pm ( Irish time)Meeting structure:
* The first 10 sessions of the year will be dedicated to learning NVC following Marshall’s book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language for Life, together with The Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook by Lucy Leu to guide your practice for deepening understanding of NVC principles.
The following sessions will be an open space practice group with key themes and NVC role plays and dance floor practices. The same structure as previously, plus more time for practice and integrating NVC, as always allowing flexibility to meet the learning needs of the participants and group.
* There will also be guided inner processing with mindfulness and focusing meditations for arriving and closing group sessions.
* Empathy practice within the group session and in between sessions.
* 2 one-to-one, 1 hour support sessions over the course of the year with Marta, one at the early stages of the group and one later in the year in Nov/Dec.
And more if required or needed individually by request.
Donation Bowl/Dana Box:
All online courses and one-to-one sessions are offered from a personal need to contribute to a vision of living in service for all sentient beings, a world that cares for each other, and the wellbeing of Mother Nature, which I believe is the underlying vision of NVC.
There is no price for the course. There is a Dana box/donation basket through PayPal or bank transfer that you can use at your own discretion.Meetings will be hosted using the Zoom online platform.
Both groups will be no bigger than 8 participants.
To book your place contact me through facebook messenger or
Marta: marta@green-spiral.com / phone 0872031764
There is no price for the course. There is a Dana box/donation basket through PayPal or bank transfer that you can use at your own discretion.Meetings will be hosted using the Zoom online platform.
Both groups will be no bigger than 8 participants.
To book your place contact me through facebook messenger or
Marta: marta@green-spiral.com / phone 0872031764
“What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart”.
Marshall Rosenberg
Marshall Rosenberg
