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October 2019
Questioning Money Call
Description For years and years, I’ve been fascinated by economics, and never able to make sense of it even though I was always good with numbers and studied theoretical mathematics for some years. It was decades before I understood why: economics is premised on the…
Find out more »Facing Privilege Call
Description The Facing Privilege Conference Calls are an opportunity for people to engage with themselves and with others on the deep questions that arise as we reflect on the question of privilege, such as: How can we learn about our privilege when we are so…
Find out more »The Compass: From Conflict to Closeness, an Introductory Workshop
Do you yearn to relate to yourself and others in your life with more compassion, clarity, and connection? Too often we get stuck in old, painful patterns that cause fear, anger, guilt or shame. The Compass can support you in moving beyond these old patterns…
Find out more »Empowered Commun 1 of 3, 5 Tuesdays
COST: $400.00 regular tuition; $325 scholarship rate (when available) 5 Tuesdays, October 15 through November 12, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm. “Never again will you believe that a person is too hard to work with, a decision too complicated to make, or a conversation too difficult to…
Find out more »Authentic Communication: 6-week Course (Thursdays, Online)
A 6-WEEK *LIVE* ONLINE COURSE with Oren Jay Sofer This 6-week online course with author and teacher Oren Jay Sofer offers training in his unique, integrated approach to communication. It is specifically designed to support you to discern what’s most authentic and to develop the…
Find out more »Compassionate Communication Foundations (16hours)
Register Please click on THIS LINK to register. Description Most of our lives, we have been taught habitual patterns to deal with our upsets – to judge, blame, shame and guilt-trip ourselves and others – to do things out of obligation and duty, rather than…
Find out more »Fall practice group, 5 Mondays
COST: Regular tuition $400; Scholarship rate $325 (when available) 5 Mondays, October 28 through November 25, 2019, 6:30pm-8:30pm COURSE DESCRIPTION: So, how do I use NVC in my day to day life? How can I work with my “unreasonable” boss? Why doesn’t my spouse just get…
Find out more »Mobilizing for Nonviolent Global Liberation – Stony Point, NY
A Retreat to Co-create Personal and Collective Capacity Offered by a team including Miki Kashtan, Uma Lo, Tarek Maassarani, and other NGL trainers, and NGL apprentices You are invited to chat with the organizers and past participants this Tuesday, September 24th, 7 p.m. EDT. Scroll…
Find out more »November 2019
Mindful Communication Workshop at CIIS
Mindfulness practice provides a powerful support for clear, kind, and effective conversations. Join author and Dharma teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this exploration of how our spiritual practice can provide a foundation for bringing more compassion, clarity, and connection into our speech and relationships. Oren…
Find out more »Reckoning with Collapse – Rochester, NY
This workshop is an opportunity to learn and engage with others who are also grappling with the overwhelming information and grim prospects that humanity faces, most specifically with climate change, as well as other crises. The workshop is sponsored by the Gandhi Institute. For the…
Find out more »Soothing Anxiety: Online Daylong
JOIN OREN FOR AN ONLINE DAYLONG SESSION Anxiety is a completely natural human emotion. It’s our nervous system’s response to uncertainty, mild threat, or stress. Anxiety can be related to physical, emotional or psychological safety and is there (at least initially) to support us to create more…
Find out more »Empowered Commun 1, 5 Tuesdays
COST: $400.00 regular tuition; $325 scholarship rate (when available) 5 Tuesdays, November 19 through December 17, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm. “Never again will you believe that a person is too hard to work with, a decision too complicated to make, or a conversation too difficult to…
Find out more »No Facing Privilege, Questioning Money, Reckoning With Collapse, or Overcoming Patriarchy Calls in November
Due to her teaching and traveling schedule Miki will not be doing any of her free monthly calls in November or December of 2019. She is planning on scheduling the calls again beginning in January 2020.
Find out more »December 2019
Communication Dojo Drop-In
Dates Mondays 7pm – 9pm Cost $35 – $15 sliding scale Registration No registration needed. All welcome @ “The Center SF,” 548 Fillmore St, San Francisco. “Nonviolent communication (or Connected Communication) has helped me and my partner speak in a much more conscious and effective way.…
Find out more »Empowered Commun 1, 5 Mondays
COST: $400.00 regular tuition; $325 scholarship rate (when available) 5 Mondays, December 9, 2019 through January 13, 2020. We will skip 12/23. “Never again will you believe that a person is too hard to work with, a decision too complicated to make, or a…
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