9-Day Residential NVC Training for Palestinians and Israelis

NVC at EcoME

Trainers
Shantigarbha (UK) www.seedofpeace.org
Roberta Wall (USA) www.steps2peace.com
Hagit Lifshitz (Israel) www.mifgash.org.il
Tarek Maassarani (USA): www.american.edu/sis/faculty/maassara.cfm
Sylvia Haskvitz (USA): www.ccjewishsoul.com and http://www.eatbychoice.net/
Guest trainer: Nafez Assaily (Hebron): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafez_Assaily

This is an international retreat with an international team of trainers. We plan to be 50-60 people, living communally for nine days. We wish to respect and accommodate all religions and nationalities, so special food needs, prayer time and observance of Jews, Moslems and Christians will be respected. This training will be accessible to you if you speak English, Arabic or Hebrew. If you wish to support peace building and peace activists from all sides – please seriously consider applying. And please tell your friends and colleagues too!

To view the Brochure online, please click here: http://bit.ly/q8qZox

To view the Application Form, please click here: http://bit.ly/p5vlta

To view the Invitation Letter to people living outside of the region, please click here: http://bit.ly/o8Uoln

To view the Invitation Letter to organizations, please click here: http://bit.ly/oququV

To view the Fundraising Letter, please click here: http://bit.ly/qQ2fYp

More info here: http://seedofpeace.org/?p=1627

Watch my talk: ‘Empathy: what, why and how?’

Hi all,

I’ve recently finished my book on empathy ‘Empathy: the art of compassionate presence’ and I’m currently negotiating with a US publisher. In the meantime, over the summer I was keen to get on the road and share what I’d learned in writing it. So I gave a talk in several locations called ‘Empathy: what, why  and how?’

“Empathy is a compassionate understanding of another’s experience. It’s the basis of ethics and compassion. We develop it by expanding our ‘natural’ empathy through practise.”

Here’s a video of the talk at Buddhafield. It’s in a Buddhist context, so I’m wearing my ‘kesa’ (white ribbon around my neck), which symbolizes my commitment to the ideals of Buddhism.

Love and life, Shantigarbha