Cultivating Inner & Outer Peace: Becoming the Peace you want to see in the world

Join us for a residential retreat at the beautiful Grailville Retreat Center for a journey toward inner and outer peace.  Topics include self-empathy, transforming enemy images of others, expressing anger compassionately, transforming guilt and shame, and healing old pain.

Presidents’ Day Weekend:  February 12 – 15, 2010

Begins at 5:30 pm on Friday, Feb. 12 and ends at 3:30 pm on Mon., Feb 15

With facilitators:
Jeff Brown, Mark Feinknopf and Cynthia Moe

Grailville Retreat Center
http://www.grailville.org/
Loveland, Ohio
Approximately 1 hr, 30 min from downtown Columbus; 30 min from downtown Cincinnati

Per person cost includes double occupancy lodging, meeting space and materials, and all meals beginning with supper on Friday and ending with lunch on Monday

$465 for registration received by December 1, 2009
$495 for registration received by January 1, 2010
$525 for registration received after Jan 1, 2010

Early registration is recommended.  Space is limited. 

FULL DESCRIPTION:

Guided by highly skilled facilitators and drawing on the powerful process of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), we will focus on creating peace and harmony within ourselves and in our relationships. harmony within ourselves and in our relationships. harmony within ourselves and in our relationships. harmony within ourselves and in our relationships. harmony within ourselves and in our relationships.

Set in the peaceful beauty of Grailville Retreat Center, a serene environment north of Cincinnati, Ohio, where you will have an opportunity to:
•Transform guilt, shame, fear and depression into life-serving energy;
•Discover the gift of anger and practice safe and effective ways of releasing it;
•Heal past experiences contributing to current pain through empathy;
•Increase self-acceptance and self-love;
•Liberate yourself from suffering by understanding those whose behavior stimulated rage or shame in you;
•Identify and fulfill unmet needs, leading you to be more fully authentic and alive;
•Connect with the spiritual dimension of NVC;
•Incorporate the attitude of gratitude into your everyday life to cultivate a peace and harmony-filled life. 

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**Introduction to Nonviolent Communication – Open Workshop**

Friday, February 12, 2009 also at Grailville
9am – 4 pm, lunch included

$85 if registration received by January 1, 2010
$100 if registration received after January 1, 2010

** If you are new to NVC and plan to attend the retreat, we ask that you attend this Introduction to NVC **