Testimonials of NVC Classes/Trainings from Robert Gonzales and PCNVC

In relation to ?1:

"[While attending a Robert Gonzales led NVC retreat, I learned] The value, the beauty, [and] the necessity of mourning within community - the spirit that infuses the body, mind, and soul when the heart is broken open and the sounds pour forth; the lightness and the joy that fills the thoroughly emptied space. [I learned of] The extreme power and beauty that is in the essential need. Once it is found and known and mourned and held in consciousness it need not even be verbalized to be effective."

To ?2:

"[On retreat I experienced] The healing of a soul witnessing in solitude the overwhelming suffering of the world."

-Both said by Jeanne Pasle-green

To ?1

"I will be using the approach of the beauty of the needs and relaxing my energy about the outcomes regularly, so I can smooth out my communications."

• Phil Willcher

To ?1

"I've learned about the importance of seeing the beauty of my needs and others' needs. How needs can be felt in the heart, not in the brain."

• Carla

To ?1:

"I learned about and experienced the spiritual connection/beauty of needs... of myself and in others."

To ?4:

"All the exercises (in the workshop) were intensely enjoyable and fulfilling! Fun! And I started applying them immediately."

• both by Jeanne O'Neal

To ?1:

"[I learned to see the power of] Embodying/living [the] beauty of the needs as [a] constant, moment to moment practice. I sense this as a critically significant and important piece in the foundation of staying connected and aware of the Divine Presence in myself and in others."

• Loren Swift

To ?1

"How wonderful the feeling when one relaxes and speaks from the heart."

To ?2

"Learning many wonderful tools to help find myself and understand that I have needs, ever present and always changing, and in recognizing them I can 'feel' from a cleat state of awareness and make the wisest decisions."

• both by Geordie Whinnery

To ?1

"I learned to go beyond the traditional four NVC elements to using the stated needs, unmet needs and deep mirror image of the beauty of the Need to express, explore and be compassion."

• Arthur Young

To ?1:

"I see that the overall 'whoosh' that I came away with is a deeper penetration of almost every thought/belief I am watching myself respond to. Something definitely shifted. I am more frequently watching how I get the beautiful unmet need of the person I am in contact with - then my own beautiful need - and surprise - it almost always turns out that we have the same need being presented through our individual stories."

• Dorianne Winkler

To ?1:

"[I learned that] The simple anchoring in love, heart, and connection as a force... supercedes technique."

• Anonymous

To ?2:

"[I found I have a] More expanded heartspace when all needs are equally carried and cared for"

• Kathleen Golden

To ?1:

"I learned how much I value a gentle presence, both in myself and in another."

To ?2:

"The 'beauty of the needs' has always been a part of me always - but never with so much understanding and clarity of the validity of this way of being. I deeply value this teaching."

• Both by Lynne Holliday