Teachers Jim Lovell-Smith and Valerie Wycoff
*based on the model of Marshall Rosenberg, PhD, Founder of the Center for Nonviolent Communication
We’re passionate about life-long learning, creating respectful and loving relationships, and fostering care and justice in the world. Are you?
In our Communicate 4 Connection workshops, you will learn and practice tools that can improve relationships with yourself, your co-workers, your friends and your family.
- Identify common ways of speaking that disconnect
- Practice self-awareness and self-compassion
- Learn to express honestly so that others can hear
- Learn to listen with empathy
- Move from blame and judgment to connection
- Make clear actionable requests
If you are drawn to attend any of our workshops listed below, and the cost is a barrier to you, please phone Jim or Valerie at (+64) 3 351 7432 or email jim@bodyvoicealive.nz
We (Valerie and Jim) have been studying and practicing NVC since 2008 and have immense gratitude for how it has supported our marriage, strengthened our connections with friends and increased our self-compassion. We are candidates for Certification with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. To read more about us, click here. To learn more about NVC in Aotearoa/NZ, visit www.nvc.org.nz
Upcoming Workshops
Free Taster Online
FREE Taster – Thursday 9 Sept, 7:30pm till 9:00 pm – Online preview of Communicate 4 Connection online workshop series. To register please click this LINK, provide your contact details, and we will email you a zoom link for the call.
Online Workshop Series
Communicate 4 Connection – online intro to the basics of nonviolent communication – seven Thursday evenings 7:00pm to 9:15pm starting 16 September 2021. This series of seven sessions on Zoom introduces the basic skills of nonviolent communication – ideal for those in lockdown, or who like to keep their days free for other activities.
Cost in the range $140 to $280. Your choice. Please read our terms and conditions below. To register please click this LINK for our registration form.
One Day Workshops in Christchurch
Communicate 4 Connection Day 1 – the basics – 1 day workshop 9:30 am till 5 pm on Saturday 18 September 2021 (subject to Covid lockdown levels). This workshop introduces the basic skills of NVC in an experiential and engaging manner. Click this LINK for our online registration form
The venue for the workshops is our home teaching space – BodyVoice Alive Ltd, 23 Joyce Cres, ILAM, Christchurch. We’ll open at 9.15am so you can settle in & maybe grab a “cuppa” before we start.
Workshop costs: Earlybird special $115 if paid more than 1 week in advance. Full price $145
Please read our Terms and Conditions below prior to registering.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
To book your place we ask you to pay in advance.
‘The regret period’: If you change your mind within 7 days after sending the payment and before the course has actually begun, you will receive your payment back.
CANCELLATION POLICY –
In case there are less than 8 participants for a course, BodyVoice Alive Ltd reserves the right to cancel the course no later than 5 days before the course is due to start. In such case we will send you back your payment within 2 weeks from the cancellation announcement. This is to care for the balance of our trainers’ efforts in providing the course.
If you decide to leave the training at anytime before the end time of the course, we ask you to contribute as if you had been present for the whole course. This is to care for our energy in organising a course, as well as acknowledging that this place could have been offered to someone else.