Intention & Attention with Bridget Belgrave and Ruud Baanders

Intention and Attention as Keys to NVC to your NVC practice A 2.5 day non-residential workshop with Ruud Baanders and Bridget Belgrave

“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.”

 Quotes from Marshall Rosenberg, founder of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Intention and attention are fundamental to your NVC practice, and make a huge difference to outcomes, yet they are harder to name, to develop and to maintain than the skills of communicating about observations, feelings, needs and requests. And they are not often explored in a workshop. When connecting with yourself and other people, do you make conscious choices about your intention and attention? We became curious about this theme a couple of years ago, and have dived deeply into it, reading, exploring and experimenting. We created this workshop to develop awareness about what place intention and attention have in the practice of NVC, the different levels of intention, and the significance of our choices about how we focus our attention. Some of the topics we will explore together:

• What is intention
• What intentions do you choose
• How can you most effectively activate this intention

 

• What makes attention so powerful
• What do you give your attention to
• Where do you give your attention from

  This 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

There will be intriguing and innovative learning activities, with time for discussion and integration of your learning. You will have a chance to apply the learning in a difficult communication (in a role-play) to prepare for bringing your learning into your daily life with your partner, family, friends, enemies, colleagues, and everyone you meet! Who is it for: The workshop is designed for people who have already attended a basic training in NVC.