1. Verbal Aikido® Overview
2. Express your truth: Step 1
3. Warming up: Verbal Stretching®
4. Accompanying: Step 2
5. Sparring: Stepping on to the Verbal Mat
6. Bridging an "Us": Step 3
7. Putting it all together
Verbal Aikido: The 3 steps
Useful postures to de-escalate tension…
1. Focus on me – getting centered in an emergency
► Make space between stimulus and response to connect with self
2. Focus on you – getting to the meaning of their expression
► Give your partner the space to be understood
3. Focus on us – exploring potentially harmonious directions
► Use your understanding to transform difficulties into opportunities
Verbal Aikido: The 3 steps