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--->Quote of the Month
--->Retreat: SENSUAL ALCHEMY in ENCINITAS * 4/1-3
--->Course: NYC Intensive 4/5 - 5/19
--->Seminar: SENSUAL ALCHEMY in NYC * 4/24
--->Practice of the Month
--->Music Recommendations
--->Testimonial of the Month
--------------------------- --------------------------- Quote of the Month "It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory."
--Jack Kornfield, Path with Heart --------------------------- --------------------------- Retreat: SENSUAL ALCHEMY workshop with DUNYA
April 1-3, 2005
Devaloka Yoga Center
609 S. Vulcan, Ste 101 (Corner of E & Vulcan), Encinitas, CA Fluid Yoga, Dancemeditation, Spiritual Bellydance, Sufi Healing Fr 7-9pm
Sa 1-5pm
Sa PERF 7pm
Su 10-1am followed by potluck Registration:
Entire workshop: $200
Fr & Sat: $160
Sun only: $80 By Credit Card cash or check.
Please make checks to ‘Dervish Society of America’ and mail to:
Devaki Foster, 609 S. Vulcan, Ste. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
Info: 760-334-1700
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or Info: 916-548-1550 --------------------------- --------------------------- Course: NYC Spring Cleanse Dancemeditation Intensive This opportunity to work with diet, meditation and movement objectives is equivalent to a seven-day residential retreat for those in Intensive or Teacher Training sequences. Tuesdays and Wednesdays in April and May. This course is currently booked but will be repeated in the fall. Inquiries welcome. 212-226-2114 --------------------------- --------------------------- Seminar: SENSUAL ALCHEMY: SPIRITUAL BELLYDANCE with DUNYA
NEW YORK CITY
Sunday April 24th 4-7pm
Mary Abrams Movement Resources
10 East 18th, 4th floor
(buzzer: Mary Abrams) Elegant Embodiment & Development in the Sufi Subtle. We'll begin the workshop with a period of Fluid Yoga to open and relax our bodies, then progress into the beauty and mysticism inherent in dance traditions originating in the Middle East by pursuing a somatic interior root of the form’s intricate isolations and trance-y rhythmic substrata. We'll look inward, feel the sensation in our bones & tissues, gravitate towards absorption in interior spaces beyond our minds. Middle Eastern dance - ornamental mudras, vibration, undulation - is specifically suited to this self-amplification. Through the emerging internal openings, Sufi lineage energetic materials are manifest. The heart center flowers, mediating our voyaging in the Subtle. All periods of action are intertwined with deep resting.
Relaxation, Rejuvenation, Peace. Please bring towel to sit on and a hip scarf. REGISTRATION
$28 by 4/23; $35 at door
By Credit Card: through website http://www.dancemeditation.org
By Check: made to: ‘Dervish Society of America’
& mail to Dunya, 250 Elizabeth St. #7, NY NY 10012
INFO: 212 226 2114 --------------------------- --------------------------- Coming: SUMMER MOVEMENT MONASTERY
JUNE 19-25, 2005
LOCATION: Sonodor Retreat Center, Belle Vernon, PA This extended study periods encompass a variety of body-centered spiritual explorations and terrains. REGISTRATION:
Seven days: 10am - 9pm.
$700 by 6/1; $770 after
two-days (Su, Mon 6/19, 20); $230
Single Day (Su 6/19 or Mon 6/20); $125
Fee includes tuition, room & board. Additional overnight stay: $30
Travel Directions: Ameara 412-721-2006 By Credit Card: through website http://www.dancemeditation.org
By Check: made to: ‘Dervish Society of America’
& mail to Dunya, 250 Elizabeth St. #7, NY NY 10012 INFO: 212-226-2114
Travel Directions: Ameara 412-721-2006 Practice of the Month On Breathing II Breathing - the most basic topic. This is the second in a series. Put on medium tempo music that is repetitive and non-intrusive. Or be in silence. Sit or stand. Close your eyes. Let yourself quiet down. Observe your breath. Just watch what it is doing. Let your body begin to move in any way it wishes but keep your focus on the breath. The breath and the movement may not coincide or obviously emanate from one another. That is fine. Remain focused on the breath as you move. Stay with this for 20 minutes. The breath focus will come and go. That is fine. Keep bringing yourself back to you breath. Any motion your body chooses to do is fine. Just be with the breath and the movement. You are learning how to not interfere with your body. It will be interesting to observe the correspondences, or lack of, between the breath and motion. Afterwards, either lie down and let your mind rest, or let you mind relax as you move in any way that feels right at the moment. --------------------------- --------------------------- Concerning Recommendations In the January Enews the Recommendation for Mercan Dede was incorrectly listed as ‘Reading’. It is a wonderful ‘Music’ offering – a two-CD set. --------------------------- --------------------------- Testimonial of the Month Hi Dunya,
That was such a great workshop. I still feel different…I went to a different space while whirling. There was a sense of intimacy, like I was being revealed while experiencing myself and spirit. Old and new. Sparkly and serene.
I appreciate how you lead a variety of experiences that are interesting and fresh, in such a beautiful space. It feels great to have spiritual experiences that are safe, expansive and enriching. Thank you.
Love,
Ann Galkowski, physical therapist, Newport, RI --------------------------- --------------------------- And that is the end of our newsletter. Thank you very much!
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