Teachers Jim Lovell-Smith and Valerie Wycoff
*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. 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 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
Online Courses
Connecting with Children – Morning course begins Thurs 19 May 10am
An 8 week course to learn how the skills of nonviolent communication can support us with our self connection as well as to connect with children in our lives. More details can be found on our Connecting with Children webpage
Connecting with Children – Evening course begins Thurs 19 May 7:30pm
An 8 week course to learn how the skills of nonviolent communication can support us with our self connection as well as to connect with children in our lives. More details can be found on our Connecting with Children webpage
Connecting with Children – Deepening
8 Week Course begins 10 am 28 July 2022
The Connecting with Children – Deepening course is for anyone who has done the Connecting with Children course (or equivalent). The Deepening course consists of eight 2 hourly sessions at weekly intervals and begins July 2022. For further details go to our Connecting with Children – Deepening webpage.
Weekend Workshops in Christchurch
From Anger to Connection: for Us and for the Children
11 & 12 June 2022 – Valerie Wycoff & Ania Banas
10 am to 5 pm on Sat & Sun 11&12 June 2022
We welcome parents, partners of parents, community members, grandparents, teachers to come learn, explore, practice in this experiential weekend. We’ll use principles of Marshall Rosenberg’s nonviolent communication (NVC) as we use anger or other reactivity as a doorway to connection with others and with what matters deeply. On Saturday we focus on our anger as the doorway. On Sunday we add practices to support children as they experience frustration or anger.
Request: $200 to $350 (choose the amount that’s meaningful that you can joyfully give) REGISTRATION LINK HERE
If cost is a barrier that would prevent you attending please contact Valerie at 021 135 2130 or Anna 021 085 83114. Fuller details: on our “Anger to Connection” page HERE
Communicate 4 Connection 30 & 31 July 2022 – Valerie & Jim
We invite you to join us for this weekend workshop in Christchurch on Sat 30 July and Sun 31 July
On the Saturday we introduce the basic skills of NVC in an experiential and engaging manner.
On Sunday we introduce further skills of NVC including self empathy, four ways to respond to difficult messages, feedback and acknowledgement.
Here’s what a recent participant had to say about our course
“Highly recommended – Very engaging and caring space to learn about NVC”
Click this LINK for our online registration form
The venue for the workshop is our home teaching space – BodyVoice Alive Ltd, 23 Joyce Cres, ILAM, Christchurch. The workshop runs from 9:30am till 5pm both days. We’ll open the doors at 9.15am so you can settle in & maybe grab a “cuppa” before we start.
Workshop cost: $295.
Please read our Terms and Conditions below prior to registering.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
To book your place our request is that you pay in advance.
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.