URI of Henderson County Hosts Course on Non-Violent Communication
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Here’s a great idea for local CC work — the URI of Henderson County (North Carolina, USA) is hosting a course in Nonviolent Communication, a tool created by Marshall Rosenberg:
The purpose of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is to strengthen our ability to communicate from the heart and to connect with ourselves and others in a way that inspires compassion. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves and hear others by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing and requesting. As we learn how to hear ourselves and others in terms of feelings and needs we realize that everything anyone does is in order to meet needs. Through its emphasis on deep listening to ourselves as well as others, NVC fosters respect, attentiveness and empathy, and engenders a mutual desire to give from the heart.. The form is simple, yet powerfully transformative.