NVC Training
Happy New Year from Sri Lanka!
Here are four short clips from a TV interview I did when I was here in Sri Lanka before. I had a lot of fun doing the puppet show in clip #2!
Sri Lanka International Training plus 2010 dates
We are offering a 10 day International training in Nonviolent Communication from Feb 1-10th, to be held in Sri Lanka…
Giraffe and Jackal ears exercise
Participants at Stourbridge NVC training demonstrating Giraffe and Jackal ears. Left-Right: Jackal Out, Jackal In, Giraffe In, Giraffe Out
A month ago I did an exercise with a group of participants on a training in Stourbridge, UK, famous for its Rudolph Steiner connection and the Camphill Trust. The purpose of the exercise was to get clear [...]
We’ve all hurt someone: NVC in prison
This time I felt excited and curious about visiting the men of the ‘Khanti Outreach’ Buddhist meditation and study group at Concord state prison. Though I hadn’t been for nearly a year, I’d often thought about the men and how they were getting on with their lives, so it wasn’t a shock to see the walls and razor wire of the prison…
Back from India and Sri Lanka
Christa, Shantigarbha and Parag at the Bhaja NVC trainings
Hi All, I just got back a few days ago from India and Sri Lanka. I’d been out there for three months since early December, when Christa and I ran trainings at Bhaja retreat centre, near Pune see photos. After Bhaja, Christa went home to Germany [...]
Off to India & 2009 Training Dates Confirmed
Hi All,
We’re excited to be off to India tomorrow morning. Christa is with me for the first month, then I stay on for another two, taking in Sri Lanka. Here’s our schedule:
Dec 12 – 28, trainings at Bhaja retreat centre, near Pune, India
Jan 7 – 21, trainings at NVC Camp, Auroville, Pondicherry, India
Jan 22 – [...]
Deepening Empathy in Indy
Lending giraffe ears to each other
Last weekend I enjoyed the company of the folks from Irvington Friends Meeting in Indianapolis, plus guests, for a Deepening + Empathy training. We reviewed the basics of NVC and explored various aspects of empathy. Things that particularly came up were:
For some people, it was a revelation that you could [...]
Hi Everybody!
Shantigarbha and Christa in India, December 2007
Hi there!
We’ve been redesigning the seedofpeace.org website so that we can keep it up to date while we are on our travels (this picture shows us on a day out from our trainings in India last December – at Lohagaon Fort, near Pune, for those of you who were [...]