Cambridge NVC Practice Group

The practice group alternates between empathy practice and skill-building on Mondays from 7pm to 9pm. Empathy practice includes mainly large group work focusing on empathic listening. Skill building includes working with enemy images, self-violence, translating judgments, fluency in need language, receiving and expressing a no, observations vs. evaluations, beauty of the needs, intention, etc.

Some experience encouraged – for instance, you have attended a day-long workshop on NVC or have taken a foundations class and have heard of the four components (observations, feelings, needs, requests). You can listen to a free radio program with Marshall Rosenberg that gives an overview of NVC: http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL36.html

Empathy Practice is by drop in. We request RSVPs for the skill building so we can prepare adequate materials. If you are new to the group please email us prior to attending so we can share any particulars with you and send you the address.

Dates

The group is currently on hiatus. It will resume in December 2010 or January of 2011.

Details:

• Location in private pet-free and smoke-free home in Cambridgeport near Memorial Drive. 12-minute walk from the Central Square T-stop and a bus stop is just two blocks from the house at Magazine & Putnam.
• Cost: $10 per session in cash or check. Bonnie (unless otherwise specified) will guide groups and prepare materials.
• Permit parking only; park in the Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s lot at your own risk if you do not have a Cambridge parking sticker.