(For other extended training programs with different focuses, consider Compassionate Leadership or the Bay NVC Leadership Program or see our extended training page.)
Deepen and Integrate NVC nto every moment of Life!
Dear NVC Friend,
I'm am still accepting applications for the next NVC LIFE Program which will begin in February 2011. LIFE is an acronym for Learning & Integration, Full Embodiment and it is a program that focuses on deepening and integrating the consciousness that is the foundation of NVC.
I began offering the NVC LIFE Program in 2006 in the United States and have now worked with a small group of participants each year. Each group has had profound experiences of healing, transformation and deep community connection.
In 2011, I will be offering this two-year program in the Portland, Oregon area for the first time. The program is designed for people with intermediate to advanced skills in NVC. Participants are expected to already have basic skills in expressing honestly in NVC, practicing self-empathy and empathizing with others.
Working with the NVC LIFE Program has become the most exciting and deeply enriching work that I've done to date. I hope you'll consider joining me in this journey.
Robert Gonzales
Building and developing a strong and clear foundation is a basis for applying the NVC process in our lives. Without this inner foundation, it is easier to practice NVC as a mechanical or rote process, or to get stuck in jackal reactivity without the living quality of needs. The major aspect to developing a foundational consciousness is the ability to transform our life-alienating thinking and reactivity to the more life serving consciousness of authenticity and presence.
The primary focus of this program will be to develop awareness of the consciousness of "the living energy of needs" or "the beauty of needs." This is the foundational base for Living Compassion and is core to living and integrating NVC into life. The deepening work that we will focus on is to establish a clear pathway to first identifying, then experiencing and cultivating this consciousness. I am interested in supporting an embodied spirituality and a way to engage in a living practice in our everyday, moment-to-moment living. We will apply processes/tools that serve this integration and development.
This work is comprised of three dimensions:
Inner Dimensions of this work:
1. Cultivating and Dwelling in the Beauty of Needs
· Meditations, walking meditations and work in pairs and small groups2. Compassionately Embracing to Healing and Transformation
· Transforming the Pain of Unmet Needs to the Beauty of Needs
· Transforming Core Jackal Beliefs/Compassionately Embracing
· The Illusion of Conflicting Needs or Choosing and Staying in Life-serving Consciousness
Relationship (Outer) Dimension of this work:
3. Living our Being in Relationship
· Preparation for Authentic Dialogue
· Mutuality and Dialogue from the Beauty of Needs
· Empathy practice from the Beauty of Needs
· Embodied Spirituality in Living Compassion
· Development of Group ("We") Consciousness
This is a two-year program, 2011 & 2012.
There will be two, six and one-half day retreats EACH year, held at
Alton L. Collins Retreat Center, 32867 SE Highway 211, Eagle Creek, Oregon 97022
The retreat center is 45 minutes from the Portland International Airport.
The dates for the retreats are:
February 12- 19, 2011 &
September 24- October 1, 2011
March 24 - 31, 2012 &
October 6 - 13, 2012
There will be two, 2 hour tele-classes that Robert will facilitate between the two retreats each year.
There will be three, one hour individual phone sessions between retreats with each participant. One call will be with Robert and there will be two additional calls, one with each of Robert's Assistants in the program.
The program will also include small group phone meetings (practice groups, empathy sessions, etc.) with participants-only.
The cost of the program per year is:
$3,250 for single occupancy
$2,950 for double occupancy
The above prices include all tuition, room and board for two retreats.
Cost breakout per year:
Tuition: $1,850
Housing and Meals: $1,400 single room
$1,100 double room
There are no scholarships or tuition cost reductions available for this program at this time. It is requested that you carefully consider the financial and time commitment that this program entails before applying.
For more Information or to Request an Application
Email phyllis [at] prescottnvc [dot] org (click dots to see full address)
or call Phyllis Brzozowska at (928) 771-2420