Living Radical Self-Compassion and Acceptance: A 2-Day Workshop
with Mary Mackenzie
Dated: Friday-Sunday, February 24-26
Where: BayNVC, Oakland
Fee: $295 (includes training materials and snacks)
Details: Are you tired of self-loathing? Is it time to step into a more joyful life? If so, this 2-day workshop will help you understand what prevents you from believing (or remembering) that your self-worth is non-negotiable and to develop skills that will call forth your radical self-compassion. You will be bathed in empathic community energy as you delve into this healing and life-changing work of finding your own radical compassion for self. From that viewpoint, anything is possible!
Prerequisite: This workshop is designed for those who have been previously introduced to NVC and want to deepen their capacity for self-care and clarity.
Information and Register: Contact BayNVC
Facilitating NVC Groups with Joy and Confidence:
A Year-long Train the Trainer Program
with Mary Mackenzie
Sharing NVC with others is one of the most powerful methods for deepening your NVC consciousness, yet has its own set of challenges and calls on different skills. This year-long program is specifically designed to help you develop your skills in teaching NVC, to clarify and accentuate your individual style, and to love the process. Your own ability to live in NVC consciousness will deepen as a result!
Participate in this program and you will learn concrete, practical skills to:
- Create the “energy” of your space – to set the tone for your group
- Clarify your role as facilitator – to instill clarity and trust in your participants and you
- Create safety and ease – to help participants accentuate their learning and ease
- Create workshop outlines with ease and fun – the process is easily adaptable to any workshop from 1-hour to multiple day formats
- Develop teaching activities – to infuse creativity and aliveness in your workshops
- Balance everyone’s needs - group, individual, and yours, with grace and precision
- Charge for your work – to create balance, clarity, ease and sustainability
- Promote your work and maximize your ability to earn a living
Mary brings ten years of experience fine tuning the art of facilitation and a basic joy of the process, along with an innate clarity for helping facilitators extend their skills to new depths. Her style includes simultaneous examination of group facilitation processes through a holistic and detailed lens, which allows you to understand the nuances of facilitation that are rarely spoken of, and readies you to navigate group dynamics with joy and confidence.
Course Dates:
- One 4-hour in-person meeting in Long Beach per month - one Saturday per month, starting March 10, 2012, from 9:00am-1:00pm. All remaining sessions are the first Saturday of each month, except June which is the 3rd Saturday - to learn and practice new material, connection and community
- One 2-hour telephone meeting per month - one Wednesday per month, starting March 14, 2012, from 6:00pm-8:00pm. All remaining sessions are the third Wednesday of each month - to celebrate and mourn your facilitation experiences and to support your learning
- Ongoing connection with a facilitation/empathy buddy for ongoing learning and support
Fee:
- $1,200 lump sum, or
- $500 initial payment and $150/month for the first 6 months
Limited to 15 people - register early to ensure your spot!
What people are saying about this course:
“Not only did Mary offer practical and unique suggestions for handling difficult situations, she gave precise information on how to set groups up to prevent difficult situations! What I learned from Mary goes well beyond public speaking, toastmasters, or debate. She taught me how to support the entire group and at the same time value each individual. Time and time again, she offered specific tools for valuing everyone’s needs - including mine – even in the most difficult situations! This course will support seasoned veterans looking to knock the rough edges off their teaching style, as well as those new to facilitation who want to take their teaching to new levels of ease and flow.”
Linda Nelson, Long Beach, California
“Through this class and through Mary’s willingness to share her own experience as a facilitator, I learned more about how I can hold and nurture a group. So many details were covered; from creating safety and clarity in groups by setting up the chairs and presenting the materials with presence and awareness, to helping people connect to what experience they want to have in the class. Today I have more ease and ability to stay present and connect with myself when I or someone in the group is triggered. I am more able to be transparent about what is going on for me in the moment. I got insights and clarity about situations that have baffled me, and I have a lot more ease in teaching because of this.
There is also something very reassuring about hearing Mary share how she has handled situations that are challenging for me, and that have been challenging for her. In this I find my need for companionship and understanding met in a way that is very moving to me. I guess it nurtures hope in my own ability to facilitate groups with ease.”
Arati de la Rozière, Danville, California
Specific Course Dates:
In-person Meetings in Long Beach
First Session: Saturday, March 10, 9:00am-1:00pm
All Remaining Sessions: First Saturday of Each Month, 9:00am-1:00pm
March 10, April 7, May 5, *June 16, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1, January 5, 2013, February 2, 2013
Telephone Meetings
First Session: Wednesday, March 14, 6:00pm-8:00pm
All Remaining Sessions: Third Wednesday of each month, 6:00pm-8:00pm
March 14, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16, 2013, February 20, 2013
*June 16 is the third Saturday!
Information and Registration: email Mary at mary@nvcacademy.com or call 562.856.9417
Long Beach Practice Group
with Mary Mackenzie
Dates: Every other Wednesday from January 1-March 21 (1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, 3/7, 3/21)
6:00pm-8:00 pm
Where: Mary's Apartment in Long Beach (Belmont Shore)
Fee: $20/session
Details: This practice group is intended for people who are already familiar with the basics of NVC. Our purpose is to help you hone your skills for living NVC on a daily basis, to build community among SoCal NVC enthusiasts and to have FUN! Please join us!
Register: Email Mary at mary@nvcacademy.com for the location
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