Sandhi Institute

Resources to support your Learning

List of Needs/Values in NVC

List of Feelings: when Needs are met & when Needs are not met

Faux Feelings: thoughts & evaluations masquerading as feelings

Email List

Lanka NVC Network - email list for announcements about workshops, events of interest to NVC community in Sri Lanka and other parts of Asia.

Links to Articles and Websites

Below we offer some links to recommended resources and background information about Compassionate Communication (also called Nonviolent Communication, or NVC)

First chapter of the book Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall Rosenberg

Work that Reconnects (Joanna Macy) 

Video about Domination Systems and the Language of Domination (punishment/reward, retributive justice, etc.) and NVC, by Marshall Rosenberg

"No Enemies, No Demands" by Miki Kashtan

Spritual Aspect of NVC (Deepak Chopra asks Marshall Rosenberg some questions about NVC)

NVC for Parents (article by Inbal Kashtan)

NVC in Power Relations (article by Miki Kashtan)

The International Center for Nonviolent Communication

Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication

Compassionate Communcation can dramatically improve our relationships by helping us focus our attention on

1) Empathic understanding of others without compromising our own values, and

2) Expressing our real feelings and needs openly and honestly, yet without blame or criticism.