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Setting Boundaries & Creating a Balanced Life - A Women's Class Series
You want to be generous and kind and yet find that you are giving yourself away. Or perhaps you want to be closer to others and find yourself feeling distant and disconnected regardless of your desire. Setting boundaries isn't just about what you want to keep out. It's about seeing a situation clearly and learning to decide what's truly nourishing for you in a particular context.Thursday evenings 6:30pm -9pm for 3 consecutive weeks, beginning June 13, 2013
TBA
$95.00 Register Online
This class tends to fill quickly so please register as soon as you know you would like to attend.
Two Hour Introductory Workshop for Couples
Would you like to get the stuck places in your relationship unstuck?
Saturday, 10am - 12pm, July 13, 2013
$30.00 per couple Register Online
One Day Introduction to Compassionate Communication
Finding the words to say how you feel and what's important to you can be difficult. You would like to express yourself in a way others can hear you without defensiveness and misunderstandings. You would like to listen to them in the same way.This workshop is for anyone who would like to create better relationships and values authenticity, compassion, and mindfulness in communication. Join us whether you are new to Compassionate Communication or would just like to practice and stay grounded in the basics.
Saturday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, July 27, 2013
$50.00 Register Online
Communicating with Your Beloved - A Couples Weekend Retreat
You value your relationship and want it to last. You want to have the awareness and skills to build a strong foundation for your relationship over time. You want better communication and the ability to meet conflict skillfully when it arises.September 6-8, 2013
$300.00 per couple
The price is per couple and includes food and lodging, but not tuition. Tuition is by donation. Suggested donation is $200 per couple and can be given at any time.
Registration is done by Great Vow Zen Monastery. Call or email Great Vow for questions about lodging and travel: 503-728-0654,
https://www.zendust.org/zco/contact-zen-community-oregon
To register go here: https://www.zendust.org/displayevent/55308
For questions about the course content and structure call or email LaShelle at 503-544-7583, lashellelowecharde@gmail.com
Registration is done by Great Vow Zen Monastery. Call or email Great Vow for questions about lodging and travel: 503-728-0654,
https://www.zendust.org/zco/contact-zen-community-oregon
To register go here: https://www.zendust.org/displayevent/55308
For questions about the course content and structure call or email LaShelle at 503-544-7583, lashellelowecharde@gmail.com
Women's Intermediate NVC Class Series: Getting Through Reactivity to Needs & Requests
You have an understanding of Compassionate Communication (NVC) and are practicing the skills and consciousness. You value conscious compassionate relationships yet find yourself getting caught in your own reactive patterns and those of others. You would like to unhook yourself and stand up for for what you value and need. If all this is true for you, join us for this series in addressing universal reactive patterns* and how cultivate a healing response for yourself and others.Every Thursday evening 6:30 -9:00 for 8 weeks, beginning September 5th, 2013.
$250.00 Register Online
Pre-requisite: to benefit from this course fully, a conceptual understanding and regular practice of NVC is needed.
This class series is limited to 20 participants.
This class series is limited to 20 participants.
Communicating about Money - A One Day Workshop for Couples
Talking about money can be difficult. You and your partner came together with different approaches to managing money and a full basket of emotions around it. In this workshop, we will help you bring awareness and compassion to your personal finances as individuals and as a couple. Learning to come together with clarity and mutual compassion around money will allow you to create a financial partnership that embodies your true wisdom and values.Saturday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, October 26, 2013
$150.00 per couple Register Online