Telluride Christ Presbyterian Church hosts workshop 2/20
[click "Play" to hear Jeff Tretsven speak about Nonviolent Communication]One of the best gifts one partner can give another on Valentine's Day is not roses or chocolate. It is listening so the other feels heard. The Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church, 434 West Columbia, hosts a workshop on Saturday, February 20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. that aims to teach that skill. The theme: "Compassionate Communication." The facilitator: Jeff Tretsven, who has been coaching in the discipline for more than two years.
Compassionate Communication is based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, author of "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of LIfe." Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is itself based on the first of the five restraints or vows (yamas) in the ancient text "Yoga Sutras of Patanjali," thought-threads dating back at least 4,000 years. The grounding yama is ahimsa.