About Mair

Mair Alight has shared NVC with organizations and in public trainings, with mental health patients, prisoners and preschoolers. She enjoys sharing stories, songs and images to inspire and connect, using the diversity of her life experiences to invite understanding and offer relevance.

Mair has driven a tractor, taxicab and bus, worked as a field hand, horse trainer & riding stable guide, raised two children, founded and operated a consignment clothing & gift store, been a minister and a witness in a murder trial, done energy healing, been on the founding board of a number of non-profits, worked for the government; a diversity of experience and the resultant depth of understanding for others! She has co-authored a children’s NVC coloring book, “Compassionate Underwear” (for sale at www.CNVC.com) as well as the DVD “Living NVC”.

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Simple and Slow in the NVC Flow
A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Mair Alight from California, USA

3 Consecutive Tuesdays, February 9 through February 23, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/10)—My Time Zone?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/17)—My Time Zone?

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/24)—My Time Zone?

Fee: $75.00 USD

Practice slowing down and taking your time. Invest some time in yourself. Invite joy and a deeper appreciation of family. Receive the gift of time for yourself. Practice ways to enjoy and understand your family (and yourself!) in a deeper way. Experience the joy and peace of everyday activities in a profoundly new way.

In this series of three classes, we will practice attentive care and gentleness as we invite ourselves to hear the life energy in ourselves and others calling out for attention. We will slow down and we will take our time learning and practicing the basics of Nonviolent Communication. “The slower you go the farther you can get!” This will be a three class series, each of the classes focused on a particular mode of NVC. 1-Self Empathy, 2- Empathy for Others, 3-Self Expression My intention as your facilitator is to offer the basics of NVC in simple language (“jargon-light”), with practical tips and tricks. It is my intention that by the end of the 3 week class series you will be practicing:

  • how to check in with your own feelings and what is important to you
  • useful ways to check if others are hearing what is important to you
  • ability to guess what is going on for others when they do or say things that you have previously found incomprehensible
  • how to transform disagreeable situations, inviting harmony and understanding

Structure of the Course:

This is not a class in which you will be asked to passively listen to the instructor while you do your dishes or sort your mail. This is a class in which you will be asked not to multi-task, but to bring your full attention to connecting with the others on the call. The class is designed to give you an opportunity to listen, discuss and practice with others slowing down, taking your time and speaking from your heart, joined by a community of supporting and supportive individuals.

This class is for you if any of the following apply. If you:

  • are new(ish) to Nonviolent Communication
  • want to experience ease with a teleconference technology that invites depth, ease and a close quality of connection
  • are needing care, tenderness, attention, connection
  • want to experience slowing down and taking your time to self connect about what is important to you in the moment while receiving supportive attention from others
  • want others to practice with
  • want the option of active coaching from a Certified CNVC Trainer to deepen your experience in practicing
  • want practical tips and tricks to enhance your ease and confidence in using NVC and to expand your capacity for understanding yourself and others.

Course Objectives:

Deepening comprehension and application of the basics of NVC, and practicing what you learn, each week building on the previous week.

The series is designed to meet needs for

  • attention and care
  • harmony and ease
  • intimacy and connection
  • acceptance and understanding

How you are learning (and with who) will affect your level of fun and ease with using the model, asking and receiving the support you are wanting. This class will increase your competence and confidence. We will take time for all participants to ask questions and to interact with others. Small group work and dyads with trainer support will be used to enhance learning, participation and intimacy.



3 Consecutive Tuesdays, February 9 through February 23, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/10)—My Time Zone?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/17)—My Time Zone?

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 • 4:00 – 5:30 (PM PST (12:00 AM GMT/02/24)—My Time Zone?

Prerequisites: Foundations of NVC class or equivalent, or the NVC Academy's Free introductory Online NVC Course, or Free MP3 download to qualify.

Fee: $75.00  USD

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