Ellen Chinnock       USA

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

I am a Somatic Consensus Trainer, Center for Nonviolent Communication Certified Trainer, and Positive Discipline Parent Educator. I began my career path as an animal trainer where I recognized two main ways to change behavior—through gaining control by external means (reward and punishment), or by working collaboratively to meet the needs of all involved. I found that listening deeply allowed me to hear the longings of the individuals. Through this empathic connection it became easier to find solutions. When I came across Liminal Somatics, I felt I had found my home in this learning community. As I continue to practice with the Becoming What You Need community, I see myself and others moving toward the core essence of who we are through connecting with the deeper desires/needs of all parts of ourselves (head, heart, gut, soul, etc). For me, there is nothing more meaningful than collaborating with others to create a space for healing, community, and reconnecting with ourselves.

Judith Weinstock  USA

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

I teach somatic practices and embodying Nonviolent Communication through the mediums of food, community, art, education, and activism. I am a certified international trainer of Nonviolent Communication have co-led workshops around the world in schools, prisons, intentional communities, and businesses, and offer mediation for families, parents, and children, siblings, and couples. I’ve been teaching my original curriculum Connective Culinary Arts  which integrates history, ethics, food politics, science, chemistry, and nutrition through food and the art of cooking. The premise of my teaching celebrates the notion that food is the connective tissue for all life on the planet, and that the strategies humans employ to answer to our hunger–three times a day!– is pivotal in the healing of the planet and living in harmony with all species. My focus is on the reclamation and celebration of our empathic faculties with the life on our plate that feeds the life that we live. I am a singer-songwriter I love to teach voice as a profound medium for “finding our voice” to shape the world we wish to live in.  

Anne Roley       USA

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

Anne’s passion in life has been connecting with one’s SELF in various ways. While working 30+ years as a physical therapist, practicing Continuum Movement and Yoga more than 20 years, becoming certified in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing and studying Polyvagal Theory, I have learned to explore the vastness of our inner landscape and listen to our body’s many messages. Recently certified in Somatic Consensus and a candidate for Nonviolent Communication certification, my current practice is listening empathetically, finding the power of my voice and living a needs based consciousness.  My desire is to co-create a space to grow, heal and develop more authentic and meaningful relationships with ourselves and others. For questions or information, contact Anne Roley in Los Gatos, California at [email protected]

Esin Erek, Izmır       Turkey

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

I see myself as someone who actively contributes to building the peace and tranquility I wish to see in the world, beginning with myself.
As an Engineer, an ICF PCC Professional Coach, and an NVC Certificate Candidate, my discovery of Somatic Consensus has enabled me to hear the many different voices within me more deeply and to listen to them with compassion and curiosity.
I possess a rich toolkit to address the needs of each distinct voice. I am thrilled by the profound impact Somatic Consensus can have through its simplicity. Consequently, my primary focus is to connect first with the internal voices that generate division and conflict within our bodies, aiming to reflect the peace we cultivate within ourselves outwardly to the world.
To this end, I organize training sessions and workshops on topics such as conflict and anger management with institutions and non-governmental organizations in Turkey. Additionally, I am the author of a published book.

Gerald Ee      Singapore

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

For over 40 years, Gerard has been in human services, and he has served as a youth worker, family therapist, prison counsellor, residential care worker, community-builder and non-profit leader. He believes that the human services are not simply about problem-solving but is a peace[1]building process that engages people to be a

little kinder, fairer, and more cooperative. To this end, he practices non-violent communication as a process of honouring himself and everyone he encounters.

Anke Krause      Germany

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

Fir 24 years I have been a trainer and consultant for equity and respect for diversity in early childhood. I also accompany people on their life walks, with a focus on the wisdom we already own but sometimes need support to uncover. I have been living and learning NVC  based methods such as Convergent Facilitation with Miki Kashtan and  Roxy Mannings work addressing racism and inequality from the vision of NVC. I am a certified Compass© coach with Arnina Kashtan. I am dedicated to developing and supporting interactions  that aim to connect and to promote communities where the voices and needs of all are put at the center of all actions.  I bring a special talent and passion to opening spaces to hear the perspectives of all, especially of children - be they our own inner children or the children we live and work with to the field of creating connection, support and healing.

Sandra Borgarts    Germany

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

Arriving on the opera stage as a soloist, I found that the path had become my goal. In search of my voice, I kept coming up against obstacles, and I devoted myself entirely to exploring them as invitations to grow. The insights from this journey, which lasted more than two decades, I condensed into my own method
„Voice-Body-Human“ which is holistic and versatile.
Since then I followed my passion and have been
supporting people from all over the world in finding
their voice and expressing it.
For further informations feel free to contact me:
[email protected] or
https://www.stimme-koerper-mensch.de/kontakt/

Chez Scott     Australia

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

Compassionate Communication Trainer & Coach at NVC Melbourne. Somatic Consensus certified trainer.

Ryan van Der Zanden       Canada

Somatic Consensus Certified Trainer

I picked up my very first meditation book and the allure of enlightenment at the age of 15.  Since then I have been on an enthusiastic journey of self-discovery, self-connection and finding presence.   

In 2011, while living at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, I happened upon a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) workshop.  This was the moment that I witnessed and began to understand how our culture uses language in a way which commonly prevents connection, empathy, being seen for who we truly are, and finding presence.  I am passionate about developing and teaching NVC as a way of helping people to understand the incredible wisdom in our bodies via emotions and universal human needs.