What is Verbal Aikido ?
“Verbal Aikido is a means of communication based on the aikibudo philosophy, that manages and transforms verbal attacks, both effectively and peacefully.”
Please for more information on Verbal Aikido, see this below :
Program of the workshop :
Saturday, September 24 2016
- Develop your Inner Smile – how to get centered when you need it most!
- Discover a unique way to access your serene confidence
- Link your Inner Smile to conscious breathing
- Train your mind to use your serene confidence when faced with difficulties
- Access “enhanced listening” – the tool par excellence for dealing with conflicts (but also negotiations, mediation etc.)
- Refine your ability to facilitate with “verbal stretching”
- Discover the “linear” stretch
- Evaluate your listening skills with the “feedback sandwich”
- Protect yourself through empathy – The ultimate disarming stance that allows you to explore beneficial directions for all
- Incorporate the physical position of empathy in your exchanges
- Discover “Meta-com”, a powerful verbal Irimi (entering) technique
- Learn to manage attacks of increasing intensity
- Explore the Ai-kis (balancing) – the intention of harmony that gives you the edge in any exchange
- Recognize the right timing to insert your Ai-ki intention
- Discover or rediscover the Ai-ki techniques of “common ground” and “bright future”
- Explore your own Ai-ki directions with real conflict cases
- Preparation for passing levels green bracelet / green belt, etc. (not obligatory)
- Reinforce your understanding of the approach and techniques
- Train with “spars” on the verbal mat
- Validate your skills and achievements
Sunday, September 25 2016
- Dive back into your serene confidence
- Increase your Inner Smile by linking it to all your senses
- Refocus and transform areas of tension into “tonic areas”
- Locate the source of well-being within you and learn to increase its effect on you
- Fine-tune your capacity to listen
- Refine your ability to facilitate with “verbal stretching”
- Discover “yin-yang” stretching and develop a deeper understanding of your own values
- Evaluate your listening through the “feedback sandwich”
- Strengthen your empathy
- Develop your mental flexibility to enter into others’ perspectives with sincerity
- Explore the many verbal Irimi techniques: “Reverso”, “Meaning Prod”, “Ki-no nagare” and “Meta-com”
- Increase empathy in your communications by incorporating physical Irimi positions
- Seize the “Ai-ki” moment
- Discover how to use the “positive bind” technique
- Detect the appropriate “timing” to propose your Ai-kis
- Explore your own Ai-ki directions with real conflict cases
- Preparation for passing levels green bracelet / green belt, etc. (not obligatory)
- Reinforce your understanding of the approach and techniques
- Train with “spars” on the verbal mat
- Validate your skills and achievements
Some of the extra benefits of these workshops:
- Content designed to be complementary for all levels, possibility to come Saturday, Sunday or both days.
- Your customizable Verbal Aikido “First-Aid Kit” provided free
- Establishing and follow-up of each individual’s objectives (now even more effective!)
Text above Copyright (c), 2016 Luke Archer
Schedule
Saturday from 09h30 to 13h00 and 14h30 to 17h30
Sunday from 09h00 to 12h00 and 13h30 to 16h00
Language
L’atelier est donné en Français et en Anglais. Le formateur est bi-lingue anglais/français et il donnera sa formation dans les deux langues en fonction du public présent.
Location of the workshop
Rue des Anges 3 à 4000 LIEGE
(Botanic garden area. 12 min walk from TGV train station Liège-Guillemins or take bus 20 stop at Sainte Véronique. Close to the exit of the motorway (exit « Avroy-Laveu »).
Participation fee and registration
Registration and payment in early bird (before or on the 16 September 2016) :
- One day (Saturday or Sunday) : 95 euro
- Full workshop (Saturday and Sunday) : 165 euro
Regular fee (after the 16th of September 2016):
- One day (Saturday or Sunday) : 115 euros
- Full workshop (Saturday and Sunday) : 185 euros
Online registration (in French only at the moment)
Registration form (in English, paper form to send by e-mail)