Facilitated by Jim Lovell-Smith and Valerie Wycoff, Certified Trainers, CNVC
*Intro to NVC 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.
In our Listening and Speaking with Heart sessions, you will learn and practice tools that can improve relationships with yourself, your co-workers, your friends and your family.
If you are drawn to attend any of our workshops, and the cost is a barrier for you, please phone Valerie on 021 295 3979, 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 Certified Trainers 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 – face to face in Christchurch,
June 27 & 28 2026 – Weekend workshop in Christchurch
9:30 am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday (in Ilam)
Learn how the basic skills of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can support us to Listen and Speak with Heart, and support connection in our daily life. You can expect interactive style learning and relevant practice opportunities in this small group environment. (Limited to 15 participants)
We are passionate about sharing these awarenesses and skills which support collaboration and resourcefulness in conflict and in daily life. NVC offers skills to make the world a kinder place, starting with our words and our actions.
Financial Request:
This course is offered using a gift economy approach so that everyone can have access and this work can also be sustainable. It’s a small part of helping move our world in the direction of a needs-based global distribution of resources.
You are invited to confirm your registration by giving the most that you can without overstretching or resentment to support us in sharing this work and in our own life-long learning journey. We request that you choose your contribution based on your situation and values (eg affordability, acknowledgement, generosity, commitment etc)
Where employers agree to sponsor your professional development with us, we are able to provide an invoice. )
Please register as soon as you have your YES – to support our planning. .
Register with this LINK HERE for the 27 & 28 June weekend workshop in Christchurch. You will be emailed a copy of your registration form.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
To book your place our request is that you contribute in advance.
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.