Creating Peace by Learning to Speak a Language of Life

A Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Seminar
Lead by John F. Reuwer, MD

If you wish you could find more peace within yourself, or have more energy and skills to make peace with people you love and people you don’t, this seminar is for you. The “language of life” has been used as a description of nonviolent communication, developed by Marshall Rosenberg, and adapted here by Dr. Reuwer.

This highly interactive day will give you the opportunity to develop valuable skills to make life easier and more enjoyable. Areas to be covered include:

Definitions of peace – what does peace mean to you?

What makes human beings tick - what is alive in us that motivates us to do everything we do – an overview of NVC.

Learning to experience the freedom and power that comes from seeing things as they are (before we judge how they should be): transforming “should” energy into living energy.

Learning the power of feelings – what they tell us, and how we can transform even negative emotions into energy for positive change.

Our beautiful needs – how they define who we are and where we want to go.

Learning to make requests of yourself and others in a manner that creates the peace you want.

Practicing the language of life. How to carry this into your world to make life easier and more peaceful with anyone you encounter. You will have the opportunity to practice real life situations in a safe environment if desired.

Where: Peace & Justice Center, 60 Lake St, Burlington
When: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 9am - 5pm (bring a brown bag lunch)
Cost: $90 (full and partial scholarships available, application required)
Register by contacting Kyle: 863-2345 x6 or kyle@pjcvt.org