Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication

Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication Recorded Series

Recorded series of a 10- week course on the principles of Non-Violent Communication with a decolonial lens.

Interested in this course? Email us at [email protected]

About this series

A workshop series on using the language of feelings and needs to decolonize communication, increase self-empathy, and embrace accountability and transformation without shame. Using a trauma-informed lens and the principles of Non-Violent Communication, this series will explore how we hold ourselves and others with empathy and compassion during times of conflict. During conflict, our bodies may go into a variety of triggered responses, impacting the quality of our communication, and setting off a reactive and disconnected pattern of communication during which no one’s needs get met.

Can we deepen our own somatic awareness of where our deepest triggers and pain live? Can we use this awareness to communicate our needs with increased clarity? What are the ways we can shift from shame-and-blame language, to choose processes for deepening connection and care?

Series content includes:

practices to deepen somatic awareness and understand trauma responses
practices to deepen self-empathy and self-connection
practices to strengthen reflective and authentic listening
practices to incorporate playfulness and humor while navigating conflict repair

This series may be for you if:

you are eager to be able to sense and understand the messages your body gives you about your feelings and needs
you're hungry to deepen your own emotional vocabulary, so that you can speak your needs into the world without anxiety or fear
you savor the idea of expanding your capacity for compassion and listening
feel isolated and without community for your own growth.

I'm ready to begin!

Course curriculum

1. Tools to prepare for this course
2. Curriculum Outline
1. DNVC Framework Review: Self-Reflection
1. DNVC Framework Review: Expressing Appreciation
2. Intro to Family Constellation Therapy
3. Family Constellation Activity
4. Journaling Prompt: Truth Is a Journey
5. Collective Altar Invitation
1. Session 1 Recording
2. Session 1 Slides: Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication Part 1
3. Session 1 Integrative Resource: Somatic Reflection on Feelings and Needs
4. Session 1 Integrative Worksheet
5. Session 2 Slides: Somatic Empathy and Verbal Empathy
6. Session 2 Recording
7. Session 3 Slides: Understanding the Empathy Guess
8. Session 3 Recording
9. Session 4 Slides: 4 Ways of Listening
10. Session 4 Recording Speaker View
11. Session 4 Recording Gallery View
12. Session 5 Slides: Strategies versus Needs
13. Session 5 Recording Speaker View
14. Session 5 Recording Gallery View
15. Session 6 Slides: Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication Part 2
16. Session 6 Recording Speaker View
17. Session 6 Recording Gallery View
18. Week 7 Slides: Observations and Interpretations
19. Week 7 Recording Speaker View
20. Session 7 Gallery View
21. Session 8 Slides: Deepening Self-Compassion
22. Session 8 Recording Speaker View
23. Session 8 Recording Gallery View
24. Session 9 Slides: Enemy Image
25. Session 9 Recording Speaker View
26. Session 9 Recording Gallery View
27. Session 10: Harvest and Debrief
28. Session 10 Recording Speaker View
29. Session 10 Recording Gallery View
1. Closing Feedback Form and Celebrations
1. Session 9 Integrative Worksheet: Interrupting Enemy Image
2. Week 9 Altar Reflections
1. Session 8 Integrative Resource: Deepening Self-Compassion
2. Week 8 Altar Reflections
1. Week 7 Altar Reflections
2. Session 7 Integrative Resource: Practicing Observations
1. Session 6 Integrative Resource: Defining Non-Violence
2. Week 6 Altar Reflections
1. Session 5 Integrative Resource: Needs Mapping
2. Session 5 Integrative Resource: Needs Mapping Example
3. Week 5 Altar Reflections
1. Body Sensations, Feelings, and Needs Lists
2. Week 1 Altar Reflections
1. Session 2 Integrative Resource: The Neurobiology of Safety
2. Session 2 Integrative Resource: The Neurobiology of Safety addendum
3. Session 2 Integrative Resource: Building a Somatic Practice
4. Week 2 Altar Reflections
1. Session 3 Integrative Resource: What it means to "hold space"
2. Session 3 Integrative Resource: Self-Empathy Worksheet
3. Session 3 Integrative Resource: Savoring the Unmet Need
4. Week 3 Altar Reflections
1. Session 4 Integrative Resource: Four Ways of Listening Worksheet
2. Week 4 Altar Reflections
1. What's next?

About this course

$350.00
62 lessons
27.5 hours of video content

Sessions are all pre-recorded. Content is not yet fully captioned.
This workshop is for all folks.
Content is available for 2 years following registration.

Gifts received

Nakia

Meenadchi's knowledge of DNVC, antioppressive lenses and deep love for humanity combine to create a space in which people can be seen, held, practice vulnerability, honesty connection, and reflect on their own truths in embodied integrity. They are a spectacular guide and their workshops will change your life & the way you relate to yourself and others. You might even be lucky enough to make and keep new friends from the class. Whatever dollar cost you invest in this class will be worth it.

Aayaan

If you are called to one of Meenadchi's containers, trust yourself, because you are absolutely in the right place. They are a soft force, to be invited into your life and to resource your growth. Meenadchi's course on DNVC for BIPOC practitioners is the most authentic, balanced, grounding and nourishing course I have ever taken. I received a depth of knowledge, skills, practice time, and reverence for both expressing my needs and consent. Thank you, Meenadchi, for sharing your gifts and for inviting us to share ours.

Laila Makled

I was able to learn tools that supported me in navigating my own interpersonal conflict, as well as supporting others in conflict with folks they care about. We learned so many tools that I will absolutely be using and reflecting on for a long time. Meendachi's facilitation style and ability to create spaciousness provided a soothing and supportive learning environment.

Alli Myatt

After 10 weeks, I am walking away with clear tools to support myself and others to engage in conflict using NVC with a decolonized lens, I have increased my capacity for more empathy for others, and a better understanding how our relationships can support our needs. The greatest gift is one I didn't see coming - I have so much more compassion for myself and my needs.

Vanessa C.

I am so grateful for how Meenadchi creates spaces where learning skills and experiencing transformative connection are simultaneous. In every session, I received both practical tools and a sense of the ineffable beauty that comes when people take care of each other.

Kimberly Joy

Learning the language to talk about needs and feelings and recognizing those in my body has been transformative. I feel like I am able to give myself more space and be more patient with my needs and in turn be more patient and give space to other folks.

LE

I loved being a part of Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication! Meenadchi holds space in a way that invites deep safety, clarity and depth.

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