Photos by A. McDonald show scenes from prior NY IRTs.

"I am filled with gratitude for the richest, most abundant week of my life. I am grateful for the joy of feeling totally free to be, for the gift of continual sustenance of needs that had been starved for a lifetime…"

- Dee, NYI 2006

Explore and deepen your facility with the gentle, compassionate and connecting heart of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). You will find your NVC skills and consciousness leap ahead naturally and comfortably from a week-long immersion in the caring community of the NY Intensive Residential Training in NVC. Because a new team of trainers is formed each year, many participants return year after year.

• Learn to express yourself in ways that you will be more fully heard.

• Heal the pain of conflict and lack of deep connection with loved ones.

• Increase joy in communication with co-workers, community members and friends.

• Discover inner peace, cooperation, and caring in your relationships.

• Dissolve enemy images while working for a more just and compassionate world.

• Uncover the human motives behind painful choices and discover effective action to meet pressing needs

People rave about the warmth, growth and learning in previous NY Intensives (see testimonials). We are confident that you will gain similarly from the 5th NY IRT. We have invited certified trainers from the CNVC network to form a team with a broad range of learning styles and areas of specialization. Collectively, they bring over 50 years of training experience.

Prerequisites: The NY IRT is designed to accommodate the needs of persons at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels in NVC (see below for description of format). Though there are no prerequisites, beginners will find their experience is enriched by reading Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg in advance of attending and by participating in the Fundamentals track for the first three days of training. Intermediate and advanced training sessions are offered at every session starting with the first day.

Format: For beginners and persons wanting thorough coverage of the foundational NVC skills, a Special Track in NVC Fundamentals is offered at each session during the first three days. We recommend that those participants who have not had at least two days of training with a certified trainer take advantage of the Special Track programming. A variety of offerings of more advanced programming will also be available starting with the first day for those who begin the intensive with a thorough understanding of the fundamentals.