Celebration of the Sri Lankan residential training
We’ve just finished a ten-day residential training here in Sri Lanka. We trained a group of fifty Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims from all parts of the country. I’m still feeling uplifted. As far as I know, everybody’s expectations were exceeded in terms of the depth of mutual understanding and community that we felt.
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…
NVC UK Summer Camp report
Unfurling the Giraffe on the Rainbow Mill
Hi All,
A month has passed since the first NVC Camp in the UK at the Rainbow Mill in North Norfolk, UK. I wanted to write a report about it to celebrate what we created and to inspire others to do the same. There were about sixty-five people, including about [...]
Teapot and Bag: an NVC inner conflict process
While I was in Birmingham, UK last month I ran a training on NVC and Conflict. One of the exercises I led through was on inner conflict – how to mediate a conflict between two different strategies to enrich your life.
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 – [...]
Bristol, UK: Foundation Training for Parents
As seen in Juno (natural parenting) magazine!
Would you like to learn how to transform your communication?
This workshop:
Introduces you to the steps of the NVC process for use in expressing yourself to others, listening to others and listening compassionately to yourself.
Gives you sufficient information and practice to start using NVC in your daily life.
Is run in [...]