Holly is assisted by members of the Apprenticeship Circle and other NVC trainers in the break-out sessions of the Basics courses.

Theresa Fornalski has a tremendous appreciation for NVC and the wonderful gift that it is in creating connection both within oneself and externally to the world and sees it as a means of finding global harmony one person at a time starting from the inside out.

Evan Gorsline has been a devotee of Marshall Rosenberg and Nonviolent Communication since 2005. His first experience was at a training with Marshall where he saw the power and beauty of this simple and radical way of communicating, and, as a business manager, was able to immediately put NVC to work and to see the human benefits. He has studied with Holly for the last three years and has attended two of Marshall's weekend trainings in Seattle. Evan has recently started a men's group as he is especially interested in how NVC can give men tools to become better communicators through connecting with their own feelings and needs.

Erika Jennings is a graduate of the Parent Peer Leadership Program through BayNVC and has studied Nonviolent Communication with Marshall Rosenberg directly at one of his 9-day Intensive International Trainings. Over the past year she has been sharing her inspiration more formally at church, in business and to parenting groups.

Asharaine Machala has been studying NVC with Holly Eckert for 5 years, as well as volunteering with the Alternatives to Violence Project in the men's prisons since 1999. Her passion for understanding the whole Human Being: body, soul and spirit, has lead her through careers in the arts and the business world, always seeking spirit in matter and matter in spirit.

Jennifer Wengeler has been using and appreciating NVC for 8 years. She has been in practice groups for most of that time, and has studied with Marshall at one of his 9 day Intensive International Trainings (IIT) and also at a week long Puget Sound Intensive conducted by area Certified Trainers. She has been to many workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest by Holly and other Certified Trainers.