Find the serenity you seek.
Are you hungry for personal or professional growth? Are you seeking the path to self-possession, but feeling trapped by your crowded schedule?
NVC Mediation’s new nonresidential weekend retreat in San Mateo will give you the skills that you need to navigate difficult situations and turn conflicts into opportunities. The retreat also lets you experience NVC Mediation before committing to any of the longer training programs.
You can enjoy the retreat as a stand-alone option. Or you can decide to deepen your learning—and gain all the benefits of the intensive training—by continuing on with a seven-week tele class and four skills-integration sessions. If you complete the flexible training curriculum, you will be eligible to participate in the 2012 immersion program.
But let’s begin with the retreat in a private San Mateo home with a welcoming kitchen, beautiful backyard fountain, and access to the downtown’s amazing eateries. Will you join us for a weekend of learning and connection?
Registration:
Register online. REGISTER NOW
For information regarding the structure and content of the weekend retreat, please read the Flexible Training Options Page. You can also learn more by calling 415-659-9744 or e-mailing connect@nvcmediation.com.
Where:
A charming Spanish-style home in San Mateo, CA
Hosted by Teresa Rose and led by John Kinyon with Teresa Rose as co-facilitator.
When:
March 9 - 11, 2012
Schedule:
Weekend Retreat Schedule
Friday night: 7pm – 9pm
Saturday:
Session 1: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Lunch/Break: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Session 2: 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Dinner/Break: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Session 3: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Weekend Retreat Content
Friday evening
- Self-Connection Practice (strengthen your capacity for calm and ease during conflict)
- Fight/Flight/Freeze (learn to work through these human instincts)
- Intro to Elements of Empathy (learn to give empathy during conflict, using observations, feelings, needs, and requests)
Saturday
- Self-Connection Practice
- In-Depth Elements of Empathy
- Intensity Practice (learn to deal with intense feelings that can arise during conflict)
- Mediation Practice (practice giving empathy to others in conflict; work in small groups)
- Enemy Image Process (when you see someone as an enemy, learn to identify your needs and theirs, so you can look for mutually beneficial solutions)
Sunday:
- Intensity Exercise
- Mourn/Celebrate/Learn process (instead of assigning blame, learn to mourn needs that were not met, celebrate needs that were met, learn from the experience and plan for the future)
- Review the weekend; practice making requests; discuss the vision for the yearlong program; plan next steps.
Tuition:
Tuition for the weekend retreat is $250.
Those who who complete the weekend retreat and who want to continue with the flexible training option pay just $225 for the 7-week (14-hour) tele class, with an additional $275 for the four skills-practice sessions with a team of NVC Mediation trainers and coaches.
If money is the only thing limiting your attendance, please e-mail connect@nvcmediation.com. In your message, please answer the five questions listed here.
Accommodations:
Call 415-659-9744 or e-mail connect@nvcmediation.com for information and reservations.
“All of my relationships have improved. I’ve found this training to be the doorway to understanding the experience of being human and the bridge that connects us all to one.”
– Joan Judson, 2010 graduate