My experience in getting and giving non- violence trainings has always been in situations where we expect to be met with violence. Examples would be water canons, batons, pepper spray, horses etc. The training is as much to to practice keeping your composure and how to position yourself to minimize damage as anything else. We can bring peace to the discussion of rebalancing outdated power dynamics but we can't guarantee those holding power will be agreeable to the redistribution efforts.<div>
Pat Black<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Birgitt Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com">birgitt@dalarinternational.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Claudia,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I am intrigued that the desire is for trainings and events on NON-VIOLENCE. I am eager to hear from you why this is the focus. With the current knowledge coming out of positive psychology, might it not be more advantageous to focus on trainings and methods that lead to peace, harmony, being in genuine contact with one another? I do recommend our Whole Person Process Facilitation for leading meetings that are intended for people to be in genuine contact, tap into collective intelligence, and move on to the natural state of humans: peace.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Blessings,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Birgitt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Next on line WPPF is found at <a href="http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact-program/advanced-workshops/whole-person-process-facilitation" target="_blank">http://www.dalarinternational.com/genuine-contact-program/advanced-workshops/whole-person-process-facilitation</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dr. Claudia Gross<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2012 4:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] trainings on NON-VIOLENCE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099">Dear OS friends all over the world!<br><br>In Egypt, we are going to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of last year's revolution on 25th of January.<br>
I hope the whole world will join us in these celebrations :-)<br><br>With regard to this occasion, I am posting three different questions that are not directly related to Open Space...<br>Just thought that all of you might have a big pool of training methods, exercises, energizers, etc.<br>
which when brought together could be a giant source for all of us.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099"><br>Very much looking forward to hearing more about your ideas!<br>
<br>Claudia<br><br><b>No 1:<br>Which training methods, exercises, energizers, etc. do you recommend<br>for trainings and events on NON-VIOLENCE?</b></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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