Embodying NVC ~ thru Aikido, Somatic Consensus & Leadership 2 - NYC

When: 
Sun, 09/20/2009 - 10:00am - 5:00pm

~ Embodying NVC ~
thru Aikido, Somatic Consensus & Leadership

A Playshop on Embodying Compassionate NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION(sm)* through the WAY of AIKIDO taught by Aikido/NVC Trainer, DAVID WEINSTOCK
(FIRST TIME ON THE EAST COAST)
Learn Through Your Body & Come to Your Senses

Beyond Cognition… Beyond Talking Heads…
In these times, it’s of the utmost importance to organize around what we deeply care about, learn to manage moods, take decisive & skillful action, relate with grounded compassion, and embody a pragmatic wisdom.

Somatic Skills with NVC allow us to lead ourselves & others more effectively & create a future of greater possibilities in any venue we choose.

We are all leaders.

Join us in this unique combination of Aikido & NVC to Align Who You are & What you Value with your Words & Actions.

• Align the wisdom of head, heart and gut

• Enhance your intuitive listening skills

• Develop your natural rhythm & sense of timing

• Recover more quickly & act more skillfully when emotionally triggered by personal challenges

• Build more capability to hold your passion & purpose

• Transform self-limiting beliefs & habits

• Meet & move through discomfort as a gateway to resilience, versatility, authentic expression & creative action

• Increase your capacity for inclusiveness

• Feel your body show you it’s embedded strategies --- and learn to organize your values & feedback without blame.

• Walk out with powerful & effective strategies to lead yourself & others.


Evening: 7pm - 9pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th
Intro to NVC/Somatic Series: Turning Reactions to Resources
Experiential practices for Centering, Feeling into needs, Reinterpreting Boundaries thru Somatic Observation & the Empathic Field.
~ OPEN TO EVERYONE ~
$20 Donation
(Or free w/purchase of whole weekend)

Full Days: 10am-5pm (w/lunch break)
SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 19th
Transforming Conflict into Connection & Healing
Experiential skills & practices for Centering, Attention, Cultivating openness, timing & inclusiveness under pressure while in the fullness of our needs.

SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 20th
Embodying NVC & Intro to Somatic Consensus & Leadership
Aligning verbal & nonverbal communication in experiential exercises & practices to develop Core Strengths w/clear intention, skillful action & grounded compassion in times of stress, conflict & change.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT FOR SISSIES.


Facilitator: David Weinstock, Certified Somatic Coach, NVC Trainer, Aikido instructor (30 yrs.), Originator of Somatic Consensus. David has led community workshops in schools, prisons, businesses & organizations around the world.

“As with Aikido, I approach NVC as a “way” of life… powerfully effective when my verbal & nonverbal communication are aligned & emerge from a Unified Internal Consensus” -- providing endless opportunities for exploring & facilitating mastery of mind-body learning.
-- .David Weinstock co-founded an intentional community in Washington where he has been honing & living NVC, Somatic Consensus & Leadership for the past 20 years. T: 360-297-8144,
www.liminalsomatics.com, dav...@liminalsomatics.com.


$75 Per Day Separately
OR $125 for Both Days

(Pre-requisite for Sat. & Sun.: Curiosity & at least basic familiarity with NVC: Nonviolent Communication (sm), founded by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.)

Location: In Manhattan TBA

To Register & Pay:
Email: shanadeane77@gmail OR Call 212.929.7469
Cash, Money Order or Credit/Debit Card processed via phone or Paypal

Each Event is limited to 35 people. Early registration is encouraged. Wait list is available.
No one turned away for lack of funds…
Call to discuss.


Somatic Healing… Transforms the emotional pain that holds us in the past into new resources for powerful living.

Somatic Consensus… Unlocks your potential through mind, body and spirit integration

~ Have NVC be a practice that lives within your body rather than something you do ~