Online NVC Courses and Events

We can help you experience deeper relationships, greater co-operation, a more just and compassionate world.
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Self-led courses

To help you apply NVC in your everyday life, we’ve started to develop an online membership space where you can learn and apply the principles at your own pace.
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The Burning House: a Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency

Shantigarbha's book exploring what Buddhism has to say about the climate emergency.
Find out more and join our online course.
I’ll Meet You There: a Practical Guide to Empathy, Mindfulness and Communication

Shantigarbha’s book on empathy. "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there."
Read the first chapter online and use our discount code.
NVC Camping Space 2021

This year, instead of the Summerfest, we're offering an NVC Camping Space, near Bath, 27 July– 5 August.
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Restorative Circles

Restorative Circles is a community dialogue process that can restore trust and connection when people have got hurt.
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Corporate Away Days

Are you looking to regroup as a team away from the hustle and bustle of every day?
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NVC Year Training Course 2021-22

This residential Year Training explores the systems you need to build community. There will be five modules between October 2022 and July 2022. These fifteen days count towards CNVC certification.
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Coaching Sessions and Couples Mediation

1:1 coaching sessions and couples mediation
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We offer NVC trainings, courses, and events online, in Bristol and the South West.

Everybody’s needs matter

We work with people who believe that authentic communication is key in creating a more just and compassionate world. Our trainings will bring you inner healing, improved relationships, and support to create the kind of world that you want to live in. Join us at one of our online or in-person events, or check out our series of NVC Life Hacks, as featured on NVC Academy.

Love and life, Shantigarbha and Gesine. Find out more about us.

Forthcoming Events

Online: Six-week, NVC Level One Course, Mondays, January

Join a community of like-minded people to learn life-changing communication skills and breathe new l...

Online: Six-week NVC Level Two course, Transforming Conflict, Mondays, January

Join a community of like-minded people to learn life-changing communication skills and breathe new l...

Bristol: NVC Level One weekend workshop – in person, January

Join a community of like-minded people to learn life-changing communication skills and breathe new l...

Online: Six-week, NVC Level One Course, Mondays, March

Join a community of like-minded people to learn life-changing communication skills and breathe new l...

About the Team

Nonviolent Communication skills can help transform relationships with friends, family, and colleagues. Shantigarbha and Gesine, CNVC certified trainers, believe that social change starts with compassionate communication, hearing the needs behind our feelings. ...

NVC Year Training 2021-22

Registration is now closed for Year Training 21-22. This page gives an introduction; elsewhere you can read up on the five module Syllabus, explore the fees and venue or fill in the online booking form. It's all about building community! This Year Training is ...

Self-led courses

Join the waitlist Learn Nonviolent Communication Online. Join our waiting list and get early bird access to special NVC learning content. Shantigarbha and Gesine will guide you through NVC from understanding why it was created to how you can apply it in your ...

Completing the stress cycle

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Gesine Schrader

With the recent high temperatures I had the chance to go for a swim in a Bristol lake. While I was there I had a chat with a guy who told me that his job is stressful and that he goes for a swim after work every day throughout the year. I was impressed. At the same time I understood what he was talking about. I also enjoyed the freshness of the cold water and felt satisfied and relaxed after the v...
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What kind of ancestors do we want to be?

Posted on August 18, 2021August 16, 2021 by Shantigarbha

On Monday, the IPCC published part of its long-awaited Sixth Assessment Report, "Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis", which you can read here. The report confirms what has been common knowledge for many years now: that major and irreversible changes to the climate, affecting all parts of the globe, are underway now and that swift and drastic cuts in emissions are needed now if we are...
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