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Guilt and anger are core human dynamics that lead to communication that alienates connection. This workshop will be a deep dive into understanding these very dynamics and using them as a door to liberation and connection.

Anger often arises unexpectedly in our interactions with those we hold most dear—our children, parents, partners, colleagues, bosses, friends, and even the world at large. You can sense its arrival… it courses through your veins, surges through your body, an explosive energy demanding release. Yet, you know that acting on it is likely to bring further chaos and damage to the relationship.

Anger is a powerful life energy expressed in a tragic language that often fails to achieve its intended purpose. How can we navigate anger in a manner that fosters connection? Why is it risky to express anger, and even riskier to suppress it? What is its underlying purpose, and what message does it truly convey? How do we manage our own anger and effectively listen to the anger of others?

We’ll explore:

• Our personal relationship with anger
• The dynamics of anger
• Expressing anger in a way that strengthens connections
• How to enjoy (!) others’ anger towards us
• How to heal the relationship after anger has caused damage?

Guilt silently pervades our world: in parenting, intimate relationships, and family ties. Many of our actions are almost imperceptibly driven by an undercurrent of guilt.

Guilt is a moment when we speak to ourselves in the most violent language humanity has created so far—jackal—leading to profound inner conflict. While it stems from a well-meaning intention—care—it often produces outcomes contrary to its original purpose.

We will learn:

• The dynamics and tragedy of guilt
• The process of ‘liberating ourselves from guilt’
• Our ‘life project’ that is hidden behind the guilt
• Regret (mourning) as different from guilt, and how to heal relationships once we have taken actions that caused hurt in others

• There is no such thing as good/bad/right/wrong
• All what humans can ever do is to attempt to care for life (meet Needs)
• Trusting Empathy & the power of compassion

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (PhD Marshall Rosenberg) is a practical communication tool that radically transforms your relationship with yourself and others. NVC cultivates assertive honesty mixed with a deep quality of Empathy.

NVC transforms conflicts into love and clarity.

NVC takes you from your meditation cushion into real life – it helps you live your deep values in relationships and millions of day-to-day life situations.
 NVC deeply transforms your communication with yourself toward a quality of profound compassion.

You will be invited to work on examples from your own life in an interactive and safe learning environment. We will practice Nonviolent Communication through demonstrations, role-play and exercises in order to integrate NVC values and language more into our daily lives.
The way we teach is: 30% Theory and 70% of Practice/Demonstration/Learning from LIVE situations that are happening in the here and now. Our focus is very much on the Embodied aspect of ‘Nonviolent Communication’, so be ready to dive.

Assistants: We will have assistants accompanying us during this course. They’ve already completed the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Year Courses with us and some are engaged in their steps toward teaching/sharing NVC.

Lodging “Bona Natura”, Gratiškės, 21400 Trakų r., Lithuania
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01-03 May 2025
Thursday till Saturday:  10:00 – 18:00

Yoram speaks English. This workshop will have a consecutive translation into Lithuanian. Practice in small groups can be done either in English or if you share the same language- in your own language.

For this workshop, the fee is a choice of between €300 – €600

→ The choice of fees depends on your income and free will. The idea behind a sliding scale is that we all have different current financial situations, and we like to be flexible so that your financial contribution fits your financial situation as well as your personal wish to support us.

For more information:
Ieva:  i.severinaite@gmail.com

We wouldn’t want money to prevent anyone from learning NVC! We see money as a strategy to care for the sustainability of our giving. It’s important for us to have a sense of mutual contribution. ‘Receiving’ supports us in meeting our practical stability (money), as well as supports us emotionally to be in balance and keep our hearts open to more giving. While we stand firmly for our need of mutual contribution, we’re flexible about possible strategies on how to meet this need. Money is our preferred strategy, as it’s easy for us to transfer it to the exact things that contribute to us. That being said, if the amount we ask would prevent you from joining, we can offer the following:
1. If you’re coming from a country where the income/currency is lower than the prices in euros, we’re open to finding a price that makes sense and keeps hearts open.
2. If you’re currently having a challenging period financially, you can pay us at a later date when your finances are better. Sometimes people even pay us a few years later.
3. We’re open to brainstorming other ways you can contribute to us, though it’s not always easy to find things that both you would enjoy contributing and that would actually be contributing to us.

To book your place, follow the 3 steps below. If you have any questions please contact Ieva:
i.severinaite@gmail.com

1. Read the Terms & Conditions (Many of us never read ‘Terms & Conditions’… and, we would recommend you to read this one to be sure we’re together and on the same page).
2. Fill in the form below (scroll down).
3. Complete the €100 non-refundable prepayment (To see the complete course fee click on the tab ‘Practical information’)

Regarding the remainder of the payment:    We ask that you pay the remainder of the course fees within a week of finishing the course. We suggest you pay at the end because we like people to know what they’re paying for. We do this because we wish for your payment to be more connected to gratitude rather than to a sense of duty. If you prefer to pay earlier this is also welcome.

‘The regret period’: We process a refund for your prepayment only if the cancellation occurs within 14 days from the date you made the prepayment, and if your cancellation request is made at least 5 working days before the course officially begins.

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