What they are

The NVC Dance Floors are spatial maps made up of large cards that place NVC processes on the floor in various layouts called ‘dances’. Each card represents a step in a dance of communication. These steps can be used in any sequence to support authentic, flowing, conscious communication.

People learning NVC walk through the steps, often with coaching from a trainer, or support from people in their practice group.

There are nine ‘dances’, each designed to develop awareness and skills in a particular area of NVC. Four are ‘Inner-Outer Dances’ for role-playing a dialogue. Five are ‘Inner Dances’ for transformational inner processes.

The ‘Inner-Outer Dances’ support stages people go through in learning and practising NVC. They are called: Stage 1: 13 Steps, Stage 2: Integration and Connection, Stage 3: Fluency. ‘Stage 1’ is also made as the ‘Connect with Respect’ Dance for use with younger people. This has the same layout as the 13 Step Dance, with different wording on the cards.

The Inner Dances support: experiencing deep connection with life, and with resourceful creativity, through self-empathy (The Self Empathy Dance); transforming anger, guilt, shame and depression (The Anger Dance); achieving inner peace in relation to something we regret having said or done (The Educator/Chooser Dance); making decisions when we are torn about which option to choose (The Yes/No Dance);
transforming deep pain into clarity, compassion and empowerment (The ‘Transforming the Pain of Unmet Needs to the Beauty of Needs’ Dance)

What they offer you

•A clear, practical method of learning and practising NVC that has been tried and tested around the world
•A support for your NVC practise that guides you without restricting you
•A non-linear approach, with flow, freedom, depth and clarity
•A way to integrate bodily, auditory and visual ways of learning
•Active and reflective learning
•Clarity that ‘listening to your blaming and judging’ is an integral and essential part of NVC consciousness
•Awareness of three modes in communication: ‘expressing myself’, ‘receiving others’ and ‘connecting with myself’
•The subtlety, aliveness and flexibility gained by moving freely and consciously between the three modes
•A chance to witness and support another person’s inner and outer process

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