“What if peace, compassion, and wisdom weren’t just nice words that you visit from time to time, but your actual day-to-day. experience? What if your home was your temple and your life was your spiritual teacher?” These words, written by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens Chu, welcome participants into the study of ONGO, transformative daily practices inviting us to bring spiritual practice home! The study Ongo is used as shorthand for ongoing spiritual practice.

The book offers 12 weeks of inspiration, step-by-step guidance, and ways to create support and companionship in and through the journey. The group will meet each Thursday evening beginning September 12 through December 5 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Once a month at 5:30, we’ll enjoy a pot luck dinner prior to our 6:30 meeting where around a table we’ll share a meal!

Because the cohesiveness of the group is important to build community during the 12 weeks, participants are asked to commit to attending all 12 weeks if possible. If upon registering for the group it is known your absences may be frequent, this may not be the time to attend.

Over the years I’ve offered ONGO, I’ve witnessed the development of empathtic friendships. One previous ONGO participant said, “This is the most important group I’ve ever attended. I’ll never forget it.” As Ram Dass said, “We are all just walking each other home.”

The ONGO Book, found on Amazon or anywhere you purchase books, will be our guiding structure with intentions and practices to follow per week.

Please Join Me, For ONGO!

What: The ONGO Group

When: Thursdays, September 12 - December 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Where: Glendale United Methodist Church, 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville, 37204

Fee: $240

Venmo: @Carlene-LM-123 Cash App: @clmwr123

Please contact me if paying by check/cash at carlenemaginnis@gmail.com

Learning and Practicing Nonviolent Communication, aka Compassionate Communication, meets 11:30-1:00, the 1st/3rd/5th Friday of each month throughout the year. Each Friday we’ll focus on learning and practicing the skills and practices of Nonviolent Communication. The tools of NVC are a consistent internal resource as we navigate all that life offers.

Whether you are an experienced learner or beginning to learn NVC, everyone is welcome to attend! Also, bring your lunch or snack if this is a lunch time away from work and enjoy the casual setting provided by Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Rd, 37205.

I look forward to being together learning, practicing, and sharing NVC!

Please email me at carlenemaginnis@gmail.com to let me know you will be attending! I’ll send you instructions for parking on site and what room you will find us.

A few years back, I offered several ONGO Groups. The study written by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens offers practices in NVC where the embodiment of the living energy of NVC is experienced. I've often thought of a particular group comprised of women in ONGO and remember the richness found within the depth of sharing. This time, I'm offering a group called

A Woman's Heart.

The curriculum that will guide us are known in NVC as the Core Commitments.

These commitments have a long history of becoming! I was lucky to be a part of a community in the early 2000's called the CTC, Consciousness Transformation Community facilitated by Miki Kastan, one of my teachers in life. We began with 17 Core Commitments of Living NVC originated by Miki and her sister Inbal. I found those years in CTC to be formative in my learning and living NVC. 

Back in the day, we had Teleconferencing to aid in our connection! With only the sound of our voices and the open sharing of our hearts, women from all over the world experienced deepening connections with one another. It was a rich experience that I long to taste again in the pilot offering called 

A Woman's Heart.

And lucky we are to now have Zoom where we can see one another!

Here's a sample of a commitment we will explore:
A commitment relating to myself:
Even when I act in ways I really don't like, I aim to keep my heart open to myself. If I find myself in self-judgment and unable to connect to my needs, I aim to seek support to reconnect to myself and hold with compassion the needs motivating my actions.

The group will be limited to 13 women and will meet Tuesday evenings, 6:30 - 8:30 pm for 8 weeks beginning November 8 and the 15th, we'll meet as a large group.
Following Nov. 8, we'll meet the 2nd/4th Tuesday as a large group and small groups will meet in the off weeks. Each woman will be invited to welcome a commitment into their life for self examination and discovery. We'll explore the first 25.
See the history of the commitments and the full list on the link here:

https://thefearlessheart.org/resources/core-commitments/

Please Join Me In This Journey called

A Woman's Heart, A Journey of Self Discovery

Date and Time: Nov. 8- Feb. 14, 6:30-8:30 pm CT

Large Group Meeting Dates: Nov. 8, Nov, 15, Nov. 29, Dec 13, Dec 27, Jan 10, Jan 24, and Feb. 14

Where: Zoom
Fee: $125.00

If you find this of interest to you, if you have questions and/or want to register,

 contact me at

carlene@ carlenemaginnis.com or Register below.

I’m looking forward to engaging with life in community again.

I hope you’ll join me!

Twice a month, beginning September 19, you’re invited to an NVC Practice Group! Each session we’ll focus on a variety of topics where we’ll learn and practice the skills, principles, and applications of Nonviolent Communication.

This group will be designed for those who’ve practiced and at the very least are acquainted with the basics of NVC. For those of us who are interested in learning the basics of NVC prior to being in a practice group, please check out the Foundations of NVC beginning on Sunday September 18!

By definition, a practice group teaches and practices the skills and principles of NVC. Participants bring real life situations into a skill set designed by the facilitator for practice. Within a loving and safe community of fellow learners, an NVC practice group becomes a home for empathetic sharing.

What: NVC Bimonthly Practice Group

When: 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, beginning September 19 via Zoom! In December, we’ll meet the 1st and 3rd Monday, the 5th and 19th.

Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Fee: $35-$50 per month.

Facilitator: Carlene Maginnis, Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communication

Please Register Below or for questions, contact me: carlenemaginnis@gmail.com

Learning, Practicing, and Integrating Nonviolent Communication is a lifetime practice of awareness! It starts with learning what NVC is while living within a cultural background that isn’t! It can be a radical new appreciation and choice of how now to live.

If you’re interested in creating the kind of connection with yourself and others inducing the natural giving of the heart we long to access, please join me this fall for this intensive exploration.

Objectives for this course:

• Understanding the concepts and distinctions of NVC.

• Applying the practices, principles and components of NVC to ‘real life’.

• Learning and practicing the Key Assumptions and Intentions of NVC.

The measurement tool available to us during the 5 weeks will be the Self-Assessment Matrix from Pathways to Liberation. You can find it at this link for your personal use.

https://gfk-trainer-werden.de/wcm/wp-content/uploads/Pathways-to-Liberation-Self-Assessment-Matrix.pdf

WHEN: SEPTEMBER 18, 25 AND OCTOBER 2, 9, 16

TIME: 2:00-4:30 PM CENTAL TIME

HOW: VIA ZOOM

CONTENT: LEARN THE PRACTICES, COMPONENTS, DISTINCTIONS, AND PRINCIPLES OF NVC. (Integrate skills and measure awareness of NVC integration.)

FEE: $210 (10$ offsets added fees due to PayPal and Credit Cards.)

It is my wish the fee for this course creates an available option for all attending and at the same time supporting my financial sustainability. Please contact me at Carlene@carlenemaginnis.com to discuss alternative options for payment of fee if necessary.

This is a five week commitment. You will be asked to complete work each week between sessions. Please register with this intention.

A NEW ONLINE PRACTICE GROUP

Practicing the Principles of NVC

BEGINNING December 6, JOIN Carlene Maginnis in a bimonthly zoom practice group focusing on living the principles of Nonviolent Communication.

Living the principles of NVC is no easy task! Practicing in a community of those attempting to ‘do’ life differently find a practice group just the kind of support where real life applications of NVC can be practiced in a safe and loving group environment.

If this is of interest to you, please join Us!

1st and 3rd Monday each month, December 6, 2021 - April 25, 2022

Fee: To support the financial sustenance of the CNVC certified trainer, a monthly fee is required to attend this group. A minimum of $35 per month is suggested.

Upon Registration, a zoom link will be sent.

Ahhhhh.....The Holidays! Do you feel excited, happy, fulfilled or sad, reluctant, scared? Are you wanting to to go along to get along? Do you want to move in and through the holidays authentically being who you are now becoming in the midst of living loss?

Maybe you're experiencing a depth of grief that is new for you. Perhaps you and grief have been reluctant or even embraceable friends for awhile. No matter the length, depth, and breath of your experience with grief, the sessions beginning in November through the second week of January are meant to offer support in BEING with Grief Authentically.

C.S. Lewis wrote, “I never knew grief felt so much like fear.” No matter the loss or transition in life, grief is a human experience often misunderstood in a culture of ‘feel better’ theology. Have you experienced family and friends wanting you to feel better, get over the sorrow, be happy, etc? Could they be fearful of grief? As the one grieving, allowing grief space to be present can be pushed aside by the proverbial ‘to do’ list. Perhaps in an effort to protect us, a part of us tells not to open the door of grief and so we too remain stuck in fear rather than moving toward it. In a culture that looks for quick fixes we’ve not learned the art of mourning. Grief ladened by its sorrow looks like the end of something and someone. Although both are true, it is also true the beginning of something and someone new is painfully emerging.

For five sessions from 6-8:00 p.m., we'll explore together the unfolding of the grief we're attending through the lens of NVC and several known authors whose writings on the subject give insight in how to BE with grief.

You are invited to join Carlene as she shares her exploration and self discovery of living grief authentically.

Dates: Free Intro, Thursday, Nov. 18

Scheduled Sessions begin: Thursday Dec. 2; Thursday, Dec. 16; Thursday Dec.30; Thursday, Jan. 6; the Final Session, January 13

Fee: Please select a cost amenable to your comfort between $200 - $300.

And Register Here:

THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED

The primer of the Magic of Requests began on December 5, 2020. If you missed it, No Worries!

This month, we'll explore and practice why requests are essential to effective communication. When learning and practicing NVC, a common response is “Requests are the hardest part!” However, once this skill is learned, practiced, and integrated requests most often become the simplest skill in NVC!

There are many reasons we don’t make requests such as the fear of hearing a no and a belief that our requests don’t matter! Someone recently shared that making requests for themselves was considered selfish in their family of origin. How about you? Do you fear rejection when you consider asking for what you want? You’re not alone!

There’s a lot to unpack about making requests in all kind of settings whether it be in business or home.

Experienced in these sessions:

• The connecting dynamic between needs and requests... especially in the workplace!

• What happens when we resist demands.

• The clarity PLATO brings to our requests.

Materials for each week will be included.

Your requests frame how you take control of your life in a way that is authentic to your true nature. Begin the new year learning how requests can make all the difference in creating the life you most value for yourself and others.

The Magic is in the Requests!

What: The Magic of Requests,
When: January 23 and 30, 2021,
and Wednesday, Jan. 27,
( Q&A Session, 6:30-8pm CT)

Time: 10:30-12:30 CT, Two Hours Each Saturday
Facilitator: Carlene Maginnis
Fee: Sliding Scale starting at $150 - $300

(Includes 5 hours of learning NVC skills and materials.)

I hope you'll join me as we have fun together
making requests!
Register Below!

What would it be like to make choices from inner balance and authenticity?

When: Wednesdays 11:30-1:00 CST - September 9 - October 28 

Where: via Zoom

Fee: $315 ~ We want to make the course available regardless of resources, so please contact us to discuss a payment plan.

Within Nonviolent Communication, power is “the capacity to mobilize resources to meet needs.” Fostering connection and trust can occur when we’re aware of our internal and external resources. In this course, we explore how NVC offers us the tools and vision to grow the skills needed to share power rather than continuing the social conditioning of exercising ‘power over’ others to meet our needs. 

We hope you’ll join us as we alchemize a “power over” experience to a “power with” life!

Based on The Vortex of Submission by colleagues Jim & Jori Manske, we will explore:

1. How submission and disappointment can lead to a denial of responsibility.

2. How unspoken expectations can lead to demands of others.

3. How resentment leads to the evaluation and diagnosing of others.

4. How rebellion leads to punitive thinking.

5. How guilt, depression, and shame have the opportunity of leading to beneficial regret, an NVC apology.

6. And, how the awareness of perceptual reorientation becomes a turning point in relationships.

Within this 8 week class, we’ll explore together the journey of submission internally in the relationship with ourselves and the impact of submission externally in our lives. Rephrased from mindfulness teacher Tara Brach in her book True Refuge, the most intimate relationship we have is with ourselves and there’s a direct impact of this relationship on those around us. Come and discover more about the transformative experience of embracing authentic choice rather than living in the tyranny of submission.

I hope you’ll join PJ and I for The Alchemy of Power. It will be a juicy experience!

Taught by: Carlene Lizana-Maginnis,

Certified Trainer with The Center For Nonviolent Communication; with PJ Nelsoen, Candidate for certification with CNVC 

To Register and Pay for the course:

When: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (November and December meetings are the first and third Thursday.)

September 10, 2020-May 13, 2021

Time: 4:30-6:00 pm CT

Where: Zoom REGISTER TO RECEIVE ZOOM INFO AND PASSWORD

Fee: A weekly or monthly dåna (donation) is needed to support my financial sustainability. A recommended dâna is $20-$40 per session.

Suggested Reading: Please have read or begin to read Nonviolent Communication A Language Of Life by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg.

Beginning Thursday, September 10, I’m excited to offer, facilitate and guide a new NVC practice group!

If you’ve been in a group with me before, you’ve experienced the warmth and safety of inclusive learning provided in how to live nonviolent communication. In an ongoing practice group environment, there’s opportunity to learn NVC tools while applying them to real life situations AND experience the nurturing quality of community support!

Everyone is invited regardless of experience. We’ll grow as we go with the support of those who’ve experienced more practice in NVC than perhaps others. Everyone belongs!

A Zoom Invite will be sent upon registering for the group.

To register and donate, see below.

If you donate with a credit card on Venmo or donate using PayPal, would you consider adding the 2.9% fee automatically deducted? Thisfinancial awareness will support the sustainability of my life work.

Thank you!

You will receive a confirmation from me upon each payment received.

The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
This next Ongo Group is a weekly ONLINE group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Although occasionally absences may occur, members are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. If you think you would miss more than 2 meetings, this may not be the time to commit to Ongo.

The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing practice in Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!

I hope you'll join us!

The Ongo Group
Mondays, June 8- August 30, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT

Donations are requested each week to support the holder of the group, Carlene Lizana-Maginnis. Please see the Donate button below!
Everyone will need a book prior to beginning Ongo. To prepare for the group please have read the first 15 pages.

Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.

The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

If you’ve questions about absences or need more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com

To Register: Please fill form out below.

Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.

Recently, I heard a speaker on a podcast express her experience of being heard. “When I’m heard,” she said, “I feel seen.”

Hearing her, I once again felt the importance of sharing in community where our experience matters.

Together is a weekly zoom call opportunity to be heard and be seen while held in a loving environment of compassion.

The call begins at noon with a silent mediation, a reading, and then open sharing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. All Are Welcome!

When: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday

Time: noon - 1:00 p.m.

Please join us and share it with a friend!

Stay well and Stay Connected!

Zoom Call:

https://zoom.us/j/207079159 Meeting ID: 207 079 159

PW: 664547

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If you would like to contribute financially to these calls being held each week, please see the donate button below. I appreciate your financial support!

THIS GROUP IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE GROUPS/CLASSES STARTING IN MAY!

Beginning Thursday,February 13, Connecting Across Differences will teach the principles and practices of NVC. The group will meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays in February, March, April, and May. Once a month, beginning in March, the group is invited to a one and one half to two hour intense study session discussing and applying in more depth the course work. The monthly sessions will be held on the third Saturday morning, 10 - 11:30 or noon, of March, April, and May.

This course will require 30-40 pages of reading for each Thursday night session. There are a variety of practice exercises participants will be asked to complete. I ask each person to commit to the work required for this course. An individual commitment will create a cohesive and collaborative learning environment for everyone to enjoy!

If you are new to NVC and more experienced, this course will offer a depth in the skills of NVC. The book Connecting Across Differences, Finding Common Ground With Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, written by Jane Connor and Dian Killian, will be our text! (Please order it online and come to the first session, February 13, having read the introduction and the entire first chapter, pages 11-40.)

For this 8 week/11 sessions course, a sliding scale from $220-$320 donation is requested to support the cost of the venue and personal financial compensation. Fees may be paid in 3 payments or in one lump sum.

What? Connecting Across Differences, An 8 Week Study Course.

When? The 2nd and 4th Thursdays of Feb., March, April, and May and 1 and 1/2 to 2 hr. work session the 3rd Sat. March, April, and May. (April’s work session will be on the second Saturday.)

Time? 6:15-8:15 p.m. 2nd/4th Thursdays; 3 Saturdays, 10-11:30 or noon.

Where? Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Rd, 37205.

Fee? A sliding scale donation from $220-$320 requested for the course. Please pay below!

Why? To learn, practice, and live Nonviolent Communication; to integrate skills in preparation for the NVCNashville June 11-13 workshop.

(All course work hours done face to face with a Certified Trainer applies to those interested in certification through The Center of Nonviolent Communication.)

The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Although occasionally absences may occur, members are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. If you think you would miss more than 2 meetings, this may not be the time to commit to Ongo.

The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing practice in nonviolent communications and mindfulness. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!

The Ongo Group
Thursdays, September 12-Dec 12 (no meeting on 10/17 and 11/28)
6:30-8 pm
Hillwood Presbyterian Church, 6220 Hickory Valley Rd, 37205

Donations are invited each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, Carlene Lizana-Maginnis.

Everyone will need a book prior to beginning Ongo. To prepare for the group please have read the first 15 pages.

Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.

The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

If you’ve questions about absences or more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com

To Register: Please fill form out below.

Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.

This event In Charlotte NC focused on learning and integrating the embodiment of OFNR to listen and speak empathetically.

Huntsville Montessori, Huntsville Al

A Inservice workshop for teachers; building skills of empathetic listening.

The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Each week during the summer session, members will gather from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing spiritual practice. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!

The Ongo Group
Thursdays, June 6 - August 29
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, 37204

During the summer session, you’re invited to bring potluck dinners the 4th Thursday of each month. You may arrive at 5:45 and we’ll gather around a table beginning at 6:00 p.m. Bring your own dinner or something to share. Either way, we’ll enjoy being in community!

Donations are welcomed each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, carlene maginnis-robinson.

Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores. Receiving books are sometimes delayed so better to purchase sooner rather than later.

The Ongo Book, Living Everyday Nonviolence by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

If you’ve questions about absences or more information about Ongo, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com

To Register: Please fill form out below.

Thank you! You will receive a confirmation from me.

Dian Killian and Jane Connor, both colleagues and dear friends, wrote a book some years ago entitled,
 Connecting Across Differences,

Finding Common Ground With Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

Over the years, I've used examples from their book in teaching NVC. This summer, I invite you to join me as we explore the reading and practices offered throughout the 10 chapters of the book. 

I look forward to a summer learning experience and hope you will join me!

Connecting Across Differences
Wednesdays, June 5 - August 7

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane, 37204

Early Bird Discount:

$175 before May 23. $200 after May 23.

If another payment plan will support you in attending this summer read, please contact me!
To Register: www.carlenemaginnis.com

Books may be purchased through Amazon or contact me to purchase through NVC Nashville at carlene@carlenemaginnis.com

When: February 11, 2019 to February 12, 2019

Where: Rau-Wood Camp and Retreat Facility, 8687 Old Harding Pike Rd., Nashville, TN 37221 USA (617) 673-7677

[*** TUITION AND SCHEDULE INFO BELOW ***]

The Mediate Your Life Coaching and Mediation Program is for people who want to develop their skills and abilities to offer empathic communication coaching to individuals and to mediate conflicts and difficult conversations between people. The training is designed for people who have either attended John’s Choosing Peace learning community intensives or have been practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for at least one year.

The 2-day MYL Coaching Training provides in-depth experiential learning and practice using the Mediate Your Life processes, or “maps,” to coach individuals dealing with inner and outer conflict situations and challenges in their personal and work lives. The MYL maps include: Internal Mediation, Self-Forgiveness, Preparing for Difficult Conversations, Practicing Difficult Conversations, Requests and Need Behind the No, Interpersonal Mediation, 3Chairs Process for Difficult Conversations, Debriefing for Resilience, and the Healing & Reconciliation process for making amends and healing role play.

You will be able to dial up and down the difficulty level to customize your learning, and maximize your growth by playing the roles of both coach and client, give and receive supportive peer feedback, and receive in-the-moment coaching. In the (optional) evening you will have the opportunity to watch longer demonstrations and engage in in-depth Q&A.

TUITION

Philosophy of Money
The pricing below is what I (John) would like to receive to support this work and my sustainability. However, because I see this work being for the greater good of humanity and all people and communities, and because I want to support a monetary system based in giving and receiving from the meaning and enjoyment of contributing to one another’s well being, you are free to give what feels right to you. My request is that you stretch yourself to give as much as you’re willing and able to give. Not only will this support me and this work, I believe it will support you to receive the most benefit and value from doing the work. If you would like to give an amount different from what is listed below, email: connect@mediateyourlife.com, or call (510) 919-5847. Thank you for wanting to be part of this work in the world! 

Requested Tuition Pricing

• $600 for the Feb 11-12 MYL Coaching Training

FOR QUESTIONS or to REGISTER email: carlene@carlenemaginnis.com or call (615) 347-4644.

TRAINING SCHEDULE

• Monday Day            9am – 5pm

• Monday Evening    6:30 – 8:30pm (optional)

• Tuesday Day            9am – 3pm

Hope to see you there!

Questions? email Carlene carlene@carlenerobinson.com, see contact and submit a message;

 or call (615) 347-4644.

Through The Looking Glass....of NVC 
Into All Our Relationships!
An Online Zoom Class 
January 29 -February 26, 2019
Why is communication so hard sometimes? Especially with those closet to us? The residual affects of shame and guilt due to what we said or did impedes trust in ourselves and from others.
Oh! The violent cycle!
If you had a challenging time during the holidays with family and/or friends or perhaps there's a reoccurring difficult relationship you'd like to learn more about, take time to step back and reframe your experience through the lens of NVC. 

This 5 week class will utilize some of the basic skills of NVC, key distinctions, and several other longstanding NVC tools to bring clarity, build resilience, and learn a new way of looking at old problems!
Join me for Through The Looking Glass of NVC.... Into All Our Relationships
Tuesdays, January 29 - February 26
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
FEE: $100 
and
Because I want to make learning NVC as financially accessible as I can for everyone who would like to participate, if the fee is more than you'd like to pay, would you be willing to contact me? I'd like to support attendance by mutually agreeing to a fee that meets both of our financial needs.
I'm also asking for payments to be made with a 5 week commitment to attend. Because life happens and some will miss a class, recordings of the class will be sent to everyone registered.

Once you register, you will receive zoom instructions.

I hope to see you as we learn together! 

The Ongo Group
Living Everyday Nonviolence
The Ongo Group is a weekly group that blends mindfulness and NVC practices in a 12 week session. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of NVC experience or knowledge. Each week members gather from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and are asked to commit to the full 12 weeks to create consistency within the group. The practice is called Ongo as it becomes an ongoing spiritual practice. Many of our members have been in multiple sessions to deepen their practice!
I hope you'll join us!

The Ongo Group
Thursdays, January 10 - April 4
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, 37204

Donations are welcomed each week to support venue space and the holder of the group, carlene maginnis.
Books may be ordered through Amazon or purchased at local book stores.

For more information or to register by January 10, please contact me:
carlene@carlenemaginnis.com

In Time FOR THE HOLIDAYS and back by request!
The Art Of Setting Boundaries In All Our Relationships Through The Lens of NVC

Applying NVC Principles in our communication with others many times is the key to a developing the kind of relationship we most want.
Yet, often we say yes when we want to say no!

Other times, we don't even ask for what we want! Do we know how to ask for what we want in a way that sustains, even nutures, relationships?

Afraid of hearing the no and not voicing what's true for us leads to disconnection and confusion with ourselves and others. How then can we communicate clearly, honestly, and with compassionate clarity so that all needs are valued?

This class on setting boundaries by learning, practicing, accessing, and speaking from a needs based consciousness is an internal shift that is freeing and fun! 
We'll have fun, laugh, and learn. I hope you'll join me!

Friday November 9, 6:00- 9:00 p.m. 
 Saturday November 10, 2018, 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fee: $100.00
Register 2 or more, Fee: $75.00, Great Deal for Couples!
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
To Register: click Here!