A couple of weeks ago, I went to Sacred Arts Dance Camp in Oxfordshire. 300 people camping in a field, cooking over open fires (great when it’s sunny – not so much fun when it’s raining ). For about five hours each day, on and off, we did Dances of Universal Peace in a [...]
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Beautiful Sufi embroidery on an altar cloth
Posted in Dances of Universal Peace, Sufi, tagged Crafts, Dances of Universal Peace, Embroidery, Finished embroidery, Hand embroidery, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hope Project, Hope Project India, Sufi, Vilayat Inayat Khan, Women's charity on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, I went to Leicester for a day of Dances of Universal Peace. It was held at the Quaker Meeting House. The altar at the front of the room immediately got my attention, as it had several items set out on it, all on top of a beautiful embroidered cloth featuring the Sufi emblem [...]
My weekend of Dances of Universal Peace at Luddenden, near Halifax – plus embroidery again!
Posted in Dances of Universal Peace, tagged Aramaic, Embroidery, Finished embroidery, Hand embroidery, Neil Douglas-Klotz, Spirituality on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I went on a retreat to the Heart Centre, in Luddenden, Yorkshire, where a dozen of us learned a cycle of Dances of Universal Peace based on the Beatitudes in Aramaic, created by Neil Douglas-Klotz. The Dances were led by Jilani Prescott. The setting was really peaceful and spiritual. As usual, I am always [...]
I’m on a Sufi Retreat
Posted in Dances of Universal Peace, tagged Aramaic, Dances of Universal Peace, Neil Douglas-Klotz, Spirituality, Sufi on February 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
More when I get home… UPDATE 1st March 2010: OK, so I’m home now, so I’d better explain! I was at a three-day break at Wistaston Hall Retreat Centre at Crewe in Cheshire at the weekend. Forty people met up to do Dances of Universal Peace (many being dances from the Buddhist and Aramaic Christian traditions, as that fitted with [...]
