Savanna Connections Course location Finland
This 9-day immersion experience into Nonviolent Communication (NVC) will offer learning sessions, home groups, coaching and feedback from skilled trainers, and a community environment where you can learn and practice the key skills of NVC.
Our team of Certified Trainers will share both the core curriculum of NVC as developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, as well as their own unique applications. We expect a group of approximately 60 to 70 people from different countries, cultural backgrounds, professions and walks of life.
What is special about this IIT is the fact that all the trainers and the organizer have learned NVC directly from Marshall Rosenberg.
People around the world are using Nonviolent Communication skills to transform conflict, create resilience in their relationships, and build a world where everyone’s needs matter and are met collaboratively.
We will create a dynamic learning laboratory that will show you how to create a more compassionate and peaceful culture in your life at home, at work, and in your community by learning how to:
- Speak from the heart
- Practice deep, non-judgmental listening
- Build self-empowerment from the inside out
For more information and to register, please visit https://www.cnvc.org/learn/iit/2026-07-03-iit-finland
Training team for Finland 2026
Christiaan Zandt
Certified Trainer since 2015
Christlin Rajendram
Certified Trainer since 2000
Assessor
Kirsten Kristensen
Certified Trainer since 2003
Marianne Göthlin
Certified Trainer since 1998
Sylvia Haskvitz
Certified Trainer since 1989
Assessor
Organizing team for Finland 2026
Hanna Savanna
Certified Trainer since 2002
Location
This unique IIT will be held in Kiponniemi Activity Resort located in the middle of the beautiful lake district of Finland, about 18 km from the city of the Jyväskylä. The place is a very popular destination for peaceful holiday-seekers during all seasons. Outdoor wooden shelters, lean-tos and excellent campfire possibilities throughout the area provide rest places for picnics in the woods. Kiponniemi calls you to come and stay, and enjoy its peaceful natural surroundings by the clean peninsula waters and is a perfect place to center your mind, spirit, and practice of NVC.
Venue
Kiponniemi offers comfortable accommodation in 3-5 person rooms, which are located in the main building on the campus. There are also limited single rooms, shared rooms in the main building, shared rooms in cabins, and shared rooms with loft beds. Other facilities are two saunas by the shore of the lake and a fireplace room for 12 people. Prices include three meals per day and coffee breaks. The venue offers vegetarian and vegan options. Please indicate your choice in the IIT application form.
Address
Kiponniementie 84
41940 Vesanka
Registration
For more information and to register, please visit https://www.cnvc.org/learn/iit/2026-07-03-iit-finland
