PRACTICE GROUPS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS
Practice Groups provide a cost-effective and supportive space for ongoing NVC training to build skills for authentic expression and to engage in empathic connection. The list below is not a comprehensive list of practice groups. However all of the groups listed below are open to new members.
Some groups have requested NVC past experience, as noted in the description. Please note ending dates where they are posted.
If you don't see a group that meets your needs or wish to learn how to START A NEW GROUP see this page for ideas. You can also e-mail Karen @ nwcompass.org for more assistance.
Please know that Northwest Compassionate Communication does not develop, provide or endorse individual practice groups. Practice groups operate with autonomy and with or without a trainer and offer a variety of approaches to the process. We suggest that you ask questions of a group regarding their process in order to best determine how your needs are met.
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Email Parenting Group you can join: http://www.cnvc.org/contact.htm#join
ParentingGroup: NVC Parenting is a forum for parents who want to live the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with their families. Through offering empathy and sharing experiences, this group seeks to support parents to raise children with the values and tools of NVC.
To join this email group or get more information about it, send an email to: nvc-parenting-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You can unsubscribe anytime.
OTHER / 98033 Eastside Giraffes: Practice groups are places to hone active listening skills and enrich one's ability to see the positive intent or "need" that's underlying what the person wants - and to practice making those guesses verbally for respectful confirmation of understanding and to deepen connection & self-knowledge. It is also a place to speak up for our own needs and receive a kind of listening that is rare in our society, namely empathy. Through practice of these skills, many people have experienced a way to actually transform the judgments that arise with conflict into compassion and mutual understanding…creating peace.
Erika Jennings, the group facilitator, is especially interested in learning from the conflicts that come up within the group as trust is built and is also looking forward to role-plays and empathy sessions for issues dealing with third parties. She has partaken in two 9-mo facilitator training programs focused on parenting and leadership and is about to embark on a third dealing with mediation.
suggested donation, $10-15/evening
Location: if not on mailing list, please contact Erika at empathic_negotiation@hotmail.com prior to attending (there's an underscore between empathic and negotiation that doesn't show up well here). We alternate Mondays so it is not always the 1st and 3rd as stated below.
D'alenes (food is available for purchase)
340 Parkplace Center Kirkland, WA 98033
(on the same level as the Cinema, between Kits Camera & the Tuxedo Club shop)
Special Interest: Beginning NVC, Intermediate NVC, NVC for Parents, NVC at Work, NVC for Teachers, NVC in Health Care
Occurs First/Third Mondays from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
NORTH SEATTLE / 98115 Parenting Practice Group: Parenting practice group with NVC trainer Moreah Vestan: A practice group (children are 1-5) is currently looking to regroup when there are a few additional members. We rotate houses and can meet every other Sunday from 5 - 7:30 (or decide on a new time). We are using Lucy Leu's work book, as well as role playing real life situations. Contact Moreah, moreah@comcast.net, 206-938-8385.
NORTH SEATTLE, SOUTH SEATTLE / 98117 Parenting practice group (and light meal) with NVC trainer: Recently formed parenting practice group (toddler age) is currently looking
to add a few additional members. We meet every other Sunday from 5 - 7:30
and rotate houses (currently North Seattle and White Center). We are using
Lucy Leu's work book, as well as role playing real life situations. Our
group is facilitated by NVC trainer, Moreah Vesten and has been working out
great.
Contact David, davidlerner@speakeasy.net, 297-1792
WEST SEATTLE / 98117 WEST SEATTLE: I facilitate a practice group in my West Seattle home on 2nd Mondays and 4th Wednesdays from 7-9 pm. Please call 206-938-8385 if you'd like to join us. I'd love to form a second practice group It could meet on T., Th. or even Sat. morn or Sun. late afternoon. We could meet in my home or we could alternate locations. I've been practicing NVC since 1998 and teaching it the past four years. I request $10-$20 per evening, but am open to receiving whatever you give freely. We do role plays, exercises, listen to some sessions at NVC Live, and learn to connect with needs. Call 206-938-8385 or email moreah@comcast.net about times you would like to meet.
CENTRAL SEATTLE / 98122 Peaceful Giraffes: Our practice group is open to new energy. We want to share the intention to create an open and real 'soul' connection, hearing with giraffe ears during weekly practice. We have intermediate NVC experience and a willingness to share vulnerabilities and welcome like-minded peers join us for a session to learn if there's a 'fit.'
Mondays 7-9 pm. We meet at homes in Central District and Madison Valley in Seattle. We practice using both structured techniques (role playing, dance floor) and open dialog empathy circles. Call Julie at 206-465-8602.
Special Interest: Intermediate NVC
Occurs Weekly on Mondays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
NORTH SEATTLE / 98125 North Seattle/Sandpoint: A new group is forming now with various levels of experience in practice. We are are a leaderful group in that we rotate leadership while always being willing to coach each other. We use a curriculum piece each meeting and leave time for empathy work. Please call Karen at 206-914-0567. There is no fee for this group.
WEST SEATTLE / 98136 Give Peace a Dance: NVC in West Seattle: Interested in forming a twice-monthly NVC practice group in West Seattle. This would be a beginner's group, and would focus on the spiritual nature of NVC. I see NVC as a way for us to "live the change you want to see in the world," and consider it a powerful antidote to the militaristic war-mongering of our current regime. I also see this group focusing on lovingkindness, and having fun -- with lots of laughs as we put the tools of NCV into practice to truly connect with one another. We'll practice enjoying our giraffes, and loving our jackals.
We'll nail down times and locations as the group comes together.
Interested? contact matt at NrthrnLght@aol.com.
Occurs First/Third Saturdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
WEST SEATTLE / 98166 Normandy Park Group: Multi-cultural families looking to explore all aspects of communication, work related, families; whatever is alive with you. 6 - 8 members preferred. Husband is family doctor with Group Health and I am a consult in customer and staff retention. Call me, Bonnieclare, at 206-878-2086 for answers and directions.
Special Interest: Beginning NVC, Intermediate NVC, NVC at Work, NVC in Health Care
Occurs First/Third Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
TACOMA / 98406 Tacoma Giraffes: A South Sound community of do-it-yourself groups of multi-level giraffes who completely embrace the essence of NVC - the vital heart connection - and want simply to get better at unlearning our old communication habits and learning these new ones. Our format varies from group to group. One model we use is a 3 hour Wisdom Circle format in which we Dialogue about how NVC does and does not work in our lives and practice our NVC skills using "real life" situations. There are no "trainers", no fees and no "doing it wrong". We laugh a lot and embrace the mystery of change. We usually meet twice a month, but it varies, so call for details. As of 12/05/07 we are open to new members. Contact Jackson Mayes at 253-752-6589 or jackson_mayes@msn.com for more information. Come on down!! (Updated 12/05/07)
Occurs First/Third Tuesdays from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.