Capital NVC

Dates/Times: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on September 25 & 26, October 23, November 13, December 18, January 22
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Cost: $475-$875 (highest amount you can easily and joyfully contribute)
Pre-Requisites: 30+ hours formal NVC training and 6+ months NVC practice
RSVP: Email Lynd Morris as soon as possible, only a few spaces are left

Juggling commitments at work and with families and friends, as well as needs for rest and renewal, it can become increasingly challenging to welcome the opportunities we encounter in our lives unless we are connected to what it is that gives us life: the vitality and nourishment present at the center of our longings.

Connecting to the living energy that manifests as needs and then learning how to integrate and embody this energy in our daily lives is at the heart of a series of practices developed by international NVC trainer Robert Gonzales as part of the LIFE Program he began offering in 2006. LIFE is an acronym Robert uses for Nonviolent Communication Living and Integrating, Full Embodiment. The LIFE Program has been transformational for so many people that Robert now offers it in Europe and the United States.

But how many of us can afford to take time off for several retreats each year and to make the financial commitment to attend the 2-year NVC LIFE Program? This year, Robert and I created the 5-month, “Welcoming LIFE Program,” a series of 6 consecutive local workshops to give commuters the chance to taste the same practices Robert offers through his LIFE Program, at a fraction of the cost.

I’m pleased that this new Welcoming LIFE Program (WLP) has been a powerful one. We are now nearing the end of our first WLP and the five workshops we’ve already held have been so nourishing for everyone involved, it is clear to me that offering this program again could benefit others, too.

Following are some unsolicited comments sent to me in emails after our opening WLP workshop in March 2010:

“Lynd, I hardly have words to tell you how much the weekend meant to me. I had not even been in touch with the need for peace at the depth that I found -- both getting in touch with it, and finding it. And getting in touch with some other needs around compassion and integrity, I managed to identify a couple of strategies that both left me with peace and confidence -- and have "worked" as I tried them today! Mmmmmm. Just what I wanted. Accomplishment, efficacy, as well as all the others.” Jone Lewis

“What a wonderful weekend workshop! I felt so deeply held and supported in the space and ways that you created for us, thank you for this precious gift!”...”this level of confidence and mastery comes through so clearly and beautifully in you, it's really a gift to behold, thank you for sharing it with us!” D.F.

“I am still breathing in that spacious weekend! I realized when I talked to my sister that Sunday night, the words that I was going to say didn't matter as much as my presence and honesty. Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Barbra Esher

“I feel so energized and not so afraid to feel the depths of my feelings. Needs met for adventure and self connection!” Lorinda Bosch

“The workshop was amazing. I feel so nourished and inner-balanced by it, by the gentle guidance and sharing you gave us. It nourished also my desire to deepen my practice of NVC”…”I am so grateful for the amazing gift you are sharing and giving to all of us. You are making the process of living life so exciting, awakening more curiosity, hope, and joy.” Brigitte Pichot

I’ve decided to offer the second session of the Welcoming LIFE Program from September 2010 – January 2011. This 5-month program will be held in Silver Spring, Maryland, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on the following dates:

September 25 and 26
October 23
November 13
December 18
January 22

Please note that enrolling in this program is dependent on being able to commit to attending all six workshops, barring unexpected or unavoidable emergencies.

The requested tuition for the Welcoming LIFE Program is $475-$875 (sliding scale based on the highest amount each registrant can contribute easily and joyfully). Payment plans can be arranged for those needing them to participate.

This an intermediate-advanced NVC program and is designed for people who have already attended more than 30 hours of formal NVC training, with more than 6 months of practicing NVC at work/home. To enhance intimacy and the depth of processing, I’m limiting enrollment for this session of the Welcoming LIFE Program to 12 people. Several people who were unable to attend the first session of the WLP this year have already enrolled in the second session, so there are only a few spaces left.

Please send an email to me, Lynd Morris, right away if you’d like to receive an application for this program or would like to learn more about this opportunity to deepen your experience of NVC consciousness.

Lynd Morris is an NVC trainer certified by the global Center for Nonviolent Communication. She graduated from the 2005 North America NVC Leadership Program and has participated in the NVC LIFE Program since it began in 2006. For more than 5 years she has led NVC classes and workshops in Maryland and Virginia and has participated in or assisted at numerous NVC trainings across the United States. Lynd is a founding member of Capital NVC and is a member of the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1997, she was ordained as a lay member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing.