NVC

First international NVC trainers’ Retreat

This is a personal report on my experience and that of 14 other trainers at the Gathering of July 21-26 2009.

SUMMARY

It was fantastic, everyone “should” go!   ;)

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) suggests we focus our atention differently. It suggests we connect to what's really alive in the moment, both within ourselves and through other peoples' expressions, at the level of Feelings and Needs. When we learn NVC, and in order to get acquainted with this relatively unknown dimension of ourselves, we seek to enrich our feelings and needs vocabulary. This allows us to foster more clarity and meaning in our dialogue with ourselves and others. Here is this famous list!

A message of great enthusiasm to all! I've recently attended a workshop with Dominic Barter. He is a nonviolent communication (NVC)  trainer who has worked in Brazil since 1992. He has designed a process based in restorative justice principles and also completely anchored in NVC dialogue processes. These processes are an organic way for communities to respond to conflict, shocks or even violent acts.

Here's a short article we wrote in order to quickly present NVC in one page. we are hoping it will be inspiring and/or supportive in order to share with others an impetus to discover it!
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