September 15, 2020
Fall Mindful Communication Workshop Series Building Emotional Resilience using Nonviolent Communication Befriending Conflict: Working through Triggers Sunday, October 3rd, 2 – 5 pm Making Peace with Ourselves: Shift the Inner Dialogue Sunday, November 7th, 2 – 5 pm Forgiveness: The Art of Letting Go and Resolving Resentment Sunday, December 5th, 2 -5 pm These classes will strengthen your ability to: + Regulate your emotional responses during stressful situations + Develop emotional intimacy + Set boundaries with clarity and intention + Identify and articulate your feelings and needs + Resolve inner and outer conflicts + Engage in difficult and challenging conversations + Acknowledge triggers and move through them + Forgive + Resolve negativity/resentment + Empower yourself to work through your own pain and suffering with ease and self compassion. + Have more compassion and understanding for other’s pain and suffering Join us this fall for our Mindful Communication Class Series; a monthly workshop series with Jenny Ahn and Rachel Bennish exploring personal and interpersonal relationships . You will be guided through heart based practices using Nonviolent Communication to support emotional wellness, gain skills to positively shift how you communicate with yourself and others, and to improve your ability for empathic and authentic connection. *Join us for all 3, or classes can also be taken individually. What to expect in the workshops: – Interactive partner and group work – Sacred Space & Confidential learning environment – Live Virtual Online Workshop (no recordings available) – No Refunds after sign up Exchange: $45/per class $120/ All 3 classes Befriending Conflict: Working through Triggers Sunday, October 3rd, 2 – 5 pm In this session, learn tools and Practices for dealing with challenging relationships, difficult conversations, and managing conflict in a healthy way. Explore your own personal patterns, triggers, responses to anger, and what lies behind them. Using the teachings of Compassionate Communication, practice and learn how to stay in a state of empathy and compassion for yourself and others during even the most difficult conversations. Making Peace with Ourselves: Shifting the inner Dialogue Sunday, November 7th, 2 – 5 pm Sometimes the most complex and difficult relationship we have is with ourselves. We can be our own harshest critic and easily spiral into self judgment, blame, shame and doubt without even being conscious of it. We may have trouble or lack the skills to navigate and express our thoughts or hard to digest emotions. Sometimes all it takes is being aware to tap back into our natural state of compassion. In this session, deepen your awareness and capacity for a kinder, compassionate and more accepting relationship with yourself. Learn what blocks empathy for yourself and others. Transform blame and self shame and gain the skills to listen to yourself with compassion, empathy, and understanding. Take a deep breath and lets learn to make peace with ourselves. Forgiveness: The Art of Letting Go and Resolving Resentment Sunday, December 5th, 2 – 5 pm Saying ‘I’m sorry’ and letting go can be hard. It
