Imagine a world where people were focused on valuing everyone's needs and had the practical communication skills to do so. You can be a part of making this world a reality.

Come participate in an intensive experiential training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Spirituality with one of the top NVC trainers in the U.S. This training is suitable for newcomers as well as experienced practitioners of NVC.

What is NVC? From the Center for Nonviolent Communication website:
"This approach to communication emphasizes compassion as the motivation for action rather than fear, guilt, shame, blame, coercion, threat or justification for punishment. In other words, it is about getting what you want for reasons you will not regret later. NVC is NOT about getting people to do what we want. It is about creating a quality of connection that gets everyone's needs met through compassionate giving."

No prior NVC training or experience is required. However, we highly recommend, that participants read Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg before attending.

September 27-28, 2008
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

$295 for two full days of training
If you register by August 27th, it's only $250, a $45 savings.

This seminar is limited to just 40 attendees, and will almost certainly sell out (perhaps even before the early bird deadline). So if you are interested in attending, register today!


A quote from Robert Gonzales:

"In whatever way I approach my life deeply, the manifestation will be social change. I approach social change from the inside instead of approaching it as an external concept. My relationship to NVC is about how can I manifest spirit. NVC gives me the boat to cross the river. So the core of the work is 'What is my relationship to life, to all of my experience?'

"NVC helps me, not to get to the other shore, but to remove the obstructions that show me I'm already there. When I'm most connected to spirit I realize there's nothing to achieve, no success, nothing to get to. When I want to achieve something, I get into an urgency and a fear that I'm not going to get there. When I'm alive in that place beyond concepts, there's no fear.

"I'm hungry to share with people from that ground of being. Not to focus on social change as an agenda. The social change and political action flows effortlessly when I'm in this place."

Robert Gonzales received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1989. He met Marshall Rosenberg and Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in 1985, and has been offering NVC in some form since 1986. His background is primarily in individual and couples counseling. He has offered NVC training to community colleges, high schools, churches, social workers, psychologists, mediators, teenagers, and public groups. He has taught psychology, counseling and communication at Prescott College. Robert opened the Prescott Center for Nonviolent Communication in Prescott, Arizona in June 2000. The Center is a non-profit educational organization that offers training, practice groups, private consultations and coaching in NVC. He has been a trainer at IITs (International Intensive Trainings) and is currently one of two assessors in the U.S. for the certification of CNVC Trainers.

with Sensei Fleet Maull

Oct. 3-5, 2008

NEW DATES!

Earlybird registration deadline is Sept. 10th!
COST
for each of the four intensives individually is $375 ($325 if preregistered one month in advance).

* Click here to Register Now!


SCHEDULE:
Intro for new students (required): 5-6:30pm Friday
Friday 7-10pm
Saturday 9am-6pm
Sunday 9am-5pm

THE INNER & OUTER ARTS OF GROUP PROCESS

Finding your authentic voice in groups
Tracking the relational group field
Accessing collective intelligence
Weaving a matrix of connection
Wisdom Circles-Council & Community Building

Click here to read more about this training.

Integral Peacemaker Professional Certification
The workshops are ’stand alone’ and open to the public, as well as being core components of our Integral Peacemaker Professional Certification. (They do not need to be taken in order). See our website for more details on the certification program at
www.PeacemakerInstitute.org

Read what past participants have to say about these workshops:
"Extraordinary group of people--everyone here made it easy to be openhearted, truthful and deeply caring. I felt totally safe--Fleet & Judith made this so, too."

"I thought the training was well presented and am excited to be involved with you. I feel inspired and rejuvenated from this experience."

"You all did great..it's a huge purpose for such a short time!"

"I am delighted and inspired!"

"I'll just say that I feel the workshop was put together with a helluva lot of skill and impeccability and that the breadth and depth of knowledge between the two of you is specifically tailored to my learning needs. I feel grateful to have found my way here to this Certificate process."

"This is truly the most intense, meaningful and useful training I have ever attended, and it makes me excited and hungry for further training and putting these insights and skills into practice. Thank you all!"