Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness

Donation Event

Please join Oren Jay Sofer, Sietske de Haan and the eamba Community for the first of a series of webinars exploring mindful communication programmes.
Oren and Sietske will be joined by  Nonviolent Communication with Oren Sofer and Sietske de Haan con Nuria Mestre y Estrella Fernandez Rodriguez para una traducción al español. eamba is very grateful to all presenters and translators.
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Oren and Sietske will offer a short meditation and let us experience how Nonviolent Communication and mindfulness enhance each other. They will give us a taste of some short practices used in their teaching of mindful communication which combines mindfulness with Nonviolent Communication, a developed by Marshall Rosenberg.
This webinar promises to inspire ideas about how to cultivate mindfulness in communication.
We will discover how more mindful communication improves connection and contributes to enhancing one’s self-care.

Date / Time: Friday,  October 20, 2023 19:30 – 21:00 CEST
Zoom  … con traducción al español por Nuria Mestre y Estrella Fernandez Rodriguez.
Meeting ID: 898 7129 4584
Passcode: 999862
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Background

Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally.
He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma.
Oren is also the author of several books, including the best-seller “Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication”.
His latest book is “Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love.”
His teaching has reached people around the world through his online communication courses and guided meditations.
A husband and a father, Oren lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he enjoys cooking, spending time in nature, and home woodworking projects. www.orenjaysofer.com/

Sietske de Haan has been teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction since 2005 and later also Mindful Communication Programmes which include Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Mindfulness.
She develops programmes for medical doctors based on mindfulness, compassion and communication and teaches retreats.
She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Sietse lives in the east of The Netherlands with her partner, and she enjoys gardening, hiking reading and writing. www.gezondedokter.nl/ and www.compassioninbusiness.com/

The program Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness is presented in a new book Mindful Communication: Speaking and Listening with Wisdom and Compassion, edited by Frits Koster, Jetty Heynekamp and Victoria Norton. The editors will also join the event and are ready to engage in questions and dialogue on other aspects of the book, it features the following programs: – Nonviolent Communication (by Oren Jay Sofer and Sietske de Haan), – The Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (by Erik van den Brink), – Green Zone Communication (by Greg Heffron, Esther Hasselman and Christine Trani), – Mindfulness and Communication (by Edel Maex), – Deep Listening (by Rosamund Oliver and Chantal Bergers) and – Open Dialogue (by Russell Razzaque, Heleen Wadman, Kwok H. Wong and Olaf Galisch).

These mindful communication programs are of interest to those working in health or social care, education, community action and to all who wish to listen and speak with more wisdom and compassion.