Capitol NVC

Deepening Empathic Presence

What is it we communicate when we use verbal and nonverbal language to reach out to another person? We may believe we are offering our thoughts or even expressing our feelings, but the work of NVC leader Robert Gonzales* suggests that we are communicating a fundamental and precious form of life energy which, in NVC terms, we call needs.

In this 3-hour workshop we will explore how met and unmet needs are lived in our emotions and in our bodies and increase our capacity to sense what is "alive" in ourselves and in those around us. The second half of this workshop will focus on deepening our experience of three needs that are essential for developing empathic presence.

This workshop is open to anyone who has already attended 5 or more hours of NVC training. It may be taken alone or as the first of three workshops in the "Compassionately Embracing Life" series Lynd Morris is offering this December and January. This workshop is being offered twice to enable more people to attend.

Dates and Times "Deepening Empathic Presence" will be offered:

Tuesday 12/2/08 ( 7:00-10:00 p.m.)
Sunday 12/28/08 (2:00-5:00 p.m.)

Leader:
Lynd Morris

Location:

Silver Spring, Maryland. There is plenty of neighborhood parking and public transportation access through Metro + RideOn bus.

Requested Financial Contribution:

$35-$75
You are invited to contribute as high on this scale as you can with ease and joy. And, there will be work exchange and partial scholarship opportunities for those who need them to attend.

Registration:

To create intimacy and ease, this workshop is being held in my home. Space is quite limited and so, whether you’d like to attend just this workshop or additional workshop in the series, please contact me right away so a seat can be reserved for you. You can send an email message with a brief description of your prior NVC training to Lynd@CapitolNVC.org .

* Robert Gonzales is President of the Board of the global Center for Nonviolent Communication, co-founder of the NVC Training Institute, founder of the Prescott Center for Nonviolent Communication, and Director of the NVC LIFE Program.

Lynd Morris is a graduate of the 2005 North America NVC Leadership Program and has completed her third-year with the NVC LIFE Program. For more than 3 1/2 years she has led NVC classes and workshops in Maryland and Virginia and has participated in or served as assistant trainer at numerous NVC trainings across the United States. Lynd is a founding member of Capitol NVC and is a certification candidate with the global Center for Nonviolent Communication. Lynd 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.