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Two Self-Empathy Exercises

Two Self-Empathy Exercises

Two Self-Empathy Exercises

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 44 minutes •

Video
44 minutes

This session is from the NVC Academy's 2017 Telethon. Listen in as Mary offers two experiential self-empathy exercises: I Love It When, and What Do I Want / Why Do I Want It. Deepen your ability to connect with self — novel and effective ways to engage the process of Self-Empathy!

Reactions To Conflict Exercises

Reactions To Conflict Exercises

Reactions To Conflict Exercises

with Jim & Jori Manske

Practice Exercise • 1 - 2 minutes •

Practice Exercise
1 - 2 minutes

With these exercises you can practice identifying the reactions to conflict, such as fight, flight, freeze, the posture taken, what you see, hear, smell, touch taste and what needs are at play. They will also bring in curiosity about what next step may help. One of these exercises prompts you to journal some of these things this week.

Developing Your Own Teaching Exercises in 8 Steps

Developing Your Own Teaching Exercises in 8 Steps

Developing Your Own Teaching Exercises in 8 Steps

with Mary Mackenzie

Video • 8 minutes •

Video
8 minutes

Developing our own teaching exercises is a powerful consciousness-building process that eventually helps us clarify our own way of learning and to develop our unique style of teaching.

Exercises For Transforming Rebellion

Exercises For Transforming Rebellion

Exercises For Transforming Rebellion

with Jim & Jori Manske

Practice Exercise • 1-2 minutes •

Practice Exercise
1-2 minutes

In these exercises, you'll transform your urge to rebel with punishment or reward. Punishing can include withholding love or other necessities, attacking verbally with insults or name calling (directly or with others), giving a "dirty look," or attacking physically. With these exercises you'll allow space for your urge. You'll also explore needs, benefits, consequences, and lternatives.

Time And Money: Reflection Questions and Exercise

Time And Money: Reflection Questions and Exercise

Time And Money: Reflection Questions and Exercise

with Francois Beausoleil and Jeff Brown

Practice Exercise • 4 - 6 minutes •

Practice Exercise
4 - 6 minutes

Use these reflection questions and exercise to practice moving from a place of scarcity to empowerment and conscious choice regarding money and time. The exercise will ask you to identify your thoughts, feelings, and needs. And it will ask you to identify both what to mourn and what next actions you want to take. It includes a feelings and needs sheet.

Embodying Compassion Exercise

Embodying Compassion Exercise

Embodying Compassion Exercise

with Robert Gonzales

Practice Exercise • 30 minutes •

Practice Exercise
30 minutes

Grow your compassionate presence with this 3-process exercise. The processes include: Connecting to and feeling the Life Impulse meditation, Creating your own inner space of compassionate presence exercise, and the Compassionately Embracing visualization. These processes will guide you toward deeper self connection and compassionate presence.

Exercise On Self Responsibility

Exercise On Self Responsibility

Exercise On Self Responsibility

with Robert Gonzales

Practice Exercise • 1 - 2 minutes •

Practice Exercise
1 - 2 minutes

Self responsibility is owning what's yours. It involves identifying your observations, evaluations, feelings, longings, and more. When we identify what's truly ours we are unlikely to mistake it as coming from outside of us. Self responsibility is not self blame. Without self responsibility, we project, blame and judge. Self-responsibility is central to clarity and full self-awareness. This...

Exercise For Saying "No" And Staying Connected

Exercise For Saying "No" And Staying Connected

Exercise For Saying "No" And Staying Connected

with Jim & Jori Manske

Practice Exercise • 1 - 2 minutes •

Practice Exercise
1 - 2 minutes

Ever have a hard time saying "no" to someone, or feel obligated to say yes? Here's an exercise that can help you notice where you are placing yourself as someone who "has to" say yes; the needs in the other person making the request; what you want to say "yes" to (regarding your needs and theirs) by saying "no"; what prevents you from saying "yes"; plus your request and how you might express it.

Exercise In Self Compassion

Exercise In Self Compassion

Exercise In Self Compassion

with Robert Gonzales

Practice Exercise • 1- 3 minutes •

Practice Exercise
1- 3 minutes

With this exercise you'll choose an experience you had with someone where your needs were not met. You'll work with the related feelings, judgements, values, and feeling the fullness of the need even though it was not met, plus any sadness that may arise.

Self-Connection Exercise for Well Being and Interconnectedness

Self-Connection Exercise for Well Being and Interconnectedness

Self-Connection Exercise for Well Being and Interconnectedness

with Jim & Jori Manske

Audio • 6 minutes •

Audio
6 minutes

Jim leads a self-connection exercise focused on how our lives are interwoven with people we love, acquaintances, people unknown to us, and even those who have come before us or will come after us.

Street NVC: "Street Ease" Empathy Exercise

Street NVC: "Street Ease" Empathy Exercise

Street NVC: "Street Ease" Empathy Exercise

with Dian Killian

Practice Exercise • 5 minutes •

Practice Exercise
5 minutes

Listen to CNVC Certified Trainer Dian Killian guide and ease you into a more natural expression of empathy. This is a three person exercise. Listen in and then give it a try!

ZENVC Exercise

ZENVC Exercise

ZENVC Exercise

with Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens

Audio • 12 minutes •

Audio
12 minutes

In this awareness exercise, Jesse approaches NVC from a Tai Chi or Zen perspective, enabling you to witness what is in relationship to a specific focus. He draws attention to the lived experience of an object rather than using words as a substitute for the felt experience.

The Tao of Empathy: Breath, Body, Needs, Self Connection Exercise

The Tao of Empathy: Breath, Body, Needs, Self Connection Exercise

The Tao of Empathy: Breath, Body, Needs, Self Connection Exercise

with John Kinyon

Video • 9 minutes •

Video
9 minutes

John introduces his Self-Connection Exercise as a mindful way of coming to awareness via OFNR. Breath: immediately observable, a reminder to observe. Body: feeling the body, awareness of sensations. Needs: an experience of wholeness that expands awareness of the totality of experience. Listen.

Self-Connection Exercise: Awareness

Self-Connection Exercise: Awareness

Self-Connection Exercise: Awareness

with Jim & Jori Manske

Audio • 9 minutes •

Audio
9 minutes

Join Jim Manske as he leads you through a self-connection exercise to guide you toward welcoming whatever enters into your awareness.

Working With Anger: An Exercise

Working With Anger: An Exercise

Working With Anger: An Exercise

with Inbal Kashtan and Miki Kashtan

Practice Exercise • 2 -3 minutes •

Practice Exercise
2 -3 minutes

Fully connecting to the deeper need under the anger can transform and release the anger, without requiring the other person to do anything differently. From there, you can reach an understanding of the other person's experience, feelings and needs underlying the actions that stimulated your anger to re-establish connection with your own and the other person's humanity.

Enemy Images Process and Exercise

Enemy Images Process and Exercise

Enemy Images Process and Exercise

with Jeff Brown

Practice Exercise • N/A •

Practice Exercise
N/A

Ask the Trainer: "What guidance do you have for working with enemy images? Can you say some things about processes and/or exercises that can bring relief from this trap?"

Written Check-in and Self Connection Exercise

Written Check-in and Self Connection Exercise

Written Check-in and Self Connection Exercise

with Jim & Jori Manske

Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes •

Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes

Trainer Tip: Tap into feelings, needs and requests for greater self connection with the six steps in this worksheet.

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

Core Beliefs and Gratitude Exercise

with Kathleen Macferran

Practice Exercise • 2 pages •

Practice Exercise
2 pages

Some of my core beliefs make experiencing gratitude difficult . For example, it’s difficult to celebrate others or myself when I think I have to prove my worth in order to be accepted. So much energy goes into proving myself, there’s little left for celebration.

The Four Responses Exercise Cards

The Four Responses Exercise Cards

The Four Responses Exercise Cards

with Rachelle Lamb

Learning Tool • 30 - 60 minutes •

Learning Tool
30 - 60 minutes

Use these cards in your practice group or NVC training to understand 4 different ways of responding to hard to hear messages. Become aware of the way you habitually respond to stimulus and develop skills to respond with empathy and express honestly.

Dialogues with Our Shame

Dialogues with Our Shame

Dialogues with Our Shame

with Giorgos Tsitsirigkos

Video • 45 minutes •

Video
45 minutes

During this session, Giorgos will walk you through a series of short, meditative practices and exercises designed to help you practice noticing, experiencing, and bringing shame to light — transforming it from a burden to a playful fellow as well as a portal to self-knowledge and internal freedom. You'll discover how the deep power of human connectedness can dilute the fogginess of sensitive...

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