Living Compassion – Netherlands
We invite you to live into your wholeness.
Within this 4-day retreat, we will explore the qualities of self-awareness that connect you to your deepest values and truth. Each moment of life can be an integrative moment. Wholeness asks for a paradigm shift from relating to life through opposites to a non-dual sense of welcoming all of life arising through you.
Living Compassion is an expression of the spirituality of Nonviolent Communication. As we develop a depth of compassion, we naturally develop empathy, authenticity, empowerment, and more capacity to love.
Cultivate Loving Presence
In this retreat we will begin with a preparation of the consciousness beyond the mind through embodiment and connecting to the source of meaning within.
We will understand experientially three paradigm shifts:
- From a sense of lack to wholeness
- From a sense of problem/solution to attending
- From a sense of blame/victim to empowerment
These shifts in consciousness open new possibilities for relating to life.
The Facilitators
This retreat will be co-facilitated by Eva Maria Schneijderberg and Mironel de Wilde.
Eva Maria Schneijderberg
I attended my first NVC training in 2012. I was super enthusiastic about what it brought me; awareness and practical guide for my inner and outer communication. In 2015 I met Robert Gonzales for the first time. The process of Living Compassion deepened my practice of Nonviolent Communication as I experienced this as a spiritual way of approaching nonviolence. It gave me a process on how to meet my inner experience in a compassionate way that supports healing. Being aware and present to how life moves through me and where this flow of life is blocked or stuck enables me to live from a place of openness rather than protection. I enjoy working with groups and individuals who want to explore how Nonviolent Communication (NVC) , with awareness of the impact of power dynamics, can contribute to connection and collaboration.
Mironel de Wilde
A pivotal moment came in 2014 when I attended my first Nonviolent Communication (NVC) workshop in India. For the first time, I learned how to fully feel my feelings and listen to their messages. As my NVC practice deepened, my spiritual focus shifted from seeking transcendence to living into wholeness. Through the work of Robert Gonzales, Living Compassion, I discovered a practical way to live non-duality in relationships and everyday life. Living non-duality, living into wholeness is a process of unveiling my innate nature. There is nothing to do to cultivate what is already the truth of my being. The work is simply to love ourselves into who we really are.
The Venue
The Zonnehuis is a lovely retreat center in the Dutch country side that provides bright, comfortable accommodations and nutritious food to support our deep inner work.
Retraite Center Zonnehuis https://www.zonnehuis.nl/
Practical Info
27th – 30th September, 2026
We will arrive from 15hr Sunday and begin our opening at 17hr. We will finish on Wednesday with closing at 16hr.
Tuition
Individual tuition sliding-scale: €320 – €640
Professional tuition: €700 + vat
Room and Full-Board
- Single Room (limited availablity): €670
- Double Room: €570
- Triple Room (limited availablity): €500
Registration
Please sign-up with Eva Maria: evamaria@plantingseeds.nl
Details
Start Date:
September 27, 2026 @ 5:00 PM
End Date:
September 30, 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Cost:
Starting from €820
Venue
Venue:
Zonnehuis Retreat Center
Location:
Beekbergerweg 25, 7371 EV Loenen, Netherlands
Map:
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