Compassionate Communication : Marie Lacrampe
Conflict Resolution coach
Marie Lacrampe discovered Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in 2016 and initially applied it in her personal life before wanting to share it with others. She combines coaching and NVC, holding an ICF-certified life coach diploma from Rhodes Wellness College and NVC mediation training from John Kinyon. She supports her clients individually through coaching, in pairs for mediation, and in groups through workshops. Her goal is to foster better living together.
Meditation : Julie Blais
Meditation Teacher
Julie Blais is a Meditation Teacher, Health Coach, and Massage Therapist. She began her mindfulness journey in 2001 in Thailand, where she spent 7 months as a nun and have done lots of intensive retreats since then with various teachers. She is Certified Mindfulness Mentor by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. She teaches meditation workshops, classes and retreats on Vancouver Island. Julie also lead a weekly guided meditation online with BCIMS. She is passionate about guiding individuals towards inner peace and finds fulfillment in witnessing their transformations.
Details
Compassionate Communication and Meditation : why?
Compassionate Communication, also known as Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication approach based on a very simple model that enables us to better understand what is happening inside of ourselves as well as for others around us.
Meditation is the practice of learning to pause, cultivating our ability to pay attention to our immediate experience and maintaining that focus. It involves being mindful of what is happening in our mind and body. From this place of wise knowing, we gain the power to nurture the skill non reactivity and experience the joys of non-reactive presence. It is a crucial tool for daily life and for navigating difficult conversations.
By combining NVC and meditation, we invite you to experience for yourself these two approaches and their complementarity to remain calm in the face of difficult situations: meditation helps you to recognize the arising of "strong emotions" without letting it overwhelm you and NVC allows you to express what is happening in a clear and connected way.
Schedule for the day
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Guided meditation Breath/body anchor
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OFNR framework of NonViolent Communication in practice
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Intro to mindfulness of walking, eating practice
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Empathic listening with an NVC focus
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Practice pauses while talking with demo of the exercise
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Changing our perspective in conflict with enemy image
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Periods of Q & A
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Guided Lovingkindness meditation practice
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Dyad exercise focusing on conflict
Benefits from the retreat
âž• Practical tools to be more present for your life and daily interactions.
âž• Ability to prepare for difficult conversations.
âž• Using meditation to help manage stress, anxiety and regulate emotions.
âž• Learning to identify your emotions, needs, boundaries and expressing them in a healthy way to others.
âž• Integrated connection between mind and body for a greater awareness of self.
âž• New perspective on conflict to support connected conversations when difficulties arise.
Practical details
The workshop will take place at The house of Now, in the heart of Courtenay, and there will be different seating modalities: yoga mats, meditation chairs, bolsters, folding chairs...
We invite you to dress in a comfortable way.
Don't forget your water bottle! You will be able to refill it during the day.
Doors will open at 9:30am and we will start at 9:45 after welcoming everyone.
Lunch will be a 70 min unstructured break so that everyone can take a nourishing break and integrate the learnings. We suggest for the optimal benefits of the retreat to bring your lunch and some snacks as we will introduce the principals of mindfulness of eating and encourage eating in silence alone or as a group. You will be free to go eat outside if you like or grab food from restaurants or grocery at walking distance.
We will wrap up at 3:30pm.
How can I register?
Registration is done through the form below. Payment will be collected through eTransfer, cheque or cash.
Early bird price is $75 until September 20th.
Starting September 21st, price will be $90.
