If you’d like to know more about Sage:
One of my favorite highlights is that I was a TEDxLA Women panelist in 2016, speaking on the connection between violence and sexual terminology. If you'd like to read the article that prompted TED to invite me, you can find it here: "What's in a Name?"
Current Trainings/Affiliations:
Certification Candidate with the Center for Nonviolent Communication cnvc.org.
Member of Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) Community https://nglcommunity.org/
Completed Vision Mobilisation Training w/NVC Academy NVC Academy
Active member of Vision Mobilisation https://visionmobilisation.org/
in eluding the Liberation Spaces Learning Community
Mind, Body, Spirit:
Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing Advanced training (500+ H) 1986-1989
Chapman Center Birthing Assistant Training 1997
Craniosacral therapy I and II Upledger Institute 1995-1996
Licensed Practitioner Agape International Spiritual Center 10 years 1996-2006
Shamanic training 8 months 2014
Author of Simply Shamanic short stories memoir 2020
Creator of The Elements Deck, Self-empathy Tarot 2020
Also, toward deep relating with the element of Earth and toward honoring women, I worked as an artist for thirty years, forming bowls and women’s torsos in stoneware, pure gold, and pure silver. 1989-2019
I also wrote a column for over a decade for two local newspapers, raised and homeschooled two children, Waldorf style; and, in 2020, co-created and facilitated The Call, a no-evaluation Women’s Writing Circle.
NVC Trainings Log:
2021
Vision Mobilization Aug - Sept 2021
Emma Quayle and Arnina and Miki Kashtan
The Compass for Vision Mobilization Aug - Sept 2021
Arnina Kashtan and Emma Quayle
Liberations Spaces support “Tent” Aug - Sept 2021
2020
Pacific VIT October 30 - Nov 8, 2020
Jim and Jori Manske, Mary Mackenzie, Go and Yuko Gotu, Sylvie ?
Resonance Summit April 2020
Sarah Peyton, Stephen Porges, Ph. D., et al
February 2020
SoCal Facilitators’ Retreat
Poway, California
February-November 2020
Responding to the Call of Our Times (RTTC)
Miki Kashtan, Sarah Peyton (guest), Sophie Docker (guest)
February - May 2020
Facilitating NVC with Joy and Confidence
Mary Mackenzie
August 2019
Ben Lomond Retreat Center, California
Mobilizing Nonviolent Global Liberation retreat
Miki Kashtan, Ph. D.
May 2019
Long Beach, California
SoCal Facilitators’ Retreat
June 2018-June 2019
The Compassion Course
Thom Bond
February-November 2018
Responding to the Call of Our Times (RTTC)
Miki Kashtan, Ph. D., Sarah Peyton (guest)
August 2018
Ben Lomond Retreat Center, California
Mobilizing Nonviolent Global Liberation retreat
Miki Kashan, Ph. D., Sabine Geiger, Aya Caspi, Bob Wentworth
2016
Santa Barbara
NVC Weekend Conference
Jim and Jori Manske, Mary Mackenzie
2005
Santa Barbara
NVC Intro
Marshall Rosenberg :-)
Ongoing Support:
Current/Ongoing
Cert pod
Pod Support
SoCal Facilitators Community
2021
Weekly VM co-working meetings Aug - Sept 2021
Certification Candidate Mentoring
Session I Feb - Apr 2021
Sarah Peyton, Peggy Smith
Certification Candidate Mentoring
Session II 2021 May - Aug
Sarah Peyton, Peggy Smith, Sylvie Hornig
2021
Supporting Holistic Systems
Monthly
Supporting Holistic Systems Action Group
2020
Cert Pod w/Rodger Sorrow and community
Dec 2020 - present
Pod Support w/Jim Manske
Aug 2020 - present
Mentoring w/Jori Manske
2019 - 2020
Live-in partnership
w/NVC practice group facilitator
Mutual support/writing call with CNVC Certified Trainer Mair Alight
May 22, 2019 - Dec 2020.
2017 - 2018
NVC Practice group
"Sage's patience, empowering attitude and sense of humor — gained from a long history of working in the healing arts — turned her into a compassionate, motivational and inspirational team player. She helped bring out the best in me."
MELODY BEATTIE / Melody and Company, Inc. / International Bestselling Author