Capital NVC

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is more than a way of talking to one another -- it is a way of being in the world that supports us in experiencing satisfying relationships, inner peace, compassion, authenticity and aliveness. NVC offers recipes for communicating but these rely on a foundation involving a shift in consciousness. Please join CNVC Certified Trainer Bob Wentworth for an afternoon-long experiential introduction to this exciting body of ideas and practices.

Both Buddhist teachings and personal experience show that we suffer to the extent that we are attached to things being a certain way -- grasping for what we want, or in aversion to what we don't want. At the same time, life energy resides in our desires and longings, and in moving towards what we value. How can have the aliveness and sense of direction that come from fully want ing what we want, while remaining openhearted about the possibility of not getting it? Please join CNVC Certified Trainer Bob Wentworth to experience an exploration around this issue.

Family HEART camp is an unforgettable week-long immersion in NVC for parents and children, located in an oasis of natural beauty just outside of Washington DC. Have fun together and learn to relate in ways that say "You matter!" to everyone involved. For details, see http://familyheartcamp.org/

(Remember to "Spring Ahead" for Daylight Savings Time.)

Listening and Speaking to Create Peace

promoting understanding within families and community

In Nonviolent Communication (NVC), one learns the value of "going where the life is" -- noticing what is going on in the moment that seems to matter, have vitality at the heart of it, and focusing our attention there. This non-class will be dedicated to that precept. There is no syllabus. Instead, the facilitator will lead each session based on what is alive for him that day, and what is alive in those who show up to participate. Our time together will be grounded in understandings about life as offered by NVC and by the spiritual underpinnings of NVC.

In Nonviolent Communication (NVC), one learns the value of "going where the life is" -- noticing what is going on in the moment that seems to matter, have vitality at the heart of it, and focusing our attention there. This non-class will be dedicated to that precept. There is no syllabus. Instead, the facilitator will lead each session based on what is alive for him that day, and what is alive in those who show up to participate. Our time together will be grounded in understandings about life as offered by NVC and by the spiritual underpinnings of NVC.

In Nonviolent Communication (NVC), one learns the value of "going where the life is" -- noticing what is going on in the moment that seems to matter, have vitality at the heart of it, and focusing our attention there. This non-class will be dedicated to that precept. There is no syllabus. Instead, the facilitator will lead each session based on what is alive for him that day, and what is alive in those who show up to participate. Our time together will be grounded in understandings about life as offered by NVC and by the spiritual underpinnings of NVC.

[Note: Postponed from Feb 8 to Feb 15 because due to a snow-induced lack of parking.]

This group meets in Silver Spring two Thursdays a month, from 7:00-9:15 pm. Many members are associated with the Washington Ethical Society. For information, contact Bob Wentworth.

The workshop NVC and Me: Building and Sustaining a Practice for Life is divided into five sessions, which are designed so that one can attend any combination of sessions from one to all of them. This is a session. For details, see the full event description.