International trainings
International trainings and events
Since 2000, Savanna ConneXions has had the pleasure of bringing international NVC trainers to Finland to provide workshops, trainings and other events. See below for the next opportunity!
Upcoming events
A HELPING HAND! (in Zoom)
Helsinki, April 17-18 (Sat-Sun), 2021 – open for enrolments!
This is an ADVANCED MEDIATION TRAINING based on NVC by Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer, Mediator and Author of the book Helping Hand from Sweden.
With ADVANCED we mean that we hope that you have already studied and hopefully practiced NVC-based mediation. We welcome especially Constructive Communication Counselors (RVOs).
We will offer challenging and hands-on training days with the focus on practice. Your communication skills will be challenged as well as your ways of being with conflicts, anger, shame and parties, which don’t want to cooperate.
These 4 questions will be examined together:
– What part does shame play in mediation?
– What can help you out of a blocked place?
– How do you build trust?
– How do you support everyone in a conflict to take 100% responsibility?
The training will partly be built on requests by participants to add to their skill bank.
To come prepared we ask you to read again the first 5 chapters of the book by Liv Larsson, A Helping hand, Mediation with Nonviolent Communication. (= Sovittelun taito)
Venue: THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM because of the corona restrictions.
Organizer: Savanna ConneXions Oy
Price: sliding scale, 350-700 € (includes VAT 24%)
Price includes the training, possible training materials and coffee
About the sliding scale:
We would also like to give people with different economical resources a possibility to participate in this training and therefore we request of you to pay an amount of your choice extra (anything above 350 euros), which goes to Savanna ConneXions scholarship account and which we will then use to support those, who would otherwise not be able to participate in this training. Tell us the sum you decide to pay to make sure you have the same sum on your invoice. In case you pay more than the minimum request, you are helping us say yes to some people, who do not have resources right now.
Language: English (with a possibility to use your mother tongue when practicing in triads)
Trainer: Liv Larsson, Author, Mediator and CNVC Certified Trainer with Hanna Savanna as the Assisting Trainer
Enrolments at the latest on January 31st, 2021:
Enrolment form
We welcome about 24 participants at the most.
STEPPING STONES
The Friendship Inn (Ystävyyden Majatalo), Kruusila June 3rd-6th, 2021
This is an ADVANCED NVC-training. We hope that you have already shared NVC or are planning to share in the near future and maybe become a CNVC Certified NVC Trainer.
Venue: The Friendship Inn
Organizer: ESEAT Team (=English Speaking European Assessment Team) and Savanna ConneXions Oy
Language: English
Trainers: Towe Widstrand and Shona Cameron, CNVC Certified Trainers and Assessors
Price of the training: sliding scale, 310-700 €
Price includes the training and training materials
Prices of the room and board:
Thu–Sun inside the house: 195 €/person (includes VAT)
Thu–Sun own caravan/tent : 105 € /person (includes VAT)
Room and board will be paid directly to the Friendship Inn when you arrive.
You need to do your enrolment at the latest on April 30th, 2021:
Enrolment form to the training.
We welcome 24 participants at the most.
Facebook-event, where you can ask questions about this training from the organizers, connect with other participants, ask and offer rides to the Friendship Inn etc.
Shona and Towe write
Our purpose for Stepping Stone events
- In-depth learning and practice, integration of skills and knowledge
- Working on growth and feedback in community
- Supporting a sense of belonging to a “journey of giraffes*”
Possible subjects to cover will be developed in co-creation with participants
- deepen your skills in empathic listening
- work on personal learning edges
- learn to give and receive feedback in the partnership paradign
- practise aspects of what we cover in the assessment
- work on enemy images in a safe environment
- build connection and community, support for your growth
This event will be a coming together in a safe space to practise and grow your trainer skills
- a combination of mentoring and training
- a three-day residential event
* The collective noun for a group of giraffes is a herd, colloquially called a journey of giraffes – which aptly describes the way they traverse their typical savannah, woodland and grassland habitat.
HEALING OF THE WOUNDED HEART AND LIVING AS AN ADULT
Kiponniemi, Finland, July 26th – 28th, 2021
This is an advanced deep empathy and healing training by Kirsten Kristensen CNVC Certified Trainer, family therapist, mediator and CNVC board member from Denmark. We welcome you, who are sharing or planning to share NVC in the near future. This will support you to facilitate groups in a supportive way. We hope that you already are a Constructive Communication Counselor (RVO in Finnish) or at least in the training.
If you want to become a trainer that facilitates group processes and supports integration of NVC for others, it is very helpful that you have worked on your own healing and expansion of your heart’s capacity to welcome and embrace other people with wounded hearts. In this training you will go through a process, which you will also able to use with your clients or workshop participants afterwards.
Facebook-event, where you can ask questions about this training from the organizers, connect with other participants, ask and offer rides to Kiponniemi etc.
Venue: Kiponniemi
Organizer: Savanna ConneXions Oy
Language: English
Trainer: CNVC Certified Trainer, family therapist, mediator and CNVC board member from Denmark with Hanna Savanna as the Assisting Trainer
Price of the training: sliding scale, 434-868 € (includes VAT 24%)
Price includes the training and training materials
About the sliding scale:
We would also like to give people with different economical resources a possibility to participate in this training and therefore we request of you to pay an amount of your choice extra (anything above 434 euros), which goes to Savanna ConneXions scholarship account and which we will then use to support those, who would otherwise not be able to participate in this training. In case you pay more than the minimum request, you are helping us say yes to some people, who do not have resources right now.
Prices of the room and board:
Mon–Wed single room (only a few available): 250 €/person
Mon–Wed own caravan : 100 € /person
Mon–Wed own tent: 84 €/person
(All prices include VAT 24%).
You need to do these two enrolments at the latest on April 30th, 2021:
Enrolment form to the training – open for enrolments!
Enrolment form to room and board (at Kiponniemi)
We welcome about 20 participants at the most.
Training schedule
Monday July 26th
11.00–11.45 Getting the rooms etc.
12.00–12.45 Lunch
13.00–14.30 Session 1
14.30–15.00 Afternoon coffee
15.00–17.15 Session 2 – including a short break at about 16.00
17.30–18:15 Dinner + some spare time
19.00–20.30 Session 3
20.45–22.00 Self-served evening snack
Tuesday, July 27th
07.00–08.45 Breakfast
09.00–11.45 Session 1 – including a short break at about 10.30
12.00–12.45 Lunch
12.45–14.00 Free time – suggested resting + fresh air + movement
14.00–14.30 Afternoon coffee
14.30–17.15 Session 2 – including a short break at about 16.00
17.30–18:15 Dinner + some spare time
19.00–20.30 Session 3
20.45–22.00 Self-served evening snack
Wednesday, July 28th
07.00–08.45 Breakfast
09.00–11.45 Session 1 – including a short break at about 10.30
12.00–12.45 Lunch
13.00–14.30 Session 2
14.30–15.00 Afternoon coffee and good-byes
Kirsten writes:
The purpose of the course is to heal old pain, change limiting beliefs and expand our access to our own strength and joy so that we can live the life we want to live. Expand your freedom, strength and joy. Find and fulfill unmet needs of your inner child.
This workshop provides an opportunity to meet our inner child with our adult selves so that we can embrace it and integrate it into our lives as grown-ups, strong people. We will use techniques based on Nonviolent Communication and Family Therapy.
The starting point
We assume that many of us did not get the understanding, care and respect we needed as a child. Even without experiencing extreme physical or mental violence in the past, we often carry childhood wounds that cast long shadows into our adult lives.
These old wounds tend to emerge in tense situations in our close relationships, and lead to strong emotions that have very little to do with our current situation. As long as we do not deal with the real causes of our wounds, we are less likely to experience healing, and therefore less likely to be able to solve the problems we face here and now. Therefore, the focus will be on healing the wounded child, and supporting the adult in unfolding more freely and alive.
How will we work?
Nonviolent Communication is a powerful process that supports healing and forgiveness, and at the same time it is a wonderful path to our own resources. Connecting with our own needs again and again and feeling them in our body is crucial. From this source, clarity, joy and creativity can grow. From there, we can truly create the life we want.
By identifying situations in our current lives where we do not live with joy and love as we wish, we can access any negative childhood experiences that still affect us today. We can seek here and now to meet the needs that were unfulfilled in the past. Little by little, new experiences in the present can replace the old ones. This makes it possible to soften and change our patterns, so that the strategies we have developed to survive can be replaced by life-enriching strategies.
We will use different processes to connect with our inner child and at the same time be able to function as adults and take care of the inner child. We will seek a balance between structured exercises and process-oriented work.
We will:
- Switch between inputs, demonstrations, individual work, time for reflection, meditation, small group and the whole group
- Find a balance between intensity and ease, tears and laughter, sadness and joy
- Explore how empathy with our inner child “works”
- Understand more about how the connection between body, emotions and thoughts serves as the foundation for sustainable change
- Dance with our inner jackals as a source of love and empowerment
- Explore how setting boundaries can support connection and closeness
- Give room for healing processes
More information about Kirsten Kristensen, her company and her trainings
IIT Finland
Kiponniemi, Jyväskylä, July 2022
First time in Finland: International Intensive Training (IIT), a 9-day intensive training together with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. For more information, check the CNVC IIT page closer to the event.
Past events
A HELPING HAND! An advanced mediation training
12–13 December, 2020, in Zoom
Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer, Mediator and Author of the book Helping Hand from Sweden.
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Break free and stand tall as you share NVC!
16–18 November 2018, The Friendship Inn, Kruusila
Shona Cameron, CNVC Certified Trainer and Assessor, UK
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Intimacy with Life
9–13 July 2018, Espoo
Robert Kržišnik, CNVC Certified Trainer, Slovenia
Noa Ilay Shilo, Israel
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Retreat: The field where we meet
8–12 February 2017, The Friendship Inn, Kruusila
Robert Kržišnik, CNVC Certified Trainer, Slovenia
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Embodying the Spirit of NVC
19–22 February 2016, The Friendship Inn, Kruusila
Robert Kržišnik, CNVC Certified Trainer, Slovenia
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Anger, Guilt and Shame
18–20 October 2013, Espoo
Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer, Sweden
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Nonviolent Communication based Mediation Training
28 February – 9 November 2011, Tuusula
Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer, Sweden
Kay Rung, empathy and mediation trainer, Sweden
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
The Power of Empathy
24–26 April 2009, Pernaja
Jeyanthy Siva, international trainer, mediator and coach, Sri Lanka
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Me in the World – the World in Me
7–9 April 2006, Karjalohja
Liv Larsson, CNVC Certified Trainer, Sweden
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Continuation NVC Training with Marshall Rosenberg
27–29 August 2005, Espoo
Marshall Rosenberg, CNVC, USA
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
Conference – Nonviolent Communication as a process in victim-offender mediation and other conflict situations
5–6 June 2004, Helsinki
Marshall Rosenberg, CNVC, USA
Patricia Dannahy, CNVC Certified Trainer, Young Offenders Project in Prisons, UK
Dow Gordon, former prisoner, Freedom Project Core Team Member, USA
Thomas Ekbom, Prison and Probation Services, Sweden
Allan Schurmann, police officer, Danish Center for Conflict Resolution, Denmark
Juhani Iivari, Research Director, Finland
Hanna Savanna, CNVC Certified Trainer, Finland
