ICAL 2020 Schedule
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| 18: 10-5pm |
14-19: 6-day retreat in Ben Lomond, can attend residentailly or as commuter
|
7: 10-5pm
8: 10-2pm |
11: 10-5pm
12: 10-2pm |
2: 10-5pm
3: 10-2pm |
14: 10-5pm |
Monthly Monday Night Practice Groups from 7 pm-9pm to role-play and practice NVC skills:
- to be determined….]
Typically, one of the practice groups will include skyping for those commuting from out of the area.
ICAL 2020 Curriculum
January 18; Saturday 10-5 
Topic: Welcoming, intentions, connecting and building community; overview of program
- Summary/overview of NVC
- Form Empathy Groups, review purpose and practices
- Introduction to community
- Logistics for February retreat
February 14-19; 6-day retreat at Quaker Center Ben Lomond, CA
- Mindful and experiential practices of 4 Key NVC Distinctions: Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests; owning our honesty; intro to self-empathy,
- Frameworks of Resonant Language and weaving in of Interpersonal Neurobiology
- Deep exploration and role plays to bring relevance and authenticity in empathy and honesty
- Lens of Power and Privilege
- 9 patterns of: core needs/values and their distortions
- family patterns and conversations to understand, heal, and connect
March 7-8; Saturday, 10-5; Sunday 10-2 ~ NVC and Inner World
- self-empathy perspectives and practices; compassionate embrace
- more neurobiology inner work
April 11-12; Saturday, 10-5; Sunday 10-2 ~ NVC & Outer World
- NVC at our work in the world
- leadership
- passions and goals
May 2-3; Saturday, 10-5; Sunday 10-2
- loss, mourning, and grief
- gratitude and celebration
June 14; Sunday 10-5, one day ~ Transition