Dive in With Committed NVC Community
A retreat for advanced practitioners ready to explore deeper NVC consciousness & community, in the beauty of the redwoods.
đź“ŤÂ March 12-16, 2027 • Ben Lomond, CAÂ
This isn’t a typical retreat—it’s more like a family reunion.
Ready to set aside some time for YOU? Come for rejuvenation, growth, and community building. We'll meet amidst the beauty of the redwood forest just outside of Silicon Valley (45 min from San Jose, CA).
Guided by NVC Certified Trainers, Kristin Masters and Mary Goyer, this immersive weekend is designed specifically for committed NVC practitioners who have been practicing for years, have been to many NVC live events—and who already know a lot about building togetherness.
If you're a trainer, coach, or facilitator, this weekend offers you a chance to be held. We’ll explore interdependence, strengthen communication skills, and live the profound consciousness of Nonviolent Communication (NVC)—all while surrounded by spectacular humans and gorgeous nature.
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What Makes This Retreat SpecialÂ
⚖️ Explore systemic applications.
Explore how systemic and personal patterns shape your relationships. Learn to speak your truth with clarity, listen with empathy, and navigate conflict with confidence—all while attuning deeper dynamics, such as use of power.
 🕊️ Cultivate self-compassion.
Tenderly work with shame, shadow material, and life-alienating beliefs to restore balance, resilience, and grace in how you relate to yourself and others -- especially those who are causing impact on entire communities and the earth.Â
🧩 Live NVC beyond the formula.
Move past OFNR into a fully integrated practice. Engage in real-life applications that reveal the dance between inner growth and the larger social systems we move within.
🫶 Build beloved community.
Join deep, supportive conversations that nurture trust, vulnerability, and authentic connection as you experience the power of NVCÂ with the warmest people you've ever met.
⚠️ Important Note:
If you’re newer to NVC or haven’t experienced a live retreat, we’d love to welcome you to our beginner-friendly retreat in April.
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Friday-Tuesday, March 12-16, 2027
Choose from five accommodation options designed to support more accessibility for participants.
*Triple Occupancy Rooms have two bedframes with mattresses and a third floor mattress.
Kristin Masters
NVC Certified Trainer since 2010
Kristin came to NVC in 1994, working with Jean Morrison in Alternatives to Violence programs at San Quentin — and realized its full power when it saved her marriage in 2001. She's been all in ever since.
She brings attunement, depth, and a rare capacity to hold both grief and joy in the same room. One of her particular gifts — and passions — is working at the intersection of grief and gratitude, believing we're meant to carry heartbreak and celebration in community, not alone. Her facilitation draws on many models, with NVC as root and guiding sun.
Kristin creates brave spaces where people feel genuinely seen, whether in learning environments, conflict, or personal healing. She relates to even the most serious of matters with what collaborators describe as "attuned play and creativity" — you'll often find her singing, making art, or listening for what the mycelial network beneath our feet already knows about belonging.
Mary Goyer
NVC Certified Trainer · Holistic Counselor
Mary has spent her career at the intersection of leadership development, trauma healing, and Nonviolent Communication — working with educators, executives, and teams in high-impact organizations who are ready to do the deeper work.
She draws on her training in Marriage & Family Therapy, mindfulness, and somatics to create the conditions where real growth happens: not just skill-building, but the kind of inner shift that changes how people show up in every room they walk into.
Her facilitation style is direct, warm, and participatory — equally at home with a small team navigating a hard season or a large organization building a new culture. She co-owns GROKtheWorld, a training company spreading NVC tools internationally through games, books, and workshop materials.
