A 2.5 day non-residential workshop
with Ruud
Baanders and Bridget Belgrave
in Oxford, Friday
26 to Sunday 28 May, 2017
This
weekend will have a flavour of innovative
practices and open ideas
with plenty
of space to reflect and discover
Are you curious about what lies behind the NVC
steps,
and about how NVC fits in your life?
Would you like to develop your awareness of
intention and attention
as key to your NVC practice?
This workshop is for you if you have been practising NVC for a year or longer and want to go beyond the learnable steps of NVC to explore the ground from which those steps arise.
We intend to create a space where
you can clarify and deepen your understanding of NVC – not in the particulars
of observation, feeling, need and request, but so that you know more about why
these particulars are important to you. There are diverse approaches to NVC,
and the only one that will really resonate with you is your own!
Come and explore some Big Questions
with others:
• What connection does your
spirituality have with your NVC practice?
• Which words and images connect you
to the energy you want to live from?
• What are needs anyway?
We’ll offer practices to stimulate
and guide you into discovering for yourself:
• The subtlety and power of intention
• Developing the muscle of attention
• The meaning of living with unmet
needs
• The freshness that ‘not knowing’
brings
• Experiencing feelings without naming
them
• Being with challenges – personal and
political - from your NVC ground of being
About us (Bridget and Ruud)
We are both certified trainers in
NVC and share many views and understandings – but not all! We will each bring
our unique experience and background to the workshop, to add to the mix of
everyone’s contribution. We are married, and enjoy to work together sometimes,
to offer a supportive, loving, non-judgmental space. To find out more about us,
visit our websites:
Bridget: www.LifeResources.org.uk
Ruud: www.mahakaruna.org.uk
Group and language
We will run this
workshop with 12 to 18 participants.
We welcome
international participants.
The workshop will be
run in English without translation.
Level
This workshop is intended for people
at ‘intermediate’ and ‘advanced’ levels of NVC.
Pre-requisites
We ask that - at the very least – you
have attended a one-day Basic NVC workshop, and for at least one year you have
been actively engaged in bringing NVC into your daily life.
Location
A peaceful village hall
in Oxford next to a small nature reserve, 2 miles (3km) from Oxford train
and bus stations, and the city centre - or 2 minutes drive from the Oxford ring road (A420/A34
junction) with plenty of free parking.
Times
Friday 26 May 2.30pm to
7pm
Saturday 27 May, 10am to 7pm
Sunday 28 May, 10am to 5pm
Meals
Teas, coffees and snacks provided
We ask participants
to bring lunch to share for both days.
We finish before supper each day
Booking
information
Early Bird fee until
March 1st: £180 (concessions), £215 (standard rate), £255 (high income)
Workshop fee after March
1st: £200 (concessions), £240 (standard rate), £280 (high income)
If you book before March 1st a £50 deposit will secure your place. Your balance will
be due by March 1st.
If you book after March 1st your full fee is payable on booking.
To book please complete
this form: Click HERE
Important! Remember to click on
the blue ‘Submit” button at the bottom of the form otherwise your form will be lost
and your booking will not reach us!
Travel
By train: The venue
is a 5 to 10 minute bus or taxi ride from Oxford train station. (Bus £2.50,
taxi approx £7).
On foot/bike: 2 miles
from the train station and the Oxford City Centre.
By car: 2 minutes
from the Oxford Ring Road (A34/A420 junction). Plenty of free parking.
By air: Oxford is one
hour by train from Southampton or Birmingham International airports, 90 minutes
by a frequent bus service from London Heathrow airport, and 150 minutes from
Gatwick by hourly bus.
Accommodation
The workshop is
non-residential.
We recommend High
Hedges B&B
from £40 single, £80 double (3 miles from the venue). There is also a YHA Youth
Hostel next to the train station from £40 per night for two people. Of course
there are lots of other options of where to stay in and around
Oxford. Try www.booking.com or www.oxfordbedbreakfast.co.uk