[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Tonight at the Sangha! NVC with Kristen Wall

Sorry this email is going out so late -- here's a description of tonight's event. Up to date info can "always" be found at https://www.downtowndharmadc.org/:

 The first step in dealing with feelings is to recognize each feeling as it arises. The agent that does this is mindfulness. In the case of fear, for example, you bring out your mindfulness, look at your fear, and recognize it as fear. You know that fear springs from yourself and that mindfulness also springs from yourself. They are both in you, not fighting, but one taking care of the other. — Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step

Downtown Dharma member Kristen Wall will lead an awareness practice with Nonviolent Communication (NVC).  NVC gives us a simple language to identify life as it is lived in the present moment. By learning to identify and name not only our feelings, but our needs and values as they arise in the moment, we can learn to express ourselves in ways that are more likely to foster connection, understanding, and mutuality. NVC can also give us a more meaningful, compassionate, and effective understanding of our own and others' nature and behavior.  

As an awareness practice, NVC takes us out of our heads and into our bodies, enabling us to connect with what is truly alive in ourselves and others. It can support a meditation practice by facilitating insight and freedom from grasping as we learn to understand the deeper reasons for our clinging.   As we deepen a compassionate understanding of ourselves and others, we learn to extend nonjudgmental attention, find each others' common humanity, and express what matters most. 

This session will be a guided awareness practice incorporating meditative communication, small group work, and opportunities to connect as a sangha. We will practice sitting compassionately with our feelings, bringing the transformative presence of mindfulness, and learning a new vocabulary for our inner life to transform our emotions and bring our conscious attention to the present moment.

Nonviolent Communication, also known as Compassionate Communication, was developed by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD.  NVC training opportunities can be found at www.cnvc.org. 

Kristen has meditated with NVC since 2006 and Our live, in-person weekly meditation. 

If you'd like to join remotely, join us here on zoom. For more info, check out our website,has led NVC workshops for graduate students, prison inmates, and religious congregations.

7pm at yoga district on 14th

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