Over the course of this retreat, we will:
• Empower the voice of our inner truth
• Cultivate deep self-compassion
• Integrate NVC skills to enrich intimacy
• Make requests with nonattachment
• Find strength in vulnerability
• Dialogue with and without words
Dialogues of the Heart is a retreat for couples, for parents and their adult children, for friends and enemies, for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) practitioners, and for anyone else who wishes to join together in the cultivation of an immediate, authentic, and rich connection to start the New Year. Through art, role-play, games, meditation, and movement, we will play with our demons in a safe, nurturing space and meet the Beloved in ourselves, the Other, in community, and in Life.
Hours from this training can be applied to certification with the Center for Nonviolent Communication and may apply in certain course study in certain schools or CEU's. You will receive a certificate of 14 hours training.
The Dancing Lodge is a sacred space for free-style expression where participants have the opportunity to learn the universal dancing wheel, share their own authentic movement and play with the artistry of life.
• Deepen your connection to your true self
• Move in ways you never thought possible
• Restore your faith in humanity
CATHERINE CADDEN is an internationally recognized certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), author of Peaceable Revolution Through Education, co-founder of Play in the Wild! Wilderness Initiations into Nonviolence, and founder of The TEMBA School. Her background includes over 20 years of dance, performance, and teaching experience working with the Five Sacred Rhythms and the Sound/Movement Integration Center. She specifically honors her teachers Jack Kornfield, Sahn Nicole Hill, Ram Dass, Marshall Rosenberg, and Stephen and Ondrea Levine for supporting, inspiring and influencing her spiritual path with a daily mind and heart practice in being nonviolence.
JESSE WIENS is a CNVC certified trainer. He studies Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by living it, drawing from seven years of living in Soto Zen monasteries and 6 years of dedicated NVC training, including three years in Robert Gonzales’ LIFE program and a year with BayNVC’s Restorative Justice program at San Quentin Prison. In 2006, Jesse founded ZENVC, offering a holistic approach to the practice of “being” nonviolence.
LYND MORRIS is a CNVC certified trainer and founding member of Capital NVC. In 1997, she was ordained as a lay member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing. Lynd’s trainings combine NVC and mindfulness practices.