ACR Spirituality Section

Lili Zohar, JD, (OSU College of Law, Order of the Coif, 1983) LLM, (Yale, 1984)
is an attorney/mediator who since 1995 has practiced family, civil, and
community mediation in Denver, Colorado. For many years, Lili has been bringing
together the worlds of conflict resolution and spirituality. In 2007, Lili
presented workshops on bringing Spiritual Awareness and Intention into dispute
resolution at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and the
Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR) annual conferences, and was co-
facilitator of the Third Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat. She has taught yoga at
the ACR Annual Conference and at the Summer Learning Forum of the Harvard
Negotiation Insight Initiative. A long time student of the world’s great
spiritual traditions, Lili incorporated the Vedic teachings into her
transformative approach to conflict transformation and is currently engaged in
the third year of a four year program in Integrative Kabbalistic Healing with
Jason Shulman. Over the last five years, she has expanded her focus to include
an exploration of healing, psychic awareness, and yoga. A thirty year
practitioner of yoga and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), Lili currently teaches
yoga and meditation throughout metro Denver. In addition to her private
practice, she has worked with the Colorado Judicial Office of Dispute
Resolution, the EEOC, the Metro Denver Associations of Realtors, and currently
mediates for the United States Postal Service Office, which utilizes the
transformative mediation model.

The ACR Spirituality Section's Annual Meeting will be held at the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat. The Retreat already has 45 reservations (out of a total of 94 spaces). If you have any interest in coming for 2009, email Nan Burnett at Nandrp@aol.com to get on the reservation list! Formal registration will be open sometime in September and we'll keep you posted with an informational brochure!

Calm in the Face of the Storm. “A simple daily dose, a morning gift for anyone working day in and out in the wonderfully challenging arena of conflict, mediation and peacebuilding. These short, insightful essays fill an important and too often overlooked gap in the professional field—the need to sustain our spirit, build our enthusiasm, and deepen our reservoir of compassion, the platform that from which hope rises for the necessary accompaniment of those experiencing pain and confusion in the search for meaning in the midst of conflict. This book should be located right alongside the palm pilot, the calendar, or the morning latté. Start anywhere, read in any direction—it’s a gift.” -- review by John Paul Lederach, PhD. Peacebuilder, scholar and author click here to learn more or to purchase Calm in the Face of the Storm. Non-Adversarial Communication: Speaking and Listening from the Heart" by authors Arlene Brownell and Tom Bache-Wiig. click here to see a review of the book by Robert C. Atchley, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Gerontology (Emeritus), Miami University, and former Chairman of the Board of Conflict Resolution Services, Oxford, Ohio.

Spirituality Section Mission Statement: The recognition of our unity is the healing of all our wounds. Yet how do we convert the consciousness of humanity to a perspective of spiritual oneness? And what would the world look like if we did?" ----Marianne Williamson

How do we convert the consciousness of humanity to a perspective of spiritual oneness? Within the section, we share a profound vision: a dream of peace, an intention to make a difference in the world, and a desire to help others. The purpose of the Spirituality Section is to provide a professional community, which affirms this vision and supports members in bringing their highest vision in their practices, their careers and their lives. In this way, as each of us takes our work and our wisdom out into the world, we will collectively realize our deepest dreams.