Speaking and Listening with Authenticity and Kindness -- Postponed, date TBA
Will be rescheduled!
|Chochmat HaLev
Please join me for a warm, interactive series of classes the last three Wednesday evenings in April. We'll explore how to speak so we're heard and listen so the other person experiences being heard, building skills in a warm and loving atmosphere.
Time & Location
Will be rescheduled!
Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
In Jewish tradition, so many of the things about which we seek t’shuvah, return, have to do with the ways we speak to each other. We speak harshly, or we neglect to speak up when truth or justice demand that we do so. We dismiss what we hear others say, or we don’t slow down enough to really hear. We avoid conflict or we stir it up unnecessarily.
We learned to speak — and to keep silent — as toddlers, and our patterns of communication are as deeply ingrained as our mother tongue. Though the ways we tend to react under stress or in conflict sound normal and feel familiar to us, these patterns often get in our way.
“Nonviolent Communication” is a set of ideas and practices for having more choice about how we respond in any situation; it’s essentially a mindfulness practice around speech, with specific and learnable skills for listening, speaking, and understanding our own reactions. This three-session series will introduce the core concepts of the practice. Scheduled for right after Passover and during the counting of the Omer, the series will support a mindful and practical approach to many of the concepts that are part of the Kabalistic meaning of this time, including lovingkindness, strength, and compassion.
Located in a Jewish setting with some reference to Jewish practice. Open to all. To register, please go to https://chochmat.org/events/nvc/