Social Enterprise

We are very proud to be a Social Enterprise as well as a full member of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coaltion.

Read about our ethos...

Training for your group...

...of 6 or more adults can be arranged anywhere in central Scotland.

Training in Effective Communication Skills

Dreamweaver CS3 Looking for practical ways to improve everyday communication and interpersonal skills? Compassion 'n Action provides training in Compassionate communication for your group.

Learn 4 simple, powerful, and practical communication tools;
Help ensure that message sent is message received;
Explore how to transform conflict.

We offer an easy-to-understand, effective model for parents, teachers, line managers, health care professionals ~ anyone wanting a more authentic quality in personal or professional relationships. At home or in the workplace, these tools can dramatically increase your capacity to communicate more clearly, more effectively, and with more compassion.

Curious? Start exploring these life-changing skills with videos, downloads, and more on our free resources page. Compassion 'n Action offers workshops, coaching, and online tools and services to support you.

For SAKYADHITA handouts, please click here.

New for Summer '10

Upcoming...

Dreamweaver CS3 New!! Claralynn is now offering a limited number of low-cost counseling slots, as a trainee CBT therapist incorporating Compassionate Communication. If you are interested in one of these slots, please see the 'Contact' page for how to get in touch.

Several exciting workshops are also on offer. Following on the success of Explorations in Empathy workshops in 2009, Mindfulness instrocutor Ratnadevi again partners with Claralyn to offer another 1-day workshop in December (Glasgow). And a full week-long retreat in March of 2011 at Dhanakosa.

A 'Great Turning with Compassion' weekend retreat is scheduled for 4-6 February, at Stroove House in Ayrshire. Come explore how Compassionate Communication can help each of us turn away from the values of the industrial-growth society and towards creating a life-sustaining societyand way of being that reflect what enriches and nourishes us.

Finally, the quarterly Connection Corner column is changing. Starting with the July issue of the Bodhi Eco-Project newsletter, it has become a 'Dear Abby' type column, where people can write in to ask for advice on particular situations. If you have a situation you'd like help with, please send it to "Auntie Em(pathy) at the address on the 'Contact' page.

Open to the public

   19 Sept ~ Edinburgh
      Introduction

    2 Oct ~ Edinburgh
      Introduction

   30-31 Oct ~ Edinburgh
      Core Course

   11 Dec ~ Glasgow
      Empathy & Mindfulness

   4-6 Feb ~ Ayrshire
      The Great Turning
      with Compassion

   11-18 Mar ~ Dhanakosa
      Mindfulness and Empathy

Compassionate Communication

Nonviolent Communication, NVC, Marshall Rosenberg, book

Compassion 'n Action provides practical tools, suggestions, and 1- and 2-day trainings in compassionate communication. Compassionate Communication is based on Nonviolent Communication, or NVC, as developed by professional psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, and promoted by the Center for Nonviolent Communication (cnvc.org).

The book Nonviolent Communication - A Language of Life provides an excellent overview of NVC, which Marshall also calls a Language of Life.