L’aura Joy

I was born and grew up in Auroville (in India), an international community founded in 1968 and striving for Human Unity. My love affair with NVC started in August 2007, when CNVC certified trainer Aniruddha was invited to Auroville to share his passion with us. I experienced it as finally coming home, being able to look inside and connect with Self within. I was amazed by the authenticity and vulnerability I was able to tap into, and I was amazed by the trust I had in sharing with others and seeing their beauty. I knew that there was no going back…! My journey since has been intense, attending several NVC workshops with different trainers, attending an IIT with Marshall, organizing and hosting NVC events in Auroville, as well as being a core member of the Institute of Nonviolent Communication India.

Jason Stewart

I first found Marshall’s book on the bookshelf of my friend Dinesh in Bangalore in 2005. At that point I knew my life would be different. But it wasn’t until I met L’aura the following year that I began seeing how I could begin using NVC in my life. Now, the process of “re-wiring” my brain (removing the old habitual patterns of jackal thinking) is an automatic, ongoing process. I have found a huge increase in the quality and depth of all of my relationships and as a consequence I have a huge increase in the quality of my sense of aliveness. My passion is mediation – the art of “loaning other people my skills” – to help them listen, understand, and connect with one another.