The ACR Spirituality Section is pleased to invite you to attend the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Retreat, Transforming the Practitioner, Attention to Intention on February 13-16, 2009, in Allenspark, Colorado. Join Gary J. Freidman, Erica Ariel Fox, Stephanie West-Allen, and other leaders in the field of spirituality and conflict resolution for an experience that will bring new depth to the multiple dimensions of your life. The retreat will begin on Friday, February 13, at 2 pm and conclude on Monday, February 16, at noon. The cost for the retreat for spirituality section members is $595, double occupancy and $795, single. The rate for non-section members is $695, double occupancy and $895, single. The registration fee will cover lodging and meals for Friday evening through Monday lunch. Registration Deadline is December 15, 2008. Payment in full required at registration. Register at ACR by contacting either Paulette Washington at pwashington@arcnet.org; or by contacting David Solin at dsolin@acrnet.org.

20 CLE’s are approved for Colorado. You may apply for CEUs in your state if required.
The retreat will take place at the St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark, Colorado, gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. This center is located approximately an hour and 45 minutes from the Denver International Airport. For those who need ground transportation, ACR will arrange bus service to and from the retreat center from Denver International Airport. The bus will depart Denver Airport on Friday, at noon, arrive at approximately 1:45 pm at St. Malo and return to the Denver Airport on Monday, February 16, at 2:15 pm. A ground transportation form will be sent to attendees in January ($40 Roundtrip).

Lodging at the St. Malo Conference Center will be assigned when you register, attendees will be assigned roommates. Overflow will be lodged at a nearby hotel. If you have any questions regarding lodging, please contact Nan Waller Burnett at 303-273-0459 or nandrp@aol.com. If you have any questions regarding registration or transportation, please contact David Solin, ACR meeting planner, dsolin@acrnet.org or Paulette Washington, ACR registrar, pwashington@acrnet.org.

We look forward to seeing you in February!

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LILI ZOHAR, JD, LLM, RYT
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. In addition to her private dispute resolution practice, she has worked with the Colorado Judicial Office of Dispute Resolution, the EEOC, the Metro Denver Associations of Realtors. She currently mediates for the United States Postal Service Office, which utilizes the transformative mediation model. 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. In the 2007 and 2008 Rocky Mountain Retreats Lili has taught Non-duality in Mediation, The Energy of Conflict, Energetic Boundaries and Creating Safe/Sacred Space in Conflict and in the 2009 Retreat she will be co-facilitating "From Reactivity to Responsiveness". 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, extra-sensory awareness and yoga. A thirty year practitioner of yoga and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), Lili currently teaches yoga and meditation throughout metro Denver. Lili's vision as a new Tri-Chair of the Spirituality Section of ACR is to make programs and presentations available to all the members of ACR which lead to a deeper understanding of the self and the increased joy that being present and aware in each moment can bring.

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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.