With the end of the Mayan Calender and the beginning of a ‘New Time’, I have become so aware of the way I use language and the fact that I often communicate in a negative way, especially with my family. I am regularly in a rush and feel irritated and I don't take the time to communicate my needs or my feelings. Instead my language consists of demands and sarcasm, and sometimes insults. Why is it that we are polite to strangers and rude to our families? At this time, when we are manifesting so rapidly, we have to become impeccable with our word.
I have made a promise to myself to change the way I communicate. And I have the tools. I was given a recording of the Non Violent Communication course over a year ago now and although I have listened to it, I haven't really taken the time to go though the sessions correctly, and learn how to sustain this new form of communicating.
So...
If there are any of you who would like to join me on a Tuesday evening, to listen to and discuss what is contained in Dr Marshall Rosenberg’s lessons on Non Violent Communication, please contact me by email - tracy.white00@gmail.com, and we can decide when to start.
You will need to bring with you:
1. Something to write with and something to write on.
2. A donation for the tea / coffee pot.
I would like to listen to 1 session per evening and discuss what is covered, offering possible examples of ways we can implement the new information. There are 10 sessions... Which is nice as it is so hard to change over night. I expect to spend 10 weeks on this project.
Marshall B. Rosenberg is the founder and developer of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and you can visit his website at
http://www.cnvc.org/.
"All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to maintain a perspective of empathy for ourselves and others, even under trying conditions.”
-- Marshall B. Rosenberg, Phd
Nonviolent Communication contains nothing new. It is based on historical principles of nonviolence-- the natural state of compassion when no violence is present in the heart. NVC reminds us what we already instinctively know about how good it feels to authentically connect to another human being.
With NVC we learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others. Through its emphasis on deep listening—to ourselves as well as others—NVC helps us discover the depth of our own compassion. This language reveals the awareness that all human beings are only trying to honor universal values and needs, every minute, every day.
NVC can be seen as both a spiritual practice that helps us see our common humanity, using our power in a way that honors everyone's needs, and a concrete set of skills which help us create life-serving families and communities.
The form is simple, yet powerfully transformative.
Through the practice of NVC, we can learn to clarify what we are observing, what emotions we are feeling, what values we want to live by, and what we want to ask of ourselves and others. We will no longer need to use the language of blame, judgment or domination. We can experience the deep pleasure of contributing to each others' well being.
NVC creates a path for healing and reconciliation in its many applications, ranging from intimate relationships, work settings, health care, social services, police, prison staff and inmates, to governments, schools and social change organizations.
(Taken from the website...)
