Sharing NVC in a US State Prison

Posted on by Shantigarbha
  The scariest part for me was waiting to be let in, expecting to be strip-searched, looking at the razor wire and the heavy, magnetic remote-controlled doors.  Once we were inside, I felt more relaxed, though I had to keep reminding myself where I was – a state prison on the East Coast of the US, and why I’d come – to share Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with a group of prison i...
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Going on a retreat

Posted on by Gesine Schrader
I have just finished a Nonviolent Communication retreat in India with 40 people of different ages, genders and backgrounds. The sessions were presented in English and translated into Hindi. I was fascinated by how enriching I found the teaching, meditation and space for reflection. My heart still feels nourished and warm with this deep experience of connection with self and others.  Do yo...
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The Art of Loving

Posted on by Shantigarbha
Erich Fromm in 1974, by Müller-May / Rainer Funk, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, I'm just coming to the end of writing a book on love in the context of Buddhist partnership and practice. In the three years I've been working on it, I've read several dozen books as background material. Which one has touched me most deeply? Without doubt, it's Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving, which I first read as a ...
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