Intention and Attention as Keys to NVC (Bridget Belgrave and Ruud Baanders)

“Think about your intentionality – are you getting lost in the method or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don’t want to do the mechanics without the consciousness.” “I developed NVC as a way to train my attention – to shine the light of consciousness – on places that have the potential to yield what I am seeking.”

Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC

  Intention and attention are fundamental to your NVC practice and make a huge difference to connection and outcomes, yet they are harder to identify, develop and maintain than the skills of communicating about observations, feelings, needs and requests. We became curious about this a couple of years ago, and dived deeply into it, reading, exploring and experimenting. We wanted to find a way to be more consciously aware of our attention and intentions that integrated with our NVC practice. We also wanted to develop an inclusive approach to this topic that spoke to others whatever their cosmology and spirituality. Out of our experiences we created this innovative and exploratory workshop.

The workshop will enable you to

• Expand the dimensions of how you understand and apply NVC
• Awaken your own insights about the topics we will be exploring
• Develop increased clarity and capability in how you use intention and attention in your NVC practice, and in your life
• Be more powerful in creating the quality of relationships you want, and the world you want to live in