Instructor(s)

Certified NVC trainer Shantigarbha Warren

Shantigarbha is an international NVC trainer, certified with the Centre for Nonviolent Communication. He teaches on CNVC’s International Intensive Trainings (IITs) and coordinated the New Future Process’s Social Change and Peacemaking working group. In 1996 he was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order. He was given the name Shantigarbha, which means “Seed of peace”, hence the name of our organization. He currently serves on the Triratna International Council and is a member of the Triratna Restorative Group. Shantigarbha has led NVC workshops and retreats in the UK, the Middle East, the US, India and Sri Lanka and offers coaching / counselling for individuals and couples. In 2011 he ran a reconciliation retreat for 100 Israelis and Palestinians near the Dead Sea. He’s author of of 'I'll Meet You There: a practical guide to empathy, mindfulness and communication' and 'The Burning House: A Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency'.