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Embracing the Body: Learning Compassion as a “Felt-Sense”

Article •  5 - 8 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Article
5 - 8 minutes

Our "felt-sense" can provide crucial information about our experience and our lives. It can also help us integrate and retain information. This can also bring greater access to internal resources, choice, open heartedness, collaboration and creative solutions. From there, profound insight and transformation can follow. Here's how we can harness that...


Somatic-Based Empathy

Practice Exercise •  1-2 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Practice Exercise
1-2 minutes

Use this interactive empathy exercise to track the relationship and shifting of body sensations, feelings and needs as you note them out loud.


The Spiral Blend

Video •  15 minutes • 
Intermediate Skill Level
Video
15 minutes

David explores how movement helps you hold your center when navigating challenging conversations. Example: Move to Wind ~ to calm your system; Move to Ground ~ to notice the ground on which you stand; and Step to Shikaku ~ step behind to practice empathic listening. Listen Now.


Tips for Bringing NVC to Work

Video •  15 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Video
15 minutes

Listen in as Dian shares her tips and sense of urgency around bringing NVC skills to work: 1) How to use your imagination (visualization!) to help you connect with somatic responses and needs; and 2) Five built-in advantages to sharing NVC in the work place.


Somatic Practices for Embodying NVC

Video •  9 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Video
9 minutes

How do you build new learning paths and change old practices? Listen as David presents the elements of somatic practice — including those that build new learning paths — and discover where that learning “sweet spot” is!


NVC at Work Tips

Video •  15 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Video
15 minutes

Listen in as Dian shares her tips and sense of urgency around bringing NVC skills to work: 1) How to use your imagination (visualization!) to help you connect with somatic responses and needs; and 2) Five built-in advantages to sharing NVC in the work place.


Somatic Practices for Embodying NVC

Video •  9 minutes • 
Beginner Skill Level
Video
9 minutes

How do you build new learning paths and change old practices? Listen as David presents the elements of somatic practice — including those that build new learning paths — and discover where that learning “sweet spot” is!