Together, we will foster a culture of nonviolence and interdependence, one skill at a time.

This is a weekly, online practice group aimed at fostering a culture of nonviolence and personal growth.

Are you:

• Confused about how to apply Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in real-life?
• Wanting to go deeper in your Nonviolent Communication practice?
• Just starting out and wanting to find out what Nonviolent Communication is all about?
• Running your own group and wanting ideas for things to share, and how to share them?
• Wanting to connect with people who get that there is a different way to do things than conventional life has taught us?
• Wanting a way to keep your NVC momentum going, while you navigate day-to-day life?

There’s a place for everybody here.

Regardless of how much you do or don’t know about Nonviolent Communication, 
from complete newbies to Certified Trainers
You are welcome.

Here’s what you could experience through discovering Nonviolent Communication with Jim and Jori:

• Enhance your understanding of yourself so you understand why you react the way you do, what you are feeling, and what all of this is telling you about what really matters to you.
• Improve your communication skills so you can learn to express yourself with clarity, using language that fosters mutual respect and understanding.
• Deepen your capacity for empathy through small group practices.
• Increase your awareness of how another person’s actions impact you and how to express heart-felt gratitude.
• Strengthen your ability to resolve conflict, by learning how to apply Nonviolent Communication to find mutually satisfying solutions, and transform conflict into opportunities for connection.
• Improve your emotional regulation through regular practice to help you respond to life’s challenges with greater awareness of what’s really going on for you (and others).
• Explore new (or hidden) aspects of yourself as you discover the essence of Nonviolent Communication, skill by skill.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Each week the group will take a deep dive into one Nonviolent Communication skill
• Each session stands alone, yet all of the topics are interconnected
• Topics focus on the basic processes of Nonviolent Communication
• Skills support a wide variety of applications and interests
• Sessions include little “teaching” and lots of opportunities to practice
• Lots of opportunities to interact with other group members
• From Nov 4 to Dec 16, the group shifts into a special holiday series to focus on gratitude, giving and receiving 

Each week, you’ll get the opportunity to take part in:

A self connection exercise designed to awaken the skill
A lesson to clarify an important NVC concept
Small breakout groups to practice your skills and connect with others on a journey with NVC

These are “drop in sessions”

You can come to as many or as few sessions as you choose. Meeting weekly, there are lots of opportunities to join in, but with no obligations. So feel free to come along as it suits your personal schedule.

A little about the history of the group

Since moving to Maui in 2010, Jori and Jim Manske - CNVC Certified Trainers since 2003 -  have been hosting weekly Nonviolent Communication practice groups in Haiku. 

When the pandemic began, they moved this and other events online. 

Now people from all over the world come together virtually to explore the skills and consciousness of NVC! 

Each week they celebrate the opportunity to connect with friends in Asia, Oceania, the Americas, and beyond.

A message for those that run their own NVC practice groups

If you offer your own practice groups, feel free to use what we do each week.

A note from Jim and Jori about the session recordings

Part of our mission is to make NVC available to everyone who wants it without charge. All session recordings will be uploaded onto the NVC Academy’s YouTube channel: @nvcacademy, so the weekly classes will be available on the public internet to give free access to those interested in learning NVC. They will also be uploaded to the classroom. 

We encourage participants to care for their own needs in terms of cameras on/off, the name they use, if and when to speak up etc. 

BONUSES

• Video and audio recordings of every session
• Forum discussion available in the classroom
• Lifetime access to the classroom
• Translated captions available in 30+ languages
• Jim and Jori provide copies of their handouts and slide shows to all registrants
  Plus you’ll get links to hundreds of hours of previous classes