Advanced Course- Living Compassion

Course is written in Amsterdam time zone: During summer time it is called CEST. During winter time it is CET: You can check your own time zone here

❀ ONLINE in English:

Tuesday evenings (+1 Saturday), with Nadine:

Details about the trainer: Nadine

→  The course will be held online with Zoom. Online sessions will be recorded and made available for participants to view (not to download) until 3 weeks after the course is over.

Robert Gonzales, Trainer for NVC (CNVC), has dedicated his life to living compassion. In his approach to NVC he emphasizes connection to the living, vibrant energy that needs carry as a doorway into our soul. Our practice lies in cultivating a felt sense experience of their energy inside of us. I have learned with Robert since 2006 and the tools I received have benefited me deeply, particularly in moments of pain and disconnection.

During this course I would like to introduce you to the living energy of needs and help you develop concrete skills to transform obstacles to embracing life compassionately and connect with the beauty and fullness of needs by sharing:
❀ Exercises to allow a felt experience of the fullness of needs vs. the lack.
❀  Concrete NVC based processes (e.g. Transforming the pain of unmet needs to the beauty of needs; Preparation for authentic dialogue) to add to your tool box for life.
❀  Contemplative practices like meditation and inquiries (alone and in pairs) that engage the heart and the felt sense of the body and can be used and established as an ongoing meditation practice in your life in order to live needs-based
❀  Time to get in touch with yourself as well as community time are an essential part of this course

I will mix in my own inspirations that I receive from mindfulness and yoga, neuroscientific approaches like Rick Hanson’s work, work with beliefs from Byron Katie’s approach and inspiration I receive from my NVC colleagues and friends.

I would enjoy if you want to join me in this exploration.

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.
For this course, the assistants have done Living Compassion work either with me or Robert Gonzales or both.

The course is open to you if you’ve completed a minimum of 60 hours of NVC training, or have completed Connecting2life’s Basic and Intermediate Courses.
In case of doubt, write us at:  info@connecting2life.net

Course is written in Amsterdam time zone: During summer time it is called CEST. During winter time it is CET: You can check your own time zone here

❀ ONLINE in English:

Tuesday evenings (+1 Saturday), with Nadine:

Details about the trainer: Nadine

→  The course will be held online with Zoom. Online sessions will be recorded and made available for participants to view (not to download) until 3 weeks after the course is over.

The max number of participants is 14.

For this 10-session course, the fee is a choice between €260 – €520, depending on your income and free will.

→  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.

→ When paid by a business, it is the highest fee on the scale

→  Invoices are Vrijgesteld (VAT free).

❤ Regarding Money
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.

At the end of each session, you will receive:
– A written summary of the session
– A Zoom recording of the session to view (not for download), available until 3 weeks after the course is over.

To book your place, simply follow the 3 steps below. If you have any questions please contact us at:
info@connecting2life.net

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.
3. Complete the €90 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 days before the course officially begins.

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