Dances of Universal Peace

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Current Dance Announcements for Sedona, Cottonwood and Prescott AZ
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"Life is a dance. May the music of your life be in perfect harmony with all of your dreams." ~Unknown
The Dances of Universal Peace are the most wonderful, heart-centered spiritual practice I have ever experienced!
The Dances of Universal Peace (sometimes called Sufi dancing) are a joyous, multi-cultural way to touch the spiritual Essence within ourselves and others. The Dances bring together sacred phrases, chants, music and simple movements evocative of the many spiritual traditions of the Earth. Offered as "body prayer" in a spirit of sacredness, the dances promote peace and create an integrated experience of body, mind and spirit, helping dancers to realize the unity of all. No experience is necessary - the dances are simple Circle dances and all dances are taught each time.
Dances of Universal Peace are done all over the world. Here in the Northern Arizona, we have several dances each month, in Cornville (near Sedona), in Prescott, and in Snowflake. There are also Dances of Universal Peace held in Tempe (Phoenix Metro area) and in Tucson.
Arizona Dances of Universal Peace
Prescott Sufi Healing Circle
3rd Sunday
of each month, at 7PM
143 N. McCormick, Prescott
Contact: Yaqin Lance Sandleben 928-445-6506
or lsandleben(at)qwest.net
If you feel
attuned to the work of encouraging healing or wholeness in self and in
others, please join us for the Healing Ritual, developed by Hazrat Inayat
Kahn. This is a group healing service that does distance healing
through attunement, prayer, meditation, and concentration. During the
Healing Ritual participants work specifically with 10 people's names,
who must have agreed to be included on the prayer list.
On this page you are listening to recordings from the Sedona Dances of Universal Peace. Leader: Cathryn Tezha Swann. The songs are:
The Mantra of Padmasambhava, Custom Zikr, and Allah Hu Allah.
The first song is a recording of a dance created by Bernie Heideman, based on the Mantra of Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava was the Buddhist saint to brought Buddhism from India to Tibet. It invokes the spiritual power of the Vajra Guru, the one who comes like a thunderbolt, to bring us enlightenment. This is the Sanskrit version of the mantra.
Om ah hum, Vajra Guru padma siddhi hum.
There is also a Tibetan version of this mantra: Om a hung, Benza Guru peme siddhi hung.
Custom Zikr - I believe it was written by a student of Leilah Be. I learned it from Sky Majida at Canyonlands Dance Camp, September 2006, at the time the Invitation to the Dance documentary was filmed. The DVD ends with this song.
Allah Hu Allah - Allah is the name of God used by Arabic speaking people, both Christian and Muslim. It means both Yes (Al) and No (lah) so it is really like yin and yang, both masculine and feminine, all that is manifest and all that is unmanifest. Hu is said to be the breath of God. I understand this to mean that on the outbreath of God, physical manifestation happens in creation, and on the inbreath of God, that which has been physical returns to the God, to the unmanifest state.
Peace,
peace – give peace a chance
Life
can be peaceful – when viewed as a dance.
Peace,
peace – give peace a chance
I choose to be peaceful – and join in the dance.
If you would like to receive an e-mail notice of Dances of Universal Peace and related events in the Prescott, Sedona and Cottonwood areas of Northern Arizona, please join the DUP-NAZ yahoogroup newsletter here.
You will find updated information about these dances, special events of the Arizona DUP communities, and other events here:
Sedona/Northern Arizona Events Calendar
Arizona Dance events:
Prescott Dances of Universal Peace
Phoenix Dances of Universal Peace
And if you live somewhere else in the world, you can find out about Dances of Universal Peace in your area here:
Dances of Universal Peace North America
Dances of Universal Peace International
There is a very active Sufi and Dance community in the Silver City area of New Mexico:
Wahabba at Karuna Arts also has info about Dances of Universal Peace, and she creates and sells beautiful prayer flags and other art works relating to Sufism and many other spiritual traditions.
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Please visit our Dancing Peace CONMAZUT blog to share your experiences, get in touch with other dancers, or to ask questions about Dances of Universal Peace. http://dancingpeace.blogspot.com/

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"Step out of the circle of time, and enter the circle of Love." ~Rumi
Whirl Peace
"Music and movement find their way into the secret places of the soul." ~ Plato