Current & Upcoming Workshops
“Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone’s needs to be met.”
Online Ongo 2.0 Everyday Nonviolence Interactive Book Study - starts August 18, 2024!
WHAT IF…
You joined a weekly group of 12 ordinary,
like-minded people for a 90-minute
ZOOM connection?
WHAT IF…
a guidebook had everything you needed?
WHAT IF…
Woven into this soul-engaging & practical
resource book are daily practices of
mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication,
gratitude, & more to uplift you?
Introducing Online Ongo 2.0: Everyday Nonviolence
This book brims with useful advice. You will be encouraged to prioritize the values of meditative life, like compassion and clarity, in the midst of your ordinary situation. – Sharon Salzberg
Time: 5:30pm – 7 pm Central Time (Houston, TX, USA)
Click here to see what time it will take place in your location in the world.
12 Sundays, August 18 to November 10 (skip Labor Day weekend)
Your Commitment:
Each person agrees to purchase Ongo 2.0. from your book seller. Cost for hard-copy is $24 and for electronic version (ongobook.com), $9.99. (Hard copy is preferred.)
Each person holds the intention to:
- Be present for the Sunday Ongo Group gathering
- Complete 3 solo practices (scripted in the book)
- Do a 1 hour scripted exercise with another participant each week (over the phone)
Each person has the opportunity, if desired, to guide the group one Sunday during the 12 weeks with complete guidance from the book.
Registration is limited to 15 participants with 4 on a wait list. Please register here.
This Ongo cohort is “held” by Victoria Rusk & Sam Lee, enthusiastic students of Compassionate Communication who offer their time & talents as a gift to others.
Peace in the Heart: Free Class starts August 20!
Susan Wildin, MD, Certified Professional Coach, will lead a group in the exploration of the following topics using guided meditation and discussion:
- Self Connection
- Body Wisdom
- Surrender (letting go of outcome)
- Giving and Receivin
- Mourning to Heal
- Celebration.
This program will be offered on six consecutive Tuesdays
August 20, 2024, to September 24, 2024, via Zoom from 6-7 pm.
There is no cost.
Please contact Susan at [email protected] for the Zoom link if you plan to attend.
Susan is a certified transformational life coach trained in connecting with self and others using Compassionate Communication (Nonviolent Communication), a process developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg and others.
Transforming Conflict at Home and Beyond with Aya Caspi - starts October 1!
Come learn how to transform conflict by applying Nonviolent Communication consciousness and skills and reclaim togetherness amid separation and polarization.
Dates and Time: October 1, 8, 22, and 29 (4 Tuesdays) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm CT on Zoom
Each Virtual Classroom Recording will be sent to participants.
Classes will include slide presentations, modeling in the whole group using live situations, and practice in small groups.
Extra session(s) to support practice and integration will be held October 15th, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm (and possibly one other date TBA) led by HNVC board members.
Using live examples from participants, we will
- Demonstrate and practice the internal and external skills to support healing and reconciliation under conditions where there is a break in trust.
- Access everyone’s humanity and create a field of innocence beyond ‘right-wrong’ and ‘either/or.’
- Access and embody people’s vulnerable truths in moments when they are most likely to hide behind their protections.
- Translate judgments, threats, demands and criticism into feelings, longings, “please and thank yous” to help open hearts and make choices that are likely to care for everyone, yourself included.
- Hold everyone’s choice firmly and compensate for power differences so that everyone’s voices and needs are included and peaceful agreements are made based on true willingness without coercion or giving up.
To view Aya using these skills, click on the link below:
Speaking About the War in Gaza Without Recreating It Between Us (YouTube video)
Suggested sliding scale is $100 to $275 for adults and $5.00 for youths aged 18 to 25. Payment instructions will be emailed to you upon registration using the link above.
A sliding scale helps us include those without the financial resources to participate. Please choose an amount that fits your willingness and capacity without compromising your basic human needs.
If you have the capacity, contributing more helps sustain Aya’s work and helps HoustonNVC to offer more scholarships to youth under age 25. What you donate over $275 is tax deductible.
Aya Caspi, CNVC Certified Trainer
About Aya Caspi, CNVC Certified Trainer, The Center for Nonviolent Communication non-profit
Based in Northern California, Aya Caspi brings her unique blend of vision, practical clarity, and deep commitment to the transformative power of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to settings as varied as schools, colleges, parenting, couples counseling, mediation, nonprofit organizations, social change communities, and media. Aya has served as an educational consultant on several preschool series, creating original curricula and advising on show development and scripting. Her client list includes Warner Bros., Discovery Media, 9 Story Media Group, Cartoon Saloon, Field Day Entertainment, the Cartoon Network, and HBO Max.
Aya has been sharing NVC’s work internationally via online classes and in-person retreats. She continually grapples with the joys and challenges of being raised in Israel and finds deep, open hope in applying NVC to the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
To learn more: www.reclaiminglifenvc.com
Projects and lasting partnerships have evolved through people meeting each other in our workshops. Workshops are offered online and in-person. The in-person opportunities allow for a heightened experience of integration whereas the online workshops offer ease and accessibility. Houston NVC is committed to offering entry level courses as well as advanced work. We are also open to requests and love to hear feedback on what works and what doesn’t. Since we aim to service multiple time zones with our online courses, you will want to check our calendar regularly for changes.
Joining our workshops is a reliable way to expand your community of friends who want to learn and explore connection and communication. Inclusion is important to us, so tuition assistance is always available, please contact us directly at [email protected] or reach out to the facilitator to find out more information.
