Certified CNVC Trainer, Author and Co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and the North America NVC Leadership Program, from Oakland, California, USA
Miki Kashtan, is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication, and the BayNVC Leadership Program. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she leads workshops and intensive retreats in Nonviolent Communication and offers mediation, meeting facilitation, coaching, and training for organizations throughout the United States and internationally. She has been supporting the US Department of Peace campaign with monthly conference calls since 2005. Miki hosts the Conflict Hotline, a monthly live call-in TV show on the Berkeley Community Media channel BETV, which can be viewed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/baynvc. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley and her articles have appeared in Communities magazine, Tikkun magazine, and Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice.
Miki is inspired by the contribution that NVC can make to social change movements and values sharing these skills with leaders and activists. She most enjoys working with and coaching people who are deeply committed to integrating and sharing the consciousness of NVC.
Miki has authored:
“The Pain, The Anger, and the Hope: Women Peace Workers in Israel”, Magazine of Creation Spirituality, March 1992
“Nonviolent Communication: Transforming Conflict and Enhancing Connection in Communities”, Communities Magazine, September 1999
“No Enemies, No Demands”, Tikkun Magazine, September-October 2002
“Transforming Power Relations: The Invisible Revolution”, Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, September 2002
“The Gift of Self: The Art of Transparent Facilitation”, in Sandor Schuman, ed., The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation, Jossey-Bass, 2005
“Beacon for Peace in the Promised Land: Transforming Palestinian-Israeli Relationships with Nonviolent Communication,” with Hagit Lifshitz and Arnina Kashtan, Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding Between Israelis And Palestinians, edited by Judy Kuriansky, Westport, CT & London: Praeger, 2007. “Working for Peace without Recreating War” (with Dot Maver), Tikkun Magazine, March/April 2008.
“Wanting Fully without Attachment”, Tikkun Magazine, January/February 2010.
"Miki, I really admire the way you are able to be so present in the moment and are able to respond so well to what you see and sense. Just watching you in action makes this course worthwhile to me." — S.G., Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
”Miki's workshop was exceptional in giving an overview of the work, while calmly meeting the emotional challenges everyone brought to the table.” —Class Participant
Miki is available to lead NVC trainings and can be reached at BayNVC.
NVC Integration and Mentoring Program with Miki Kashtan
This program is designed for people who don’t have easy access to local trainer support, and who are eager to embark on a serious study of NVC. It can be taken at many different levels of experience, but is not designed for people who are just beginning their journey of NVC.
Fee: $105.00 USD per quarter
"This course is blowing my socks off! Miki has structured the material in a way that supports my exploring important topics within NVC. Participating in class and doing the exercises between classes is making me conscious of when and how I apply NVC consciousness in my daily life." —Ronnie Hausheer, Buenos Aires
Are you eager to integrate NVC into all areas of your life?
Do you want to immerse yourself in serious study of NVC principles and practice?
Do you thrive on having a structure of support to ground your learning and integration?
Are you longing to have the support of a virtual community of people equally committed to learning to live in NVC consciousness?
The program consists of the following topics, each of which will be studied for a month. Participants register separately for each quarter:
Third Quarter (July 14, August 11 and September 8):
Showing up with Authenticity
Opening Our Hearts to Others
Making Requests
Fourth Quarter (October 6, November 3 and December 8:
Connecting Across Differences
Holding Everyone’s Needs with Care
Interacting with People Who Don’t Use NVC
The program includes 4 components:
1. Monthly 2-hour teleclass with Miki, to introduce the topic of the month
If you have been to any of Miki’s teleclasses, you have come to expect a lively, interactive and provocative inquiry based on preparation you will be asked to engage with ahead of time. Miki will cover the main points of the topic, and provide coaching, inspiration, and in-the-moment activities to support your learning.
Each call will conclude with a daily practice to support your integration of the topic of the month.
Although this is a year-long program, registration will take place on a quarterly basis.
Cost: $105 USD for each quarter
2. Weekly journals related to the topic of the month
In addition to the preparation notes for the monthly teleclass, you will receive 3 other reading and writing invitations to deepen your exploration and integration. These invitations are an essential part of the program, as they support integration in a world where much of life continues to exist outside NVC consciousness.
Cost: Included in the program fee.
3. Weekly calls with empathy buddy
Each program participant will be assigned to another participant as an empathy buddy. Part of participation in the program includes committing to a weekly one-hour call with your buddy. During the call you will be practicing your skills and supporting each other’s healing with empathy, as well as any other interaction that may contribute to your learning and growth.
Cost: Included in the program fee.
4. Monthly coaching calls with Program Assistant
To support your learning and growth even further, the program includes an opportunity to receive support and coaching from an experienced NVC practitioner. In this one-hour monthly call you will have an opportunity to review questions you have, receive coaching and support with challenges in your life or in integrating the material from the program, and have access to empathy as needed to support your learning.
Cost: $225 for each quarter - $75 per month. We recognize that some people may not have the resources to participate in this segment of the program. This segment of the program is administered by BayNVC. Click here to download the registration form.
"Because I was new to NVC, the NVC Integration and Mentoring telecourse really offered me the opportunity to understand on a deep level important principles such as needs consciousness and the practice of self acceptance. I was also excited to become part of a community who shared the same passion that I have to live and learn NVC. And I loved having an empathy buddy to practice and become friends with!" —Lee Dagger, New Jersey, USA
The First and Second Quarter Classes are complete. All are welcome to register for future quarters whether or not they attended these.
Third Quarter Classes:
July 14, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PDT (11:00 PM GMT)—My Time Zone? August 11, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PDT (11:00 PM GMT)—My Time Zone? September 8, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PDT (11:00 PM GMT)—My Time Zone?
Fourth Quarter Classes:
October 6, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PDT (11:00 PM GMT)—My Time Zone? November 3, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PDT (11:00 PM GMT)—My Time Zone? December 8, 2010 • 4:00 - 6:00 PM PST (12:00 AM GMT / 12/9)—My Time Zone?
Prerequisites: We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of Nonviolent Communication by taking the NVC Academy’s Foundations of NVC online course.
Fee: $105.00 USD for each quarter
All registrants receive access to recordings of each session.
Although this is a year-long program, registration will take place on a quarterly basis, and anyone may register for the program at any point in the year.
