Peaceful Living / Compassionate Communication
Prescott Center for Nonviolent Communication
presents
A series of 4 NVC workshops
with
trainers Robert Gonzales, Mary Mackenzie and Linnaea Marvell
Workshop #1: |
Peaceful Living – The Foundations of NVC |
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with Mary Mackenzie |
September 19 – 21, 2008
This workshop is anyone who would like to experience more peace in your life and in your relationships. Learn the basic principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and how to integrate NVC into your daily life. The workshop will offer practical skills to:
- Learn to express yourself and listen to others without blame or judgment
- Create more understanding and trust in your relationships
- Increase your ability to resolve conflict with your family, friends, co-workers and in your community
- Respond more effectively to anger
No prior training required.
Workshop #2: |
Self-Empathy – Diminishing Negative Self-Talk |
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with Mary Mackenzie |
November 14-16, 2008
This workshop is designed to help you improve your connection with yourself so that you may live more compassionately with others. Learn practical tools to:
- Clarify what triggers you
- Translate negative self talk so that you may choose more effective methods to meet your needs
- Avoid responding in ways that escalate pain in a situation
- Increase your ability to build relationships based on compassion and understanding
No prior training required.
Workshop #3: |
Staying in Connected Dialogue
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with Linnaea Marvell |
February 27, 28 and March 1, 2009
Sustaining open and honest communication with others especially in situations involving conflict or pain, for most of us, is one of the most difficult and rewarding experiences of putting NVC into real practice in our lives. In this workshop, you will receive practical experience in:
- Learning what are the habitual ways in which you loose connection with yourself and others
- How to identify needs that are and are not being met in situations of pain and conflict
- Steps to sustaining a connected dialogue with another person
- How to express what’s true for you when you suspect another may not enjoy hearing it
Pre-requisites: Workshops 1 & 2 of this series or 20 hours previous training in the fundamentals of NVC with a certified trainer.
Workshop #4: |
Living Compassion – Deepening and Integrating NVC Consciousness |
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with Robert Gonzales |
April 17 – 19, 2009
The primary focus of this workshop is to develop awareness of the consciousness of “the living energy of needs” or “the beauty of needs” as a means to engage in a living practice of NVC everyday, moment to moment. You will be introduced to and practice processes that Robert has developed including:
- Deepening an Awareness of the Beauty of Needs
- Transforming the Pain of Unmet Needs to the Beauty of Needs
- Practicing Honesty and Empathy from the Beauty of Need
Pre-requisites: Workshops 1 & 2 of this series or 20 hours previous training in the fundamentals of NVC with a certified trainer.
SCHEDULE:
Each of the four workshops will have the following schedule:
| Fridays: |
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| Saturdays: |
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| Sundays: |
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
LOCATION:
All workshops will be held at:
Highlands Center for Natural History
1375 S. Walker Rd
Prescott, Arizona 86303
www.highlandscenter.org
These workshops are non-residential. For information on nearby lodging accommodations, email: phyllis@prescottnvc.org or call 928-771-2420.
The Highlands Center is located east of downtown Prescott, on Walker Road, off SR. 69
The workshops will be held in the Highlands Center’s Kieckhefer Classroom. The Center opened its totally green, self-sustaining new building in 2007 at its 80-acre site. The site is a microcosm of the Central Arizona Highlands, a unique biological and geological transition zone, which lies between the lush Sonoran Desert and the vast Colorado plateau of Arizona.
REGISTRATION:
Capacity is limited. Early registration is recommended.
You can register on-line or by calling 928-771-2420.
Requested Fee: $225 per workshop; $200 per workshop if enrolled in two or more workshops.
Our wish is to include everyone regardless of financial circumstances. If you are unable to contribute the requested fee, please contact us to discuss alterative options.
Make checks payable to: Prescott Center for Nonviolent Communication and mail to:
Prescott Center for Nonviolent Communication
337 N. Rush Street
Prescott, Arizona 86301
Registration fee includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
ABOUT THE TRAINERS:
Robert Gonzales has PhD in Clinical Psychology and has been offering Nonviolent Communication training for twenty-two years. He leads advanced trainings in NVC throughout the USA, Canada and in Europe. In 2006, Robert initiated a multi-year, in-depth program called the NVC LIFE Program for individuals to deepen an embodied and living spirituality in their everyday lives. Robert is also one of a team of four NVC trainers, the NVC Training Institute, which offers in-depth and continuing NVC training in the North America and Europe. He is a trainer at NVC Intensive International Trainings and has served as an assessor in North America, certifying trainers for the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Robert is currently serving as President of the Board of Directors for the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
Mary Mackenzie is the author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion, an inspiring book that offers practical methods for living in NVC consciousness every day. Mary is the co-founder of the NVC Academy, an online school for learning NVC, and the executive director of the Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication. She teaches NVC to individuals, couples, and families, and offers retreats and workshops to help organizations strengthen their productivity and success. Mary holds a master’s degree in Human Relations and is a trained mediator and member of the Arizona Dispute Resolution Association. Her personal mantra is, “I want to connect, rather than be right or win.”
Linnaea Marvell is based in the Los Angeles area. She is an NVC certification candidate and she has been engaged in public speaking, energy work and training for more than 25 years. She has studied extensively with Marshall Rosenberg, Robert Gonzales, and other certified, NVC trainers. Linnaea has been a part of the NVC LIFE Program lead by Robert Gonzales since it’s inception and is an Assistant Trainer to Robert in the program. She is the author of five books including an upcoming handbook for the facilitation of NVC practice groups from the perspective of the Beauty of Needs of consciousness.
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