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Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.
For information on our congregation please call (303) 563-2110 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.
Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied
Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of
our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!
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Nonviolent Communication Marshall Rosenberg, PhD Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is sometimes referred to
as compassionate communication. Its purpose is to strengthen our ability to inspire
compassion from others and to respond compassionately to others and to
ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves and hear others by
focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing and
requesting. In this workshop, participants are trained to make careful
observations free of evaluation and to specify behaviors and conditions that
are affecting us. We learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others,
and to identify and clearly articulate what we are wanting in a given moment.
When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt and needed, rather
than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.
Through its emphasis on deep listening–to ourselves as well as others–NVC
fosters respect, attentiveness and empathy and engenders a mutual desire to
give from the heart. The form is simple, yet powerfully transformative. While it is taught through the use of a concrete model,
and is referred to as a process of communication or a language of compassion,
nonviolent communication is more than a process or a language. As our cultural
conditioning often leads our attention in directions unlikely to get us what we
want, NVC serves as an ongoing reminder to focus our attention on places that
have the potential to yield what we are seeking–a flow between ourselves
and others based on a mutual giving from the heart. Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD,
is the founder and director of educational services for the Center for
Nonviolent Communication, an international peacemaking and training
organization. He is the author of Speak
Peace in a World of Conflict and the bestselling Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life.
Dr. Rosenberg is the 2006 recipient of the Global Village Foundation’s His interest in new forms of communication that would
provide peaceful alternatives to violence led to a doctorate in clinical
psychology from the In 1984, he founded the Center for Nonviolent
Communication, an international nonprofit peacemaking organization, which is
now affiliated with more than 200 certified NVC trainers in 35 countries around
the globe. With guitar and puppets in hand, a history of traveling to some of
the most violent corners of the world and a spiritual energy that fills a room,
Rosenberg shows us how to create a much more peaceful and satisfying world. Dr.
Rosenberg is currently based in Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 7–9; Fri 7–9
p.m.; Sat, Sun 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Non-credit: $325, $276.25 by February 15 Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors) Meditation and the Evolution of
the Soul: Conscious Participation in Our Own Destiny Michael Beckwith This three-day
experiential course of lecture, dialogue and practice offers metaphysical and
mystical perspectives for intuiting and actualizing authentic self-expression
in all aspects of life through meditation, affirmative prayer, selfless
service, creativity and the Life Visioning Process, a
time-tested technique offering its practitioners a method for putting a stop to
being a passive tourist in one’s life. The Life Visioning Process,
originated by Dr. Beckwith, assists in discovering what your vision is and what
is seeking to emerge through you–the next step of your evolution and
spiritual growth. This life-changing program will also carry components of how
you can be most available for anchoring and manifesting the vision that is
longing to be expressed through your heart of hearts. In 1986, Michael
Beckwith was gifted with the vision of a trans-denominational
spiritual community whose doors would be open to all seekers in search of
authentic spirituality, personal transformation and selfless service to
humankind. He founded the Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 13–15; Thurs
7–9 p.m., Fri 9–5 p.m., Sat 9–1 p.m. Non-credit: $325, $276.25 by February 21 Thursday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors) |