Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland (Metro accessible, plenty of free parking)
Cost: $125-$250 per couple, sliding scale (you decide the highest amount you can easily and joyfully contribute)
Pre-Requisites: None
To Register: Please email Lynd Morris to reserve space at this event.
How many times have you expressed something to your partner that was really important to you but you didn’t feel heard in the way you’d intended? Or how many times has your partner expressed dissatisfaction for the way you’ve listened (or not listened) to him or her?
It was this decades-old “disconnect” that led my husband, David Steigerwald, and me into our exploration of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). We’ve learned a lot about ourselves, each other, and how to stay connected even when we are upset since our introduction to NVC in 2004. Now we are sharing with other couples the skills and practices that have been most effective in bringing us more deeply into relationship with each other.
This is Part I in a series of workshops we are offering to help couples understand each other while enhancing/restoring the hope, joy, and love that drew both partners to each other in the first place. These trainings are designed for all couples—from newcomers to NVC to couples in which one or both partners have many years of NVC experience. The workshop include large group work as well as partner practices that are playful as well as meaningful. Because we'll be coaching participants in exercises designed to enhance relationship, we request that both partners in each couple attend.
The next “NVC for Couples-Part I” workshop will be held on Saturday, August 28th, from 1:00-5:30 p.m. The requested financial contribution for this training is $125-$250 for each couple (you decide the highest amount you can contribute with joy and ease). All couples are welcome, regardless of ability to contribute financially. Please contact me, Lynd Morris, to explore if you have questions.
Lynd Morris is an NVC trainer certified by the global Center for Nonviolent Communication. She graduated from the 2005 North America NVC Leadership Program and has participated in the NVC LIFE Program since it began in 2006. For more than 5 years she has led NVC classes and workshops in Maryland and Virginia and has participated in or assisted at numerous NVC trainings across the United States. Lynd is a founding member of Capital NVC and is a member of the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1997, she was ordained as a lay member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing.
David Steigerwald has participated in NVC trainings since 2004, has assisted at most of the workshops and classes offered by Lynd, and has co-led two “NVC for Couples” workshops with her. He can be heard singing bass with the APL Scats and playing bass with the rock band, "White Chichuachua." His sound designs are heard in several community theaters in the Metro DC area.