Events
A three-day in person retreat with noble silence, meditation, and Resonant Language skill building Peggy Smith, Theodate Lawlor & Lynn Deeves.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
Join us for a transformative 9-day ONLINE Nonviolent Communication Intensive Training spread over three 3-day weekends (Fri-Sat-Sun) in October 17 through November 2, 2025. Experience immersion in an international ONLINE community of NVC learners of all levels.
With experienced CNVC trainers Peggy Smith, Sarah Peyton, Rodger Sorrow, Sylvie Hörning, & Vania Perez Moreno
with Leah Boyd & Karen Groat
This comprehensive training will include: demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos, and role-play practice with mediation scenarios, in addition to mini-lectures. The sessions will focus on both the facilitative and transformative orientation models.
9 Day Intensive Residential NVC Retreat in Connecticut, USA
BECOMING EMPOWERED IN A F***ED-UP WORLD with Peggy Smith and a vibrant team of international trainers including Aga Rzewuska-Paca, Amal Mekouar, Andres Lodieu & Morris H. Ervin, Jr
Experience immersion in an international community of NVC learners of all levels in a residential setting.
with Leah Boyd, Certified traininer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication
Many of us have experienced the world of feedback as uncomfortable terrain that we are navigating without a map. So let’s demystify it! In this training we will share a “map” along with skills that can help feedback be useful and supportive whether we are on the giving or the receiving end of the equation.
An intermediate level yearlong program
with Certified Trainers Peggy Smith & Leah Boyd
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
Participants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness.
With Certified NVC trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to hone your ability to listen deeply to others, with true curiosity and presence? Would you like to be able to experience authenticity even as you listen carefully to someone with whom you disagree? In this interactive 3 hour online training we will work with Nonviolent Communication skills and simple neuroscience that support listening.
An NVC training with Certified NVC trainer Leah Boyd
This interactive 7.5 hour training is geared toward those working in professional environments - workplaces, organizations. We will explore the benefits of becoming skillful at both giving and receiving feedback rooted in NVC skills & awareness.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
with Certified NVC Trainers Peggy Smith and Leah Boyd
FREE! Join us for NVC Community Practice online
A Retreat facilitated by Dharma Teacher and Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer, Peggy Smith, and Dharma Teacher, Theodate Lawlor including mindful sitting, walking and eating. There will be opportunities for deep relaxation practice, noble silence & possibly canoeing/kayaking.Relational Neuroscience will be a focus of our practice time. We will engage practical listening & speaking skills that build warmth and connection for ourselves & others.
An NVC training with Certified NVC trainer Leah Boyd
This interactive 7.5 hour training is geared toward families and communities. We will explore the benefits of becoming skillful at both giving and receiving feedback rooted in NVC skills & awareness.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
Participants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness.
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
Participants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness.
A level 2 training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Inner conflict….I suspect we’ve all been there! Internal Mediation allows us to address inner conflict in a way that often leads to greater understanding, creativity and workable solutions that are good for our whole self..
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
ONLINE OCTOBER 2-4, 2023
with CNVC certified trainer Leah Boyd
A next level NVC Feedback training for those who have already taken Giving & Receiving Feedback training.
A Retreat in the Plum Village Tradition
Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2023 in West Gardner, Maine
with Dharma teachers Peggy Smith and Theodate Lawler
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 2 training with Certified NVC trainer Leah Boyd
In this interactive 7.5 hour training participants will explore the benefits of becoming skillful at both giving and receiving feedback rooted in NVC skills & awareness.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
ONLINE TUESDAYS Mar 7 - Apr 18, 2023
With certified trainer Leah Boyd
No NVC experience required
Whether caregiving for someone who needs support is a labor of love or something we’ve found ourselves doing by default or surprise, it takes an enormous amount of energy and can stretch us in ways we’ve never been stretched before. In this class we’ll offer skills for self care within a supportive learning community.
A level 2 training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Inner conflict….I suspect we’ve all been there! Internal Mediation allows us to address inner conflict in a way that often leads to greater understanding, creativity and workable solutions that are good for our whole self..
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
Participants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness.
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
Participants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 2 training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
In this interactive 7.5 hour workshop we will explore the practical neuroscience of reactivity. Participants will learn both verbal and somatic strategies for caring for ourselves in moments of stress.
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Peggy Smith
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 2 training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Inner conflict….I suspect we’ve all been there! Internal Mediation allows us to address inner conflict in a way that often leads to greater understanding, creativity and workable solutions that are good for our whole self..
A level 1 NVC training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Would you like to build & strengthen your capacities for a sustainable equitable future for all life. Learn skills to bring your human relationships into balance so that we can live as the part of nature we are born to be.
A level 2 training with certified trainer Leah Boyd
Inner conflict….I suspect we’ve all been there! Internal Mediation allows us to address inner conflict in a way that often leads to greater understanding, creativity and workable solutions that are good for our whole self..
with Certified Trainer Peggy Smith
This 10 hour course will help educators, counselors and others who work with children learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others.
