Slovenia International Intensive Training in Nonviolent Communication

23/05/2026

Curious about IIT Slovenia 2026? 🌿

We just created a Telegram channel where we’ll be sharing:
– direct access to Warm Up Series reminders & replay links
– trainer insights and reflections
– important IIT updates
– behind the scenes and glimpses into the experience we’re creating in Slovenia this October

A simple way to stay connected and not miss upcoming sessions or early bird updates.

Join here:

23/05/2026

Join us today at 19:00 CET for an open Q&A with Roxy Manning as part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series.

If you’re curious about:
– how to use NVC in real-life relationships,
– what to do when the “theory” doesn’t seem to work in practice,
– or simply want to experience Roxy’s approach and learn more about IIT Slovenia 2026

🕖 19:00–20:00 CET
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Registration: https://forms.gle/5FyqWr3xksFH1bBo9

See you there 💛 Ina, IIT Slovenia Organizer team

22/05/2026

Most of us learn the basics of Nonviolent Communication.
We understand the concepts. We know the tools.

But then real life happens.
We’re tired. Triggered. Defensive. Overwhelmed.
And suddenly everything we learned feels far away.

That’s why spaces like IIT matter.

Not because you learn “more information,”
but because you spend days living and practicing NVC with people who care about the same kind of relationships, honesty, and connection that you do.

That’s where it starts moving from the head into the body.

On May 23, we’re hosting a free online conversation with Roxy Manning:

NVC in Real Life: A Conversation with Roxy Manning
🗓 23 May 2026
🕖 19:00–20:00 CET

Bring your questions about relationships, work, conflict, power, privilege, or simply the places where NVC feels hardest to live.

This is also a chance to get a feel for the experience and spirit of IIT Slovenia 2026.

✨ Free online session
✨ Part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series

20/05/2026

Before gathering together in Slovenia this October for IIT Slovenia 2026, we invite you to meet the trainers through a series of free online sessions.

Each session offers a different doorway into Nonviolent Communication — from parts work, mindfulness, and embodiment to conflict, relationships, choice, and social change.

This is a chance to:
• experience the trainers and their approach firsthand
• join live conversations and Q&As
• explore session replays if you can’t attend live
• get a feel for the spirit of the IIT before October

🌿 IIT Slovenia 2026
16–25 October 2026 · Pohorje, Slovenia

🎟 EARLY BIRD registration is open until 17 June 2026.

You can use the QR code on the poster to:
• register for upcoming live sessions
• watch replay recordings
• learn more about IIT Slovenia 2026

19/05/2026

What if the hardest conversations in your life could become a place of deeper understanding — instead of shame, defensiveness, or disconnection?

Many people discover Nonviolent Communication because they long for more honesty, closeness, and compassion in their relationships. But when things get real, old patterns often take over.

In this short clip, Roxy Manning speaks about one of the things that surprises people most in her work:
how much compassion they begin to feel — even for the parts of themselves they once felt ashamed of.

Join us for a live online conversation with Roxy:

NVC in Real Life: A Conversation with Roxy Manning
📍 23 May 2026
🕖 19:00–20:00 CET

This session is part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series — a space to meet the trainers, experience their approach, ask questions, and get a feel for the upcoming IIT Slovenia 2026.

✨ Early bird applications for IIT Slovenia are open until 17 June.
If you’ve been considering joining, this is a beautiful chance to experience Roxy’s work live before applying.

15/05/2026

Inner transformation for outer change.

A glimpse into Roxy Manning’s approach to Nonviolent Communication — grounded in both personal healing and social change, and what it can look like in real life when conversations become difficult.

In this short clip, you’ll get a glimpse of Roxy Manning’s approach: grounded, honest, compassionate, and deeply connected to both inner transformation and the world around us.
Roxy is a psychologist, CNVC certified trainer, mediator, and author who has spent over two decades working at the intersection of NVC and social justice.

✨ Join us live for:
NVC in Real Life: A Conversation with Roxy Manning
🗓 23 May 2026
🕖 19:00–20:00 CET

Bring your questions about relationships, workplace dynamics, conflict, power, privilege, or simply the challenges of practicing NVC when emotions are real and stakes are high.

Part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series — a free online series leading up to the International Intensive Training in Nonviolent Communication (IIT) Slovenia 2026.

12/05/2026

What if your needs don’t disappear just because nobody meets them?

In this clip, Iris Bawidamann explores a different relationship with needs through Nonviolent Communication.

Instead of spending all our energy trying to get something from the outside, what happens when we discover that needs are already alive within us?

That connection can become an inner anchor —
especially in stressful times.

This session is part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series and is based on the “Beauty of Needs” approach by Robert Gonzales.

✨ Watch the full recording on YouTube (link in the comments)

06/05/2026

What helps us stay grounded when life feels overwhelming?

In this recorded session from the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series, Iris Bawidamann explores how connection with needs can become a real inner anchor — especially in stressful times.

Based on the “Beauty of Needs” approach by Robert Gonzales, this session invites a more embodied experience of NVC:
not just understanding needs mentally, but learning how the body can remember them even under pressure.

✨ Topics explored:
– staying calm in challenging situations
– physical connection with needs
– agency and inner steadiness
– NVC in everyday life

In this session, Iris Bawidamann — experienced NVC trainer, trauma therapist, and facilitator — explores how staying connected to our needs can become a real...

02/05/2026

Acceptance isn’t about liking what’s happening.
It’s about not fighting reality.

This is something Iris Bawidamann keeps coming back to —
and you can feel it in the way she speaks.

If you want to explore this more with her live, you’re invited to join next week ✨

Join us live 👇
📅 May 6, 18:00–19:00 CET
IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series, Staying Calm in the Storm: Using NVC as Compass in daily Life

Register (link in comments)

30/04/2026

What if the Self has no needs?

In this short excerpt, Jürgen Engel shares a different perspective on needs — one that connects Nonviolent Communication with the IFS (Internal Family Systems) approach.

Instead of “me having needs”,
he points to the parts within us that carry them.

🎥 Watch the full session here: https://youtu.be/ZOqxqCFO9ZA?si=8EXqe6sfD3ppfqAP

This Q&A was part of the IIT Slovenia Warm Up Series —
a chance to meet the trainers and get a feel for the depth of the IIT experience.

29/04/2026

What if connecting to a need also means connecting to a part of yourself?

A short excerpt from the Q&A with Jürgen Engel — exploring how inner awareness can deepen NVC.

👉 Full session available on YouTube (link in the comment)