with Kathleen Macferran and CNVC Trainer Candidates

(Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication)

February 6-7, 2012 10 AM-4 PM each day

This training will explore:

• How to keep yourself centered when challenged
• Dealing with your own anger
• Receiving another’s anger in ways that increase connection
• Protective vs. punitive use of force
• Consequences of how we use power: power with vs. power over
• The nature and context of conflict
• Practical strategies to face challenge with confidence

Registration and deposit info:

Registration fee sliding scale request: $75.00-$150.00 ?$25 deposit requested.?(no one turned away for lack of funds)

Email Verne@freedom-project.org for reservations and information or call Freedom Project Office at 206-325-5678.

Location:
Freedom Project Office, 3644 Albion Place N., Seattle, WA 98103? www.freedom-project.org

This training will support the work of Freedom Project inside four Washington State prisons. Participants: 18 and older only, please. Limited to 25 participants.

with Mary Mackenzie and Kathleen Macferran
(Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication)

January 19-21, 2012
10 AM-4 PM each day (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

Together, in a loving community, we will explore:

• The meaning that significant life transitions hold for you
• Methods for facing challenges with compassion
• Strategies to come back to center when you are thrown off balance
• How you can inspire support for moving forward
• How to grieve fully to enhance and expedite your healing
• How to express your truth even when others are afraid or don’t understand your transition
• Ways to make friends with the unknown
• Discover new depths of self-compassion and self-acceptance

Overview:

You’re in the midst of a life transition– career or relationship change, death of a loved one, financial unrest, or something else, and you’d like support companionship, direction and grace in moving through it.

Join CNVC Certified Trainers Mary Mackenzie and Kathleen Macferran for this transformative workshop devoted to supporting you through your current life transition. Much of the struggle in a big life transition happens when we forget the deeper meaning attached to it, when we lose compassion for ourselves, when we don’t allow enough time to mourn each stage or when we forget we have choice in every stage of our transition.

This workshop is about opening up your transition, examining it and loving it until you are connected to its meaning. Then we’ll explore exercises to uncover your choices in moving forward and clarifying the specific steps you’d like to take from here on.

Requested experience level:

Previous introduction to NVC through reading Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg or having attended a NVC training is useful, but not required.

Registration and fee:

$300 USD (early bird discount $250 before Jan 1, 2012)??. Includes all training materials and snacks. Individuals are responsible for their own housing and meals.

Register at: www.nwcompass.org, emailKathleen@StrengthofConnection.com or call Kathleen at 206-780-1021

Information about Bainbridge Island:

Bainbridge Island is 35 minutes away from downtown Seattle by ferry. Once the ferry docks, everything you need is within walking distance. Workshop sessions will be in Kathleen’s waterfront gathering space (187 Parfitt Way SW, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110). Several restaurants and coffee shops are within a few blocks. Overnight accommodations are available at the charming local Eagle Harbor Inn (www.theeagleharborinn.com) two blocks from the workshop site, or the Island Country Inn (www.islandcountryinn.com) and Best Western (www.bestwesternwashington.com/bainbridge-island-hotels) within a 20 minute walk.

Evenings may be spent nurturing yourself or building community with other NVC workshop participants at the local fitness center (enjoy a relaxing steam bath), movie theaters, walking near the marina or just strolling.

For more information:

Regarding housing, meals, Bainbridge Island or workshop content- please email Kathleen Macferran, Kathleen@StrengthofConnection.com or call 206-780-1021.

Regarding workshop content– please email Mary Mackenzie atMary@peaceworkshop.org.

FINDING OUR STRENGTH WITHIN

A retreat with Nonviolent Communication Trainer
KATHLEEN MACFERRAN

Offered by Language of Life in the Okanogan (LOLO)

Aug. 26-28, 2011
Hidden Hills Resort
104 Hidden Hills Lane
Tonasket, Washington 98855

$325 per person including room and board
(based on double-occupancy)

This workshop will explore the inner depths of our personal and collective well-being. We’ll explore what authenticity and courage mean for each of us, how we can speak with clarity and honesty, and how we can live more fully from authentic presence. In the process we’ll look at deep embodiment of the consciousness and elements of NVC, creating congruency in our internal and outer lives, transforming old pain into the vitality of the present, and how to transform conflict that manifests internally and externally. Developing greater self-responsibility and self-compassion as forces that keep us grounded and centered will be included in the experiential focus of this training.

This workshop will explore:

•                Embodiment of NVC consciousness and skills

•                Development of practices for grounding and sourcing our inner power

•                How to live with authenticity and courage

•                Ways to remain centered in the midst of others’ disappointment

•                Transforming pain into power

Please note: Previous NVC training is required.

Schedule

Friday, Aug. 26

4-6 p.m. – Check-in, settle in

6-7 p.m. – Light “finger food” supper

7-9 p.m. – Opening session

Saturday, Aug. 27

7-9 a.m. – Breakfast

9-noon – Workshop session

Noon – Lunch

2-5 p.m. – Workshop session

6 p.m. – Dinner

7-? – Entertainment and socializing

Sunday, Aug. 28

7-9 a.m. – Breakfast

9-11 a.m. – Final session

Accommodations

Hidden Hills, up Pine Creek Road between Omak and Tonasket, Washington, is a secluded resort of recent construction but designed to look like a late 19th century hotel with village. You can read more about the locale and how to get there at www.HiddenHillsResort.com. The owners, Ron and Martha Thomas, are genial hosts and especially delighted to provide a setting for our NVC retreat.

This workshop will be limited to 14 people. We have available seven rooms with queen-sized beds and private baths. If anyone prefers not sharing a bed, a roll-away bed can be placed in some of the larger rooms.

We expect registration to fill up quickly. We ask a $75 registration fee (which will be applied to the total cost) to reserve your place. Reservations will be confirmed in the order that fees are received. If you have to cancel, we’ll refund the fee if we find someone else to take your place. We will keep a standby waiting list of those wanting to attend.

Please make your own arrangements as to roommates, and include with your registration fee the name of the individual with whom you will room.

Send Registration Fee of $75 to:

LOLO

P.O. Box 3345

Omak, WA 98841

Increase your capacity to live with Courage and Authenticity by attending a videoconference with two prominent NVC Academy trainers!

with Mary Mackenzie and Kathleen Macferran
(Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication)

June 26 and July 3, 2011 from 8 AM-Noon PDT
Join us for two four-hour videoconferencing sessions: the next best thing to attending trainings in person.

Attend this workshop and:

• Explore what holds you back from being fully authentic
• Discover what prevents you from caring for yourself fully and take self-compassion to the next level
• Find courage for honest expression of what is important to you
• Increase your capacity to hear other’s disappointment without losing your center, presence and clarity
• Learn the how/why/when to give or receive empathy

Overview:

Is it time to step into a more authentic life? If so, this workshop is a place to get support and skills that will call your courage forth as well as gain deeper understanding for what holds you back. Within a context of empathy and support, increase your awareness of what prevents you from taking self-compassion to the next level. Remove blocks to self-love, connect to non-negotiable self-worth and celebrate your authenticity. Create more abundance and flow in your life.

This workshop will explore the fiery domain of authentic, respectful honesty. What prevents you from putting yourself out there and where are you sticking with agreements that no longer serve you? Learn how to express what is important to you in a way that others are more likely to be able to hear. Gain skills to hear others’ disappointment without losing your center or giving up what matters to you.  Explore ways to stay in a dialog without compromising anyone’s needs. Discover ways to increase self-accountability without taking on responsibility for another, while maintaining care and respect for all involved.

Does this sound scary to imagine? If so, then we invite you join us and uncover the beauty behind the fear. Join us in the partnership of authenticity and courage. You won’t be alone.

Living with Authenticity and Courage is designed for those who have previously been introduced to NVC and want to deepen their capacity for self-care and clarity.
Requested experience level:

Previous introduction to NVC through reading Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg or having attended a minimum of one day NVC training.

To register: Contact the NVC Academy help desk at help@nvcacademy.com

Fee: $195.00 (Limited to 14 participants)

For more information contact:

Regarding workshop content - please contact Kathleen Macferran at (206) 780-1021 or Kathleen@StrengthofConnection.com

Regarding workshop content– please contact Mary Mackenzie at (928) 526.4796 or email mary@nvcacademy.com

Regarding registration and system requirements for videoconferencing– please email the NVC Academy help desk directly at help@nvcacademy.com

Register Here: help@nvcacademy.com

Increase your capacity to live with Self-Compassion and Authenticity

Living Radical Self-Compassion

Three transformative Days of Exploring Self-Love and Inner Power

with CNVC Certified Trainers Kathleen Macferran and Mary Mackenzie

In this workshop:

• Explore what ultimate self-compassion looks like for you
• Transform stories that block self-love
• Experience self-acceptance and self-forgiveness
• Reconnect with your inner beauty and live from the power of that place.
• Connect to your non-negotiable self-worth and discover what is really most important to you.
• Explore ways to remember self-compassion when upset.

Overview:

Are you tired of self-loathing? Is it time to step into a more joyful life? If so, this workshop is a place to get support and skills that will call your radical self-compassion forth as well as gain deeper understanding of what prevents you from connecting to your non-negotiable self-worth.

Within a context of empathy and support, explore the inner places that hold the most meaning for you and create a self-care plan that can sustain you as you move in that direction.

This workshop will explore the fiery domain of tapping into self-compassion in the midst of being triggered and upset.

Does this sound too scary to face? If so, then we invite you join us and uncover the beauty behind the fear. Join us in the partnership of compassion and courage. You won’t be alone.

Living Radical Self-Compassion is designed for those who have previously been introduced to NVC and want to deepen their capacity for self-care and clarity.

Workshop Schedule:

Thursday, June 9, 2011 – Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. each day

Requested experience level: The basics of NVC will not be covered. Previous introduction to NVC through reading Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg, listening to a free NVC intro (contact Mary for download) or having attended a minimum of one day NVC training.

Information about Bainbridge Island:

Bainbridge Island is 35 min. away from downtown Seattle by ferry. Once the ferry docks, all that you will need for your time on Bainbridge is within walking distance. Workshop sessions will be in Kathleen’s waterfront gathering space (187 Parfitt Way SW, Bainbridge Is, WA 98110). Several restaurants and coffee shops are within a few blocks. Overnight accommodations are available at the charming local Eagle Harbor Inn (www.theeagleharborinn.com) two blocks from the workshop site, or the Island Country Inn (www.islandcountryinn.com) and Best Western (www.bestwesternwashington.com/bainbridge-island-hotels) within a 20 min. walk.

Evenings may be spent nurturing yourself or building community with other NVC workshop participants at the local fitness center (enjoy a relaxing steam bath), movie theaters, walking near the marina, canoeing or just strolling.

Requested Workshop Fee: $350.00 USD (includes all training materials and snacks. Individuals are responsible for their own housing and meals.)

Registration: Contact Mary Mackenzie at (928) 526 – 4796 email mary@nvcacademy.com

Registration is limited to 20 participants on first come basis.

Regarding housing, meals or Bainbridge Island or workshop content – please contact Kathleen Macferran at (206) 780 -1021 or Kathleen@StrengthofConnection.com

Regarding registration or workshop content – please contact Mary Mackenzie at (928) 526 – 4796 email mary@nvcacademy.com

October 9th – 14th, 2011 (Arrive Sunday at 5:00, depart Friday at Noon)

with Kathleen Macferran, Dow Gordon and Raj Gill (Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication) 

This training will explore:

• How to create safety through connection
• Turning prisons into houses of healing
• Facilitation styles in a variety of contexts
• Tracking and balancing all needs in a group
• Interrupting compassionately
• Exercises to understand and integrate NVC
• Process strategies to support effective use of time

Registration and deposit info for all retreats listed above:

Complete Retreat Registration fee: $800.00 (includes room and board and transportation from and to SeaTac Airport in Seattle) 

Email joanne.conger@gmail.com for retreat reservations and information or call Joanne at 425-239-9431.

This training will support the work of Freedom Project inside four Washington State prisons.

About the Retreat Center:

Cascadia Retreat Center (formerly Camp Brotherhood), north of Seattle www.campbrotherhood.com 

Questions?

Contact Joanne at  425-239-9431 or joanne.conger@gmail.com for registration and retreat facilities/logistics information. 

Contact Kathleen at Kathleen@StrengthofConnection.com or 206-780-1021 for information on workshop content.

August 14th – 19th, 2011 (Arrive Sunday at 5:00, depart Friday at Noon)

with Kathleen Macferran and Karl Steyaert(Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication) 

This training will explore:

• Cultivating presence, self-connection and staying centered under pressure
• Creating a culture of trust, transparency and collaboration
• Facilitation and leadership styles
• Attending effectively to content and process
• Interrupting compassionately
• Processing conflict in a way that strengthens the group
• Strategies for tracking, decision making, getting unstuck and dynamic flow

Registration and deposit info:

Complete Retreat Registration fee: $800.00(includes room and board and transportation from and to SeaTac Airport in Seattle) 

Email joanne.conger@gmail.com for retreat reservations and information or call Joanne at 425-239-9431.

This training will support the work of Freedom Project inside four Washington State prisons.

Location:

Cascadia Retreat Center (formerly Camp Brotherhood), north of Seattle www.campbrotherhood.com 

June 19th – 24th, 2011 (Arrive Sunday at 5:00, depart Friday at Noon)

with Kathleen Macferran and Karl Steyaert (Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication)

This workshop will dive into how we deal with conflict and the impact it has on our personal and collective well-being. We’ll explore what authenticity and courage mean for each of us, how we can speak with clarity and honesty, and how we can live more fully from authentic presence. In the process we’ll look at deep embodiment of the consciousness and elements of NVC, power sharing, transforming old pain into the vitality of the present, and how to transform conflict that manifests internally and externally. Developing greater self-responsibility and self-compassion as forces that keep us grounded and centered will be included in the experiential focus of this training.

This training will explore:

• NVC style mediation and reconciliation
• Restorative Circles and Restorative Justice
• Ways to resolve conflict without seeming to do anything
• Protective vs. punitive use of force
• Consequences of how we use power: power with vs. power over
• The nature and context of conflict
• Resolving personal internal conflict
• Breaking new ground- encouraging systemic change

Registration and deposit info:

Complete Retreat Registration Fee: $800.00 (includes room and board and transportation from and to SeaTac Airport in Seattle)

Email joanne.conger@gmail.com for retreat reservations and information or call Joanne at 425-239-9431.This training will support the work of Freedom Project inside four Washington State prisons.

Location:

Cascadia Retreat Center (formerly Camp Brotherhood), north of Seattle www.campbrotherhood.com

February 6-11, 2011

with Kathleen Macferran and Karl Steyaert
Certified Trainers with the Center for Nonviolent Communication)

This workshop will tap into nature’s invitation during winter to explore the inner depths of our personal and collective well-being. We’ll explore what authenticity and courage mean for each of us, how we can speak with clarity and honesty, and how we can live more fully from authentic presence. In the process we’ll look at deep embodiment of the consciousness and elements of NVC, creating congruency in our internal and outer lives, transforming old pain into the vitality of the present, and how to transform conflict that manifests internally and externally. Developing greater self-responsibility and self-compassion as forces that keep us grounded and centered will be included in the experiential focus of this training.

This workshop will explore:

• Embodiment of NVC consciousness and skills
• A range of practices for grounding and sourcing our inner power, from spiritual practices to physical exercises to writing inquiries
• How to live with authenticity and courage
• Ways to remain centered in the midst of others’ disappointment
• Transforming pain into power

Registration Fees:

$800.00 (Includes room and meals and a 220 acre exquisite retreat center Beautiful Washington State. Proceeds will support the work of Freedom Project inside four WA State prisons.)

For information and to reserve your space:

Contact Retreat Coordinator, Joanne Conger at
425-239-9431 or email joanne@freedom-project.org

Make your reservations early!

About the Retreat Center:  

Cascadia Retreat Center (formerly Camp Brotherhood) www.campbrotherhood.com Cascadia Retreat Center is a beautiful 200 acre conference facility an hour north of Seattle, Washington offering outstanding facilities and service to non-profit 501(c)3 in a forested farm environment. Cascadia Retreat Center partners with other non-profits to carry out programs fostering interfaith, racial and ethnic harmony. For over 40 years we have strengthened children, marriages, families and youth.

About the facilitators:

Kathleen Macferran is one of 300 people worldwide that has been certified as a trainer and assessor for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC). She has offered Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training to schools, community groups, churches, hospitals, families, correctional officers, and prison inmates. She is one of the trainers for the Freedom Project, an affiliate organization of CNVC that strengthens community safety through supporting the transformation of prisoners into peacemakers. Kathleen is a lead trainer and facilitator for Freedom Project, a nonprofit organization bringing Nonviolent Communication in to four WA State prisons. Kathleen’s background also includes 20 years as a music conductor, and seven years as a public school teacher.

Karl Steyaert is passionate about co-creating learning experiences and communities that contribute to peace, justice, and sustainability. With over 20 years of experience teaching and facilitating groups in settings ranging from university classrooms and corporate boardrooms to ecovillages and urban gardens, he has been sharing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in North America, Europe, and Asia since 2003.His clients have included Charles Schwab & Co, LiveBooks Inc, the Findhorn Foundation, Lost Valley Education Center, Pleasant Hill Co-Housing, and the World School of Massage. Since 2009 he has also been facilitating Restorative Circles, an approach to restorative justice grounded in NVC.In addition to his work with NVC and conflict resolution, Karl has also directed, designed and taught international college study programs interweaving the themes of sustainability, community, and consciousness, at the Findhorn Community in Scotland, and Auroville ecovillage in India.With academic training in Anthropology and Environmental Policy, he has also spent many years dedicated to the study and teaching of aikido (a nonviolent Japanese martial art), Buddhist meditation, sustainable community design, and integral theory. While still occasionally traveling globally, Karl is currently based in the Pacific Northwest, teaching courses, providing organizational consulting, facilitating groups, and coaching individuals.

Questions?

Contact Joanne at  425-239-9431 or Joanne@freedom-project.org for registration and retreat facilities/logistics information.

Contact Kathleen at Kathleen@StrengthofConnection.com or 206-780-1021 for information on workshop content.

Hello Friends,

I’m excited to tell you about a year-long learning community program which Kathleen Macferran and I are launching in January, 2011.

Over the past 7 years I have cherished co-creating living-learning communities of various kinds, from week-long retreats to semester-long college study programs in Auroville, India, and at the Findhorn Community in Scotland. Recently I have felt a deep calling to co-create a learning community program that offers a more profound container for cultivating the joyful & supportive connection, deep personal transformation, and consciousness & skills I believe are being called for on planet Earth at this time.

What follows is an invitation to join such a learning community. I invite you to read it and notice what speaks to you. I welcome dialogue about how your passions and needs may engage with this vision. Also, please feel free to share this invitation with others whom you believe this program might serve.

Namaste,
Karl Steyaert

A Path of Compassion & Empowerment

“Discovering your unique gift to bring to your community is your greatest opportunity and challenge. The offering of that gift – your true self – is the most you can do to love and serve the world.” ~ Bill Plotkin

“The path of the warrior is a lot more daring: you are cultivating a fearless heart, a heart that doesn’t close down in any circumstances; it is always open, so that you could be touched by anything.” ~ Pema Chodron

• Do you love to live passionately?
• Are you excited to integrate your body, heart, mind, and spirit, while also powerfully engaging with & serving your community and planet Earth?
• Do you long to find your tribe – a community of people dedicated to fiery authenticity, deep compassion & presence, joy & play, and global service?
• Are you seeking an enlivening blend of nurturing and challenge?
• Do you dream of sharing your gifts powerfully in the world?

A Path of Compassion & Empowerment is a powerful, year-long transformative learning community program supporting people to play a conscious and engaged role in co-creating a thriving, sustainable world. It consists of integrated and community-supported training in various practices and principles of nonviolence, sustainability, community, creativity, and consciousness.

An embodied and free-spirited expression of Nonviolent Communication and an Integral Approach (integrating body, mind, & spirit, and self, culture, & nature) offer the foundation for the learning community, and will serve as consistent themes throughout the year. In addition, we will explore a range of both ancient and leading-edge tools for individual and community well-being. Major learning themes will include the theory and practice of:

• Nonviolent Communication
• The Integral Approach
• Permaculture
• Conflict Facilitation: Restorative Circles & Mediation
• Collaborative Decision-Making & Governance: Sociocracy & Holacracy
• Meditation & Yoga
• Art, Music, Dance & Play
• Co-Creative Leadership
• Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects
• Ecovillage Design & The Transition Movement
• Focusing & The Presence Process
• Interplay
• Eight Shields Model

Over the course of 2011, the program will consist of:

• Four 5-day intensive learning retreats (held in the Seattle, WA area; see dates below)
• A supportive & open-hearted learning community of like-minded journeyers
• Regular peer support & mentoring calls
• Multiple apprenticeship and experiential learning opportunities, in areas such as teaching & education, sustainable community building, permaculture, social change, restorative justice, leadership & facilitation
• Consistent personal feedback on strengths & learning edges, offered from multiple perspectives

In addition, participants may also choose to receive:

• Mentoring toward Certification as a Trainer of Nonviolent Communication
• Systematic support in designing & completing a self-selected personal project, from starting a business to writing a book

2011 Retreats:
Winter Retreat: January 8th – 12th
Spring Retreat: April 16th – 20th
Summer Retreat: July 16th – 20th
Autumn Retreat: October 22nd – 26th

Faculty:
For these retreats, we will be bringing together an exceptional team (see their biographical information below), including CNVC Certified Trainers Alan Seid, Kathleen Macferran, and Karl Steyaert, as well as educators and transformational practitioners Abigail Lynam, David McNamara, and others.

Requested contribution:
We are dedicated to making this opportunity available to everyone whose life path and passions align with this program, regardless of their financial situation. At the same time, to support administration, professional training services, facilitation, and mentoring for the entire year, including the four retreats, we request a sliding scale financial contribution of $3,600 – $1,200 for the year. There are a limited number of work-exchange opportunities available. Please contact Karl Steyaert at (ksteyaert “at” gmail “dot” com) to dialogue about financial questions.

Applying:
To support mutual discernment as to whether this learning community is a match for you at this time, we invite you to complete an application form and to dialogue with us. To request an application form or to ask any questions about the program, please contact Karl Steyaert at (ksteyaert “at” gmail “dot” com).

Submission Deadline:
December 15th, 2010 is the deadline for submitting application materials for the 2011 program.

We hope you can join us!

Karl Steyaert & Kathleen Macferran
Co-Facilitators, A Path of Compassion & Empowermnt
CNVC Certified Trainers

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Karl Steyaert
MS, MA, University of MichiganBA, Dartmouth College, Certified Trainer, Center for Nonviolent Communication

Karl Steyaert is a catalyst and visionary, passionate about co-creating learning experiences and communities that contribute to peace, justice, and sustainability. With over 20 years of experience teaching and facilitating groups, he has taught and helped create community in settings ranging from university classrooms and corporate boardrooms, to ecovillages and urban gardens.

Since 1998, Karl has directed, designed and taught university courses and programs interweaving the themes of sustainability, community, and consciousness, through the University of Michigan, the University of Massachusetts, the Findhorn Community in Scotland, and Auroville ecovillage in India. Also, as a Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) he has led trainings in conflict resolution and communication for corporate, non-profit, and intentional community clients in North America, Europe, and Asia since 2003. In addition, since 2009 he has been facilitating Restorative Circles, an approach to restorative justice grounded in NVC.

Beyond his academic training in Anthropology and Environmental Policy, Karl has also spent years dedicated to the study and teaching of aikido (a nonviolent Japanese martial art), Buddhist meditation, yoga, sustainable community design, and integral theory. While still occasionally traveling globally, Karl is currently based in the Pacific Northwest, teaching courses, providing organizational consulting, facilitating groups, and coaching individuals.

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Kathleen Macferran
MMus in Conducting, Western Washington University BA, Whitworth College, Certified Trainer, Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)

Kathleen offers trainings in concrete skills of nonviolence, leading to reconciliation with ourselves, our loved ones and the community. In service to this mission, she offers Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training to schools, community groups, churches, hospitals, families, correctional officers, and prison inmates. In addition, as an Assessor for CNVC, she supports candidates through the process to become CNVC Certified Trainers.

Kathleen is also one of the trainers for the Freedom Project, an affiliate organization of CNVC that strengthens community safety through supporting the transformation of prisoners into peacemakers. Beyond her extensive work with nonviolence education, her other professional experience includes public school teaching and serving as the Music Director of the Rainier Chamber Winds for 19 years.

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Abigail Lynam

Abigail Lynam, M.S., teaches in the field of experiential and expeditionary learning, environmental and natural history studies, leadership development and transformative adult education. She is faculty for Lesley University’s Ecological Teaching and Learning MS degree program for educators www.lesley.edu. Abigail also taught for the Audubon Expedition Institute and UMASS’s Integral Sustainability in India program for many years. Abigail brings an integral framework to these programs, in particular incorporating research on human development, curriculum to support the inclusion and development of interiors and drawing on the latest research in integral ecology.

Through her twelve years of teaching for the Audubon Expedition and Living Routes, Abigail has extensive experience guiding expeditions both overseas and in wilderness settings and facilitating sacred solos. She is passionate about sharing her love of the natural world with others, supporting personal development and leadership skill and capacity building in the context of diverse cultures and wilderness settings.

She is a director of Next Step Integral www.nextstepintegral.org where she collaborates with a team of educators to offer seminars on integral education, integral ecology and leadership development for young adults.  She is also a graduate mentor of Pacific Integral’s Generating Transformative Change leadership development program.

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Alan Seid
Certified Trainer, Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)

Alan Seid is a seminar leader, facilitator, coach, special events speaker, and author of the forthcoming book Take It To The Next Level: a toolbox for positive change agents and cultural creatives. Alan has immersed himself in learning, practicing, and teaching powerful sustainability tools for 20 years. Alan’s recent clients include the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ForestEthics, and Transition Whatcom. He lives with his family in the foothills of Washington’s North Cascade mountain range. Alan is known as a fun, knowledgeable, and engaging presenter.

“Alan has a unique ability to understand and teach some of the most important ideas and practices of sustainability. He is a visionary as well as a grounded, clear and engaging educator as well as walking the talk with real poise and integrity. If you want a powerful set of conceptual and practical tools to make your commitment to a sustainable future effective, I highly recommend his courses.” ~ Vicki Robin, Coauthor, Your Money or Your Life, Cofounder, New Road Map Foundation, Conversation Cafe Board of Directors, Transition US