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Retreats

LP 2012 Retreat Dates

  • January 7 - 14
  • June 2 - 9
  • October 6 - 13

"I returned from each retreat with more competence and greater confidence to not only live NVC more fully, but to teach it as well."

- Sherry Jennings, LP07 & LP08 participant, Wilton, NH

group photoThe heart of the LP program consists of three intensive retreats in the San Francisco Bay Area, designed to deepen connections with other NVC practitioners and leaders; deepen one’s own NVC knowledge, skills and consciousness; and practice NVC living, leadership and teaching skills.

Dates        Basic Daily Schedule

Retreat Sites

In 2012, we will be holding each of our retreats at Mountain Home Ranch quaker center redwoodsin Calistoga, CA. Mountain Home Ranch, located on 340 acres in northern CA wine country, features incredible natural beauty combined with simple pleasures such as feeding the farm animals that live there and swimming in the on-site pool during warmer months. Please visit their website for more details about the amenities and accomodations available at Mountain Home Ranch. Many of the accommodations tend towards simple and can be described as “rustic.” We will provide detailed information prior to each retreat to let you know what you need to bring to support you during your stay. Most people can expect to share a room with 1-2 others, though we will try to reserve some private rooms if needed. Tenting is also an option.

Food

Meals emphasize healthy choices, with a variety of food choices for vegetarian, vegan and omnivore diners. We will pass along special food requests to the chefs. While they often can accommodate special diets, we also ask you to bring any food items that you would need to ensure your health and well-being.

Dates - LP 2012

  • January 7 - 14
  • June 2 - 9
  • October 6 - 13

sierra friends centerWe would like all participants to stay until the end of each intensive. For East Coast participants, this is likely to mean returning home the following day.
All 3 retreats start with an opening session at 4pm on the first day and end at noon on the final day. Lunch will be provided on the final day so that those who want to stay for connection can do so, while those who need to leave to make flights can do so with ease. Please plan to arrive between 2 and 3:30 to register and to settle in.

Leadership Program alumni have joined us at the June and October retreats in prior years; you will be invited to do the same in the years following your Leadership Program year(s).


Daily Schedule

TIME

ACTIVITY

NOTES

7:00 – 7:45

Movement

Self-organized activities

7:45 – 8:45

BREAKFAST

 

8:45 – 9:00

Clean-up and gathering

 

9:00 – 9:45

Whole group: announcements; remembering; community time

 

9:45 – 10:55

Teaching/Skill building

Large group teaching mixed with experiential practice opportunities in dyads/triads or in small groups

10:55 – 11:10

BREAK

 

11:10 – 12:20

Teaching/Skill building

Usually small group practice

12:20 – 12:30

Integration Time

 

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCH

 

1:30 – 1:45

Clean-up and gathering

 

1:45 – 3:00

Empathy groups

Daily opportunity to connect with the same group throughout the retreat

3:00 – 4:30

BREAK

 

4:30 – 5:55

Offerings

Additional practice sessions, and/or opportunities for people to share NVC and receive feedback from other participants and support staff

6:00 – 7:00

DINNER

 

7:00 – 7:15

Clean-up and gathering

 

7:15 – 8:30

Large group

Additional practice, connection, healing work; primarily experiential; harvesting


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