This course is a journey into the compassionate heart. You will learn practical tools for: 1. expressing yourself authentically with compassion & self-responsibility, 2. listening with empathy amidst conflict, even when hearing judgment, and 3. giving yourself compassion through loving self-awareness. Do you find yourself falling into: 1. Speaking from blame, defensiveness, anger, or resentment?, 2. Taking what others say personally, or trying to fix and change them?, or 3. Judging yourself harshly, shutting down in fear, or denying your own needs?. The Compassionate Communication process gives us an effective and powerful pathway for transforming habitual mental/emotional reactions into conscious compassionate responses in any relationship. Classes will emphasize experiential practice, and will include: self-inquiry, relating games, heart meditation, and body awareness. The course is facilitated by Melody Lucian, Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer. Visit Melody’s site at www.solheart.com. To register and for more information phone 250-226-7261 or email melody@melodylucian.com.