Towards a World that Works for All
Welcome to the Conscious Communication AcademyLearn tools to change your life, your relationships, and the world.
About Conscous communication
Conscious Communication aims to bring key skills of slowing down, empathy, assertiveness, and understanding of trauma as well as power and privilege dynamics. It helps us be in more awareness and choice of how we show up moment by moment. Conscious Communication builds on ancient Indian concepts of ahimsa and anekantavada as well as Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and other more modern modalities.
Learn Through Practice
Conscious Communication cannot be learned just by reading the toolkit. It must be practiced. Find workshops, get coaching, or join practice groups to help you learn and integrate your learnings into daily life.
Mission
CCA’s Mission & Vision
We aim to bring the maps, skills, and values of Conscious Communication to individuals, organizations, schools, families, changemakers, etc., and ultimately to create a more empathic, just and sustainable world for all beings.
A Word
From Our Founder
“I offer this work to you and to the world in the spirit of a gift, and hope it can be useful to empower us all to create better lives, better relationships, and a better world.”
– Roy Jacob
Upcoming Workshops & Events 2024-2025
26th Nov-1st Dec ’24
Level 1
5-Day Immersion at Neredu Valley, outside Bengaluru, India
Now in southern India we will gather to build community and live and learn new ways of being with each other.
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This retreat begins at 11am on Tuesday, Nov 26th, and concludes at 11am on Sunday, Dec 1st.
For more details or to register, see: https://tinyurl.com/Neredu2024
24th Jan – 28th Jan ’25
Level 1
4-Day Level 1 Retreat at Hidden Oasis Near Pune, India
We’ll be gathering for 4 days in an oasis of Nature near Pune.
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This retreat begins at 5pm on 24th January 2025, and concludes at 5pm on 28th January 2025.
More details at: https://tinyurl.com/HiddenOasisJan25
March 22nd – 26th ’25
Level 2
5 Day Retreat at Bodhigram (Near Rishikesh, India)
For graduates of Level 1, we’ll deepen the experience of Conscious Communicating in this serene and tranquil abode in the hills of Uttarakhand.
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Note: this is meant only for people who have completed a Level 1 retreat.
See brochure at: https://tinyurl.com/ccwsmarch2025
and register at: https://rzp.io/rzp/ccwmarch2025
For more about Bodhigram visit: https://www.instagram.com/bodhigram.lc
About the Conscious Communication toolkit
The Basic Structure of the Toolkit
Conscious Communication is an integrated toolkit and a structured way to slow down.
Pause-Feel-Think-Act
PFTA is the overarching structure of Conscious Communication. All the tools fall into one of these categories.
Pause
The pause begins the moment you remember to stop what you are doing and take a breath. It helps you ground yourself so that you are in the right zone where you can feel your feelings, think clearly, and act wisely – where you have access to your full capacities.
Feel
Here you start with self-awareness and self-empathy: tuning into the many channels arising within you: body sensations, emotions, desires, fears, and any impulses to fight, flee, freeze, etc. Then you sense the core needs that are alive in this moment: needs for safety, connection, autonomy, rest, etc.
Think
Now you may be in a place to think more clearly, and you can choose to think nonviolently. A variety of thinking lenses helps you to understand yourself and the context better. Slowing down allows you to think through the likely impact of your words, before you utter them.
Act
There are many other nonviolent practices you can do now. You may want to invite the other party into a dialogue, express yourself vulnerably, and hear them out. You may make specific requests or set clear boundaries. You may also challenge others or the larger system.
Other News & Announcements
EmpathyLanguages.com goes live!
Announcing the new website: ‘EmpathyLanguages.com’ sponsored by Conscious Communication Academy. Check it out!