NVC + Embodiment
7 Week Series
with Steve Torma

Thursday September 18th - Thursday October 30th
7-9 pm

In invitation from your host, Steve Torma…

Join beloved guide Steve Torma…

for a seven week series in “Compassion, Community, Empathy & Embodiment”

About this series:

This seven-week class, blends Nonviolent Communication (NVC), singing, and movement to foster deep inner aliveness, loving relationships, and communities of celebration and resilience.

By combining the emotional intelligence of NVC with the embodied practices of singing and movement we will create a healing and transformative experience that can be immediately applied to one's intimate and community relationships.

Each week, guided exercises and group processes will create a supportive environment for powerful and dynamic personal growth experiences. 

Join us to cultivate compassion, connect deeply with others, and embody your authentic self through this transformative, holistic journey.

Skills we will be learning in this class: 

  • How to use NVC’s powerful communication model to share honestly without driving people away

  • Deepen awareness of what you are feeling and how to put that into words

  • Understand what needs are motivating your behaviors and communicate that to others skillfully

  • How to make powerful requests that activate other peoples natural desire to care for you

  • Listening to others and really understanding what’s going on for them

  • Reflecting back to people what you are hearing them say in a way that builds closeness

  • Working skillfully with conflict so you create intimacy instead of separation

  • How to create healthy boundaries in a way that builds greater trust and love

  • Exploring the power of gratitude and appreciation to build a strong container of relationship

  • Working skillfully when issues from the past spill over into present relationships

  • How to repair relationships when trust has been broken and harm has been done

Meet the Team


  • Meet your Facilitator and Adventure Guide!

    As a lifelong peace, justice, and ecology educator and activist with over 45 years of community living - as well as the former president of Earthaven Ecovillage - Steve has sought to integrate personal and social transformation in his own life, in the communities where he lives, and in the larger society.

    His passion for integral living and thinking has led him to study and experiment with a wide range of spiritualities, psychological systems, and social theories as they relate to creating a more just and sustainable world.


  • Meet your Event Coordinator!

    Gabe will be your point person for any logistical needs during your time on site. He is responsible for any behind the scenes operations necessary in ensuring that your experience at Mandala Springs is as joyous and seemless as possible.

Testimonials:

Marieve R.

I am so grateful that I token classes with Steve. It's helped me build a solid shared foundation with my partner, nip potential problems in the bud, and provide an incredibly effective structure to help navigate inevitable tensions that arise in a relationship.

Steve's teachings have helped me be aware of my partner (and my own feelings and needs!) in a way that I wouldn't have otherwise, in a way that allows me to connect and react more skillfully. And while I entered into the course mostly thinking how it could be helpful for my romantic relationship, it's also infused the way I think about and interact with all other relationships. 

Robin G.

My relationships have improved, my anxiety has decreased and I am more able to be of service. I have introduced hundreds of people to NVC through Steve and for many of them it has been life changing as well. Steve embodies the practice of Compassionate Communication and is a truly unique human being who I consider a role model and a guide in life.

Any person who is looking to improve their relationships with family, friends, colleagues and complete strangers would benefit from Steve's guidance.


Valerie Z.

​Steve is an excellent coach. I started taking his [course] with my ex husband as we began to navigate a separation with 2 young children and a move to a different state. We knew we needed help communicating well with each other through all the hard and new transitions, especially for our children. If we hadn't taken Steve's course there is high chance that we would be on non-talking terms.

 

FAQ

  • We do offer parking onsite. Primary parking options include the spaces lining the perimeter of the parking area surrounding the event space. Please do not block any other cars in. Overflow parking is available in the gravel parking area, which is the second left after the event space.

  • Classes will go from 7-9 pm every Thursday beginning on 9/18 and ending on 10/30.

  • While we highly recommend it that class participants not miss more than one class, we recognize that people have full lives and do allow participants to miss up to three classes. We request that if you miss a class you contact a fellow classmate and get a summary of the class you missed from them.

  • Yes, as long as they are accompanied by adults who can attend to their needs in a way that meets the needs of the adults also.

  • All participants will be required to verbally consent to confidentiality for everything that happens in the class.

  • Yes, you are welcome to make whatever financial arrangements you need. Contact STEVE TORMA at steve@therealcenter.org.

  • The event venue is Mandala Springs, located at 445 Stoney Fork Rd. in Barnardsville, NC.