Pan Vera to facilitate Compassionate Communication Workshops
in Burlington, Vermont
Are you looking for a special holiday gift for yourself or a loved one? How about gathering with friends to see, discuss and practice Compassionate Communication as facilitated by Pan Vera?
Friday, Dec 12,6:30pm - 9:30pm, FREE Introduction
A refresher or first look at Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication (NVC) will present you with an opportunity to see how you can use this language in your own life. We will look at life alienating communication, and explore the key assumptions and intentions of NVC. This process offers proven, effective communication skills to help you foster healthy, satisfying relationships—with yourself and others.
Saturday, Dec 13, 9am-5pm, Foundations of Compassionate Communication
On Saturday morning, we will practice expressing how we are and what we would like. Then we will use NVC to see within ourselves the beauty of who we are by practicing the art of self-empathy. This process will include demonstration and practice with the support of small groups. On Saturday afternoon we will use NVC to deepen our relations with people in different areas of our lives by learning to perceive the feelings and needs behind judgments and difficult to hear messages.
Skills You Will Learn:
· Transforming negative thinking into personal empowerment
· Getting what you want without using demands, guilt, or shame
· Transforming unhealthy communication habits to resolve conflicts
· Staying compassionate, even in the most difficult circumstances
This format will provide a solid foundation for a life long practice of Nonviolent Communication; however, this is just the beginning. Several study and practice groups will start in January.
Sunday, Dec 14, 9am-4pm, Advanced Work on Compassionate Communication
This workshop will be offered to people who have attended three or more NVC workshops / trainings or have worked on NVC for two or more years. Participants will set agenda; with opportunity to role-play difficult situations and explore ways to use these skills on a more consistent basis.
Facilitator: Pan Vera, www.compassionatecommunications.us802-659-0144
Suggested donation: For 1 day workshop: $75 - $95,plus $10 for lunch. For both Sat and Sun workshops: $125 - $175, plus lunches. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Location: Friday and Saturday events: Friends Meetinghouse, 173 N. Prospect St, Burlington.
Sunday workshop: location to be announced.
Registration: Appreciated for Saturday workshop and required for Sunday advanced workshop. To register, contact Bonnie Fraser at fraser@champlain.edu or at 802-865-1761.
If you have questions please call me at 802-659-0144, or send e-mail.
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Pan Vera is a Certified NVC trainer by the Puget Sound Network for Compassionate Communications and is registered with the Center for Nonviolent Communications as a candidate for certification.