Note: This event was originally scheduled for 3/17. It begins at 7:00pm Pacific, 10:00pm Eastern.
Oren Jay Sofer, popular meditation teacher, Nonviolent Communication expert, and bestselling author of Say What You Mean, will be joined by Dr. Roxy Manning, clinical psychologist, Nonviolent Communication expert, social justice activist, and author of How to Have AntiRacist Conversations, for a powerful presentation about Oren's new book, Your Heart Was Made For This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love.
Your Heart Was Made For This is a practical roadmap to cultivating the heart’s capacity to face and transform our greatest challenges—like the climate crisis, oppression, anxiety, and burnout—from the bestselling author of Say What You Mean.
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About the Speakers:
Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication retreats and workshops nationally. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, a Course Trainer at Mindful Schools, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Oren also holds a degree in Comparative Religion from Columbia University and is the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and Your Heart Was Made for This.
Dr. Roxy Manning is a clinical psychologist, certified Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) trainer, and author of How to Have Antiracist Conversations and The Anti-Racist Heart. Since 2004 she has operated a private consulting business and regularly holds international workshops and intensives centered around nonviolent communication and social change issues. She has served as executive director of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication and focuses her outside efforts on working with the homeless population of San Francisco.