Communication Dojo

The Center SF is a community oriented business that serves as a melting pot for conscious evolution through providing an unparalleled transformational and expressive space to hold events that unite mind, body and spirit for the purpose of personal growth, celebration, and global evolution.

The Center SF

A weekly opportunity to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication, to transform real challenges in your life and to build community!

Each week we cover a different aspect of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) aka Connected Communication. The skills, principles and awareness we share help in intimate relationships and family, and in workplace, social, political and spiritual life.Using experiential learning in whole class, small groups and pairs, together with trainer demonstrations, we help you build your skills with: - Self-connection and self-understanding. - Listening with empathy. - Expressing yourself from the heart with compassion and courage. - Transforming "enemy images" of others. - Building resilience and capacity to resolve conflicts, and more!These classes can also help you form community with others who value connected communication. Many lasting friendships and "empathy buddy" relationships have started or deepened in Communication Dojo workshops! TODAYS TOPIC- 4/15/25 Anger &amp; The Pause How to respond most effectively when anger derails your attempts at communication. What is your anger trying to tell you? How does it differ from other emotions?UPCOMING TOPICS- 4/22/25 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communication-dojo-connection-night-tickets-1278925674119?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communication-dojo-connection-night-tickets-1278925674119?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Connection Night</a>: Learn and use a new practice to connect deeply with new or established dates, partners and friends. This evening is an opportunity to use the Connected Conversation Process to connect with other participants. You might meet a potential date or new friend, or you might use this process to connect more deeply with a partner or friend who's attending with you. This process supports us in building connection with each other through a balance of kindness and authenticity. We'll give you a primer on the Connected Conversation Process, if you're not already familiar with it, then ask you to partner up to practice. Past participants at Communication Dojo told us that they would look forward to this experience every time we did it, because they were so often surprised by the depth of connection they would experience, even with a complete stranger, in just a 30 minute conversation. Come solo or bring a friend, colleague, partner or date and experience the magic of the Connected Conversation Process.- 4/29/25 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communication-dojo-tickets-1278930137469?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communication-dojo-tickets-1278930137469?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Inner Critic &amp; Inner Conflict </a>- Your inner critic is a friend with a communication problem. It's wise not to take what it says as literal truth, but it's important that you get the useful message it's trying to give. If you don't get the message the inner critic tends to persist, and even to ramp up the signal, leading to a state of internal conflict. Internal conflict often leads to more external conflict with others, and that can lead to even more inner criticism. Let's all get out of that destructive cycle, and replace it with the new, constructive cycle of "Mourn, Celebrate, Learn." PRICINGEarly bird $25; General Admission, Sliding scale $30 - $40. This means we'd love to receive $40 for the sustainability of Communication Dojo and The Center SF, but we make a sliding scale available as we know this $40 is not affordable for everyone.If these prices are an obstacle please <a href="https://www.communicationdojo.com/#contact" title="https://www.communicationdojo.com/#contact" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">contact us</a> about discounts.*Doors open at 6:45pm, and close at 7:20pm.*

LEADERSHIP TEAMNewt Bailey, Lead TrainerNewt's passion is to help people connect, to experience greater intimacy, and to find the potential for mutually satisfying change that lies within conflict. Newt started attending NVC programs in 2005 and immediately knew he wanted to understand and share with others the essential core of NVC. He believes strongly in teaching the principles of NVC in a way that frees students from specialized language, and allows facility with connected communication to grow in small, quickly assimilated steps. Since 2007 Newt has been facilitating NVC groups, leading workshops and retreats, and developing his unique approach in public and organizational settings. He has taught NVC, NVC mediation and NVC coaching across the USA and in Europe.Leeza Pesenson, Assistant TrainerLeeza is passionate about understanding how our minds work and how we connect with each other. She studied cognitive psychology and works as a User Experience Researcher by day. Leeza fell madly in love with NVC after attending Newt’s drop-in classes at The Center SF in 2018 and has been a dedicated practitioner ever since. She has participated in immersion programs in NVC, Mediation, Conflict Coaching, and Inner Compass work with Oren Sofer, Roxy Manning, John Kinyon, and Arnina Kashtan. Since 2020, Leeza has assisted Newt and organized her own NVC practice and empathy groups. She is overjoyed to be sharing NVC on a larger scale as part of the Communication Dojo team. MORE INFO:Website: <a href="https://www.communicationdojo.com/" title="https://www.communicationdojo.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.communicationdojo.com</a> FIND US O N SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/communicationdojo/" title="https://www.instagram.com/communicationdojo/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/communicationdojo/</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/communicationdojo" title="https://www.facebook.com/communicationdojo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/communicationdojo</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@communicationdojo/" title="https://www.youtube.com/@communicationdojo/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/@communicationdojo/</a> If you are interested in volunteering for a future event in exchange for a ticket, please fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKdqSbjWIhuOrpERXujGXpLqsYdxlPY-g74o0m0z1_PgTV1Q/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKdqSbjWIhuOrpERXujGXpLqsYdxlPY-g74o0m0z1_PgTV1Q/viewform" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this form</a>. **no refunds or exchanges are available for this event - you can sell or gift your ticket to a friend**

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