Weekend Online Retreat: A Foundation in Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Weekend Online Retreat

A Foundation in Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Take your first steps in learning NVC. Take time over one weekend to explore the potential of Nonviolent Communication to transform your relationships both at home and at work.

• Are you stuck repeating patterns, getting angry or paralysed by an inner critic?
• Or do you have something to bring the world but no one is listening?
• Feeling hopeless about change?

Nonviolent Communication offers a way to radically reshape how we interact, work and live together. Used around the world in families, boardrooms, in schools and anywhere we are in conflict, large or small. NVC is a deceptively simple process and takes practice to master. Never learnt alone, communities of practitioners have grown globally for support, feedback and to build projects which inspire and give hope that a different way is possible.

This training will combine exercises and space to reflect in small groups with additional explorations to do on your own over the weekend and beyond.

This will be a supportive, gentle space to learn using your own examples, a chance to slow down and truly integrate so you can start using the skills right away.

This training will support you to:

Uncover our common habits which block our communication

Discover new ways to express yourself with clarity, power and with care

Explore empathy as a way to connect and disrupt stuck patterns

Build a self-empathy practice for self-compassion and healing in any moment

Suitable for those new to Nonviolent Communication, those wanting a refresher or to deepen their understanding

Time and Dates

Friday 13th May 18:00- 20.00

Saturday 14th May 10.00-12.30 and 14.30- 17.00

Sunday 15th May 10.00- 12.30 and 14.30- 16.00

(All UK time add an hour for CET)

You will need to attend all sessions. There will be comfort breaks, small group work and individual work. The preference is to keep your camera on and be engaged with tasks and in groups, for your own learning.

How?

We will meet on Zoom- more information will be sent to you before we meet in a joining letter.

Money

The fee for the weekend is £185.

This includes handouts and 4 months free access to Words are Windows. This is an online community of people practising Nonviolent Communication.

(Thereafter £12 per month (usually the first month is free), no obligation to stay)

The costs of this training will be £220 if you require a receipt.

Booking form has more details

Trainer: Shona Cameron Certified Trainer and Assessor

Shona is a psychologist, coach, and mentor and is known for her presence and clarity that supports people to find depth and integration, which she believes arises from a radical acceptance of oneself.

She began exploring Nonviolent Communication in 2003, learning from both Marshall Rosenberg and trainers around the world. Shona became a Certified Trainer in 2006 and an Assessor in 2016, currently working with English Speaking European Assessor Team.

Recognising NVC’s potential for personal and social change, Shona told the head of schools where she worked that if teachers really knew the power of being in touch with their own needs, they may decide never to come back. “Great,” the person said, “then we’ll have the teachers who really want to be here.” Inspired, she brought Nonviolent Communication into spaces where no one knew what she was doing.

Shona authored a chapter in the book, Restorative Theory in Practice: Insights into What Works and Why and runs an online community called Words are Windows. One of her favourite learning methods is the NVC Dance Floors, which offer an embodied yet simple way to integrate NVC into our daily lives. Learn more about Shona.

Find the Booking Form here