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In the communication workshops of the iami Holistic Health Institute, we learn about several communication theories and we do various exercises to increase our sensitivity and awareness in contact.
Conventional communication training often focusses on developing communication skills in terms of behaviors. These behaviors include: active listening, helping the other to tell their story, using follow-up questions, consciously using tone and rhythm of speech, attention to cues and clues, keeping eye contact, being aware of the effects of your posture, etc.
Conventional communication training also aims to increase the clarity of communication by clearly expressing goals and intentions, expectations, and by a structured process of verifying that one understands each other and that both talk from common ground.
Such attitudes and behaviors are important in communication, however, such practical skills are only one aspect of communication. More important than such skills is the quality of contact and connection in the communication. More ...