Compassionate Connecting
Guiding Toward Connection
Wholistic NVC
10-week Series May 4, 2023
Click here to Register for a Nature-based Journey to the Connected Self You Always Wanted -- extending NVC through Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin. Click here to register for first FREE session.
Transform Trigger-Bullets into Bouquets
FREE Workshop July 22, 2023
FREE interactive workshop introducing self-empathy from Nonviolent Communication (NVC) applied to triggered situations. Click here to register.
Would you like freedom from reactivity to imaginary bullets?
Join us on this 10-week journey to choicefulness Starting Tue July 25, 2023 @11am PST. Click on pic to register for series.
First Session FREE!
A Taste of Connection
FREE Workshop Aug 5, 2023
Click here to Register. Once you taste connection, you'll want more
Conversational Connection
10 week Series starts
THU Aug 10, 2023
Practical Skills for Communicating Compassionately - click pic to register. for series. Click here for first FREE session!
←→Connection is a symphony of mutual understanding
A shared appreciation of the harmonies co-created between two or more souls
Why Connection?
- because we have a longing for connection - to know that we’ve been gotten, and we get the heart of what is being expressed
- to find emotional liberation supporting the discovery, connection to and expression of our authentic self — freeing ourselves from violent reactivity and appeasement to an egocentric culture
- to re-discover our innate participation, dependence and belonging to an evolving world in desperate need of eco-awakening, fully accepting our Earth-rooted humanity
- to discover, cultivate and contribute our unique gifts to our communities and our shared ecology
- to fully engage in the connecting conversation of life that arose in the dream of the Earth, remembering our individually unique place in the emergent universe
- to share the stories worth remembering
What landscapes of practice are inherited in this work? (Photo by Adrea Doré)
- The offerings are based on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg and nature-connected wholeness practices of Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin
- NVC and Wild Mind are complementary practices that support different facets of connection within ourselves, with others and the more-than-human world 🌎
- NVC was started by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD who founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC.org)
- "Wild Mind - Field Guide to the Human Psyche"was published by Bill Plotkin, PhD who founded the Animas Valley Institute (Animas.org)
"Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a way to focus our attention in ways that support compassionate giving and receiving."
Marshall Rosenberg
“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.”
Thomas Berry, from "The Great Work - Our Way Into The Future"
"Our untapped inner resources are essential to the flowering of our greatest potentials, to the actualization of our true selves, and to the embodiment of the life of our very souls."
Bill Plotking, from "Wild Mind - Field Guide to the Human Psyche"
"From now on, I choose to empathically connect with others so that I can fully respect the unique and holy experience to be found in each person every moment."
Marshall Rosenberg, excerpt from the poem "From Now On"
Workshops
Online and in the Silicon Valley Area
- Workshop Calendar
FREE Workshops, Multi-Week Series (click on first day for registration information)
- Bio
James Prieto
Author, Certified NVC Trainer, Personal Development Guide
James Prieto is a nature enthusiast, author, Certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Trainer, apprentice in the Animas Wild Mind Training Program (WMTP). James guides individuals toward connection through personal development coaching, by facilitating NVC workshops, along with “Wild NVC” and “Wholistic NVC” nature-based offerings which integrate with Wild Mind. He’s passionate about the intersection of Animas Valley inspired work with NVC as a way to contribute to Earth elder Joanna Macy’s “Great Turning” and Thomas Berry’s “Great Work.”
James started his career in electrical and computer engineering, satellite communications, and Agile development. After several decades in the technology industry, he unplugged to contribute to the world he'd like to live in. Click here for an extended bio.
Dreaming Earth-Rooted Flowers for the Village
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From now on, I choose to have my actions flow from connection with nature and to direct my attention where it supports this flow."
Marshall Rosenberg, excerpt from the poem "From Now On"
