About Us
Connect with your self for an understanding
that is as clear as mountain water, as warm as the sun.
You can begin
A practice in discovery,
going beyond what you know,
what you think you want
habits and routines
moment to moment
Are you willing
to move with
Power with
Exploration and honesty.
Availability to others.
Confrontation.
Empathy.
no t.v.,
the computer is of no use to you now,
in this moment While we engage
With each other
While we listen,
stretching beyond our existence of old patterns
still in use.
It’s your turn to UNdo the thinking.
Open to the heart and being next to you.
Take a risk. Struggle. Extend yourself the gift of full expression:
your life as a communication of human choices. I need. you need.
messages from feeling
again, we breathe
become more capable of interacting for the sake of expanding our possibilities,
Our creative territory, Our collective being.
Consider what you’ve learned in school, in church, at the corner store, behind the gym,
office smack, after hours, what took hold? of your aspiration,
leaving you imprisoned
indulgence in free distractions, hyped-up attractions
so I’ll never really hear you
The language I have learned
over the span of human generations
does not honor the moment. It commands.
Demanding that we attend to judging our world. Every aspect.
Every motion. Is it good, is it bad? I must survive. I’m afraid to live.
I must continue the lie.
Have you been offered the time and space to get real
with a stranger, lover, family, assistant,
other
and create life connections? Endurance.
Presence. This moment I have. This affirmation.
We will look and listen with new receptors.
Hear distinctions between the force that feeds and the force that greeds.
To nurture will become our purpose.
There is a tool for listening, engaging and designing our world to better serve our lives.
I know you have pain. Doubt. Dread. Infatuation. Dull senses. Excited curiosity.
Hierarchical tendencies.
Lost images. Hidden memories.
You will to begin.
A process by choice. Freedom is at hand.
This is no sissy psychiatric language for diagnosis and labeling. No “nice dead people” side-stepping delivery of anger, scattered aggression, unsettled dilemma,
moral constipation.
intellectually categorized deficiencies satisfy an ego
and consume a world that wants to “fix” things that are simply misunderstood-
in need of discovery’s attention.
A “Language of Life” is spreading throughout the land.
It happens by way of the courageous.
By way of those who have conviction that “I” am the one who will create change.
I am willing to learn new ways. To heal wounds. To step in to another moment
aware of feelings, conscious of our needs and taking action with the
intent of maintaining connection while we
live our own ways
i can depend on me
to respond to you from that place.
i will do what i can.
So flow.
So connect with me.
Amelia Roache-Active History, in brief: First year and a half participated in a weekly practice group led by Marcelline Brogli, MFT (NVC Certified Trainer). I found practice groups and daily practice so effective that it wasn't until I discontinued participation in the groups that I inclined to read my first NVC book! I have had the privilege of learning directly with Marshall B.Rosenberg on several occasions including the International Intensive Training in Corona, CA. 2004. Received training from Certified Trainers: Kelly Bryson, Robert Gonzales, Rita Herzog and Gary Baran who is my NVC mentor. My practice includes learning through sharing NVC with others and as the mother of a teenager. There's nothing quite like it. Shared introductions, training, facilitation and mediation Clay as a medium for social engagement and healing.
Immersed in the practice of Nonviolent Communication since 2002.
have included the following:
Jenna Druck Foundation "Spirit of Leadership' Conference
Holistic Moms Network
Family Nonviolent Communication Meetup
"The Clubhouse" (mental health center)
TranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project
Youth Action Network
staff for a private residential youth care group
Creation of "Family Immersion" and "Partners in Compssion" workshops, Sound and Movement and
School of Healing Arts 2007, 8, Instructor, "Compassionate Communication"
Innovations Academy, Founding Member
16 hr. course
On-site twice weekly to assist in "CC" support with the students and staff.
In addition; guide/facilitation of a weekly teacher practice group, administration practice group and creator/guide of the
Afterschool Young Women's Group.
Former T'ai Chi Chih instructor, Director of the Ocean Beach Teen Center and Alternative Healthcare Practitioner. An extensive background as a professional childcare provider, education in Early Childhood Development, and the Fine Arts.
In my approach to sustainable living within social and learning environments in particular, I continue to apply the Permaculture Design principles I've learned in practice and having completed two Permaculture Desgin Certifications Larry Santoyo, 2006 and in June 2010 during the Sustainable Vocations Intensive for youth (as a mentor/assistant) with instructor Warren Brush at Quail Springs Permaculture Farm and Learning Oasis.
KUNM Radio
Thrasher Magazine
Lama Foundation
West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering
Victory Garden's San Diego