Spring Canyonlands Retreat and A Brand New Website!

Canyonlands National Park, Needles District
May  15 - 19, 2008, Thursday – Monday

Beauty is here
Where we stand now
Where we always stand.
 
Beauty and holiness
In the tiniest of sounds and movement,
In the texture of the light.
 
Beauty is what I see here
When I stop looking elsewhere for it,
And become intimate with ordinary things.
 
It is everything; there is nothing else.
Dance in beauty until you dissolve,
until you see your own true face everywhere.
                          - Adrianna Heideman

We gather to dance in the Cave, to camp in the red rock, to rest in the stillness, to create community with friends and family, to share meals, to explore the Park and surrounding areas, and reconnect with the Source and each other. We all have our part: Bernie Heideman and Sky Majida lead Dances, along with other Dance leaders and musicians, cooks prepare potluck dishes, temple keepers care for the Cave, butterfly herders shuttle dancers, and all Beloveds bring their hearts to share.

Opening circle and Dances: Thursday at 7 p.m., in the Split Top Cave. Closing circle: Sunday afternoon. We also Dance Sunday evening, and camp does not officially break until Monday morning.  

Some camping will be at Wooden Shoe and Split Top; group sites in the Park; others will be camping at Hamburger Rock on BLM land at a reduced fee. We have an agreement with the Park Service that we will not use individual sites in the Park during the weekend. Motels in Monticello are 50 miles away if camping is not your preference.  

We expect to be full, and in-Park camping is limited, so we suggest you register soon. Sky Majida can send information to anyone who wants to know more abaut the camp before they register (this same information is sent to registrants.)  

Children under 7 are free; older children are negotiable at a discount rate. No pets, please.  

Because of camping limitations and Park regulations limiting the size of our gathering, we are absolutely not able to accommodate walk-ins.  

The cost for the retreat is a sliding scale, $85 - $130, as you can afford, in the Park; $60 on BLM land.

This is a drug and alcohol free event. Thank you.

Call or email Sky Majida to make sure there is space for you to start the registration process.

Registration starts 20 March! The process:
1) Make checks to "Kathryn Sky", and note "DUP Canyonlands" on the check. $80 - $130, as you can afford (Park), or $60 (BLM).

2) Please include the following information for each person you are registering, for the roster:
• name, address, phone, email address;    
• date you are arriving and date you are leaving;  
• a brief description of passions/interests/hobbies (10 words or fewer).

3) Mail your registration to         
    Dances c/o Sky      •     PO Box 90791     •     White Mountain Lake, AZ 85912

4) Agree to Policy Statement that Sky Majida will email you on receipt of your registration.

Important Note 1: You are not registered until Sky Majida receives your check.

Important Note 2: Sky Majida will be away 3-13 April and the first weekend in May.

Cancellation policy: If you must cancel, please let us know as soon as possible. If someone from the waiting list can take your place, we will we refund your registration, minus $20 for processing. Otherwise there will be no refunds. We cannot guarantee a refund if you cancel after May 5th.

A few staff positions and a few partial scholarships (work exchange) are available. Please contact Sky Majida.  

For more information, call or email:
Bernie Heideman  (970) 872-2172  heideman@wic.net 
Sky Majida (928) 537-0126 skyness54@gmail.com 

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See  http://cavedances.ning.com/  for our very own participatory website.

Planting Trees to Mitigate Carbon Emissions: We will be asking a $3 surcharge per vehicle, to be collected at the retreat, to send to American Forests to plant trees to offset the amount carbon emissions our vehicles create in order for us to come to this retreat. See https://www.americanforests.org  for more info; https://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc/  is a calculator for you to figure out the carbon impact of the rest of your lifestyle.

The Perfection of Heart

A Weekend of Sufi Zikr, Dances of Universal Peace 

and Heart centered practice

Matin Mize is a Teacher in the Sufi Ruhaniat International, A member of the mentor teachers guild of the Dances of Universal Peace and an accomplished Sufi and Dance musician. He has studied Sufism and the Dances for the last 30 years and has taught the Dances, Walks, Zikr, Sufi practice and musicianship in the US and United Kingdom for many years.

Heart in its true state is never wrong because the light of God is there. Heart in its true state is never right because it is  not separated from anything, so cannot conceive right and wrong. That is not Divine Love which excludes a single being from its embrace. The Perfection of Heart - Samuel Lewis

with 

Matin Mize ~ May 16-18, 2008

Located along Bear Creek at the Voice of the Turtle Retreat center near Silver City, New Mexico

www.southwestsuficommunity.org 

The cost of the weekend is $100. It runs from dinner on Friday thru Lunch on Sunday. Accommodations consist of a limited number of indoor spaces and tent camping. There is an early registration discount of $10 for those who register by April 1st. Part time attendance possible, contact registrar. To register send form below and check of $35 or the whole amount, payable to Matin Mize to, The perfection of Heart c/o Matin Mize, PO Box 897, Silver City, NM 88062. For further information contact matinmize(at)aol.com or call 575-534-1441

Name ________________________________________ Email ___________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________________________

Phone ____________________________________________ Accommodations (circle one)   Dorm   Tent

Additional Information ____________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

Groom Creek School House, Prescott, AZ

Saturday, June 21, 2008

From 4 pm until the stars come out …

 

The Picnic: The School House has grills and picnic tables available.  Please bring food, beverage, and a place setting for yourself. 

 

The Dances: We will open at 4 pm with some Dances and then enjoy each other’s company as we picnic and recreate at this delightful site.  Dances will resume by 6:30 and will continue as long as we wish, up until 10 pm.

 

The Setting: The Groom Creek School House is an historic site in the Prescott National Forest.  The school was first built in 1896, rebuilt in the 1930s, and used as a school until the 1950s.  Our gathering will be outside unless weather takes us inside.  The entire site is handicap accessible, including the nearby nature trail and porta-potties.  There is no running water.  Parking is limited, so please car pool if you can.  The $2 parking fee is waived as part of our group rental fee.

 

Directions: From Gurley Street take Mt. Vernon (Senator Highway) south for approximately 6.5 miles to Groom Creek. As you approach the community of Groom Creek, you pass Maripai Road on the right, the Friendly Pines Road. Just .3 miles farther, turn left at the sign to Groom Creek School House. There is also a sign for the Lion Club’s Handicap Trail. If the parking lot is full, you may park at Trailhead 307, which is just a short ways further down the road.  Please do not park along the road.

 

Car Pooling: Because parking in the woods is limited, we are hoping you will car pool.  The plan is for car poolers to gather in the parking lot of the Safeway at White Spar and Copper Basin at 3:30.  Please call Barakat at 928-717-2017 to confirm this.

 

Donation: We are asking for a $10 donation per person to help cover the cost of the site

 

Come, come, whoever you are!

For more information, call Yaqin at 928-445-6506

www.prescottdances.org  ~ Sponsored by the Prescott Peace Dances & Sufi Circle

Remembrance: Our Connection to Sacred Unity, the Land, Each Other, & All of Being

July 19-25: Voice of the Turtle Retreat Center, near Silver City NM. 

3rd Annual Southwest Sufi Camp, with Murshid Allaudin Ottinger; co-Directors Darvesha and Azima Lila. 

Contact Hayra Nur: hayranur(at)southwestsuficommunity.org or Sophia: 505-534-4141

Baking in Beauty

5th Annual Capitol Reef Park Dances of Universal Peace

Led by: Bernie Heideman, Sky Májida, and Bernie Skydrummer

Friday, July 25 through Monday, July 28

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10th annual Fall Canyonlands Dances of Universal Peace Retreat

Sept 25 - 29, 2008 

with Bernie Heideman and Sky Majida, Canyonlands National Park, UT. Information: skyness54(at)gmail.com or http://cavedances.ning.com/

5th Annual Free Spirit Gathering

Oct 3 - 6, 2008

at Wren and Michael Kothrade’s, near Snowflake AZ. Information: kothrades(at)hotmail.com 

 

Diving Deep A Three-Year Dance & Walk Deepening with Darvesha & Matin Mize assisted by mentor in training Talia Marcus Nov. 7 - 9, St Mary’s Retreat Center, Silver City, New Mexico
Matin Mize is a Khalif in the Sufi Ruhaniat International, A member of the Mentor Teachers Guild of the Dances of Universal Peace and an accomplished Sufi and Dance musician. He has studied Sufism and the Dances for the last 30 years and has taught the Dances, Walks, Zikr, Sufi Practice and Musicianship in the US and UK for many years.	Sheikha Darvesha Victoria MacDonald, from Silver City, NM, is a Core Mentor of the Mentor-Teachers Guild, and a member of the Mentor Guidance Council. She has been mentoring dance leaders all over the world for over 15 years. She is a 20-year student of Buddhism and leads groups in meditation, deep ecology, expressive movement, as well as the Dances of Universal Peace.
Explore, deepen and develop your capacity to lead and experience the Spiritual Walks & Dances of Universal Peace in this 3-year program. The training will meet eight weekends over the course of three years. We will explore the fundamentals for leading the Dances of Universal Peace, including concentrations in sound, breath, music skills, movement/body awareness, and unity of religious ideals, with a special emphasis on Astrological, Wazifa, Body Center, Element and Tassawuri Walks training. We will practice to enhance our capacities of magnetism and vitality, work with energetics, stay in presence, communicate more authentically, and lead from intuition rather than concept. We’ll explore our roles as community builders/harmonizers, the meaning of the mentor-mentee relationship, and what it means to represent lineage.   The series is open to current and aspiring leaders as well as dancers, musicians and mentors who wish to deepen in their relationship to sacred dance and walk. We encourage aspiring leaders to choose a mentor from the Mentor Teachers Guild of the DUP if they wish to work toward  certification in the Dances. Participants asked to commit to full 3-year course of study. Some allowances made for new leaders wishing to enter after 1st module . Cost: $215 per weekend. Housing available for additional $10-15 /night. Participants eligible for DLT grants from Oneness for half of yearly expenses up to $400. Applications to Oneness must be in at least 6 weeks before training on Jan 1, 2008. REGISTRATION: Send attached registration form with $100 deposit before 10/10/08 for tuition price of $215.Tuition increases to $240 if registration received after 10/10/08. For more information, contact Mariam Rose at maweidner(at)earthlink.net or call 575.534.1441.

REGISTRATION FORM

DIVING DEEP with DARVESHA & MATIN

Please print all information

NAME:________________________________________________________________

POSTAL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________Phone # ____________________

1) I am attending this training to deepen as a: (check all that apply)

[ ] Dancer, not a Dance Leader                                        [ ] Dance Leader

[ ] Mentor                                    [ ] Musician- indicate type of Instrument:

______________________________________________________________________

2) My primary interest in attending this training or areas of special interest to me are:  

3) I will be needing housing:       [ ] YES       [ ] NO

Accommodations are available at St. Mary’s for an additional $10-$15 per night on Friday, Saturday. And Sunday Event starts Friday and ends after evening program on Sunday.

4) Any known food allergies please detail below:  

 

Ongoing Sufi Activities in the Verde Valley ~ Cottonwood, AZ

Khalifa Jauhara

"Words can explain all things that are comprehensible, but for the soul, which passes beyond human comprehension, words are too inadequate. But the question, "How can a person then realize his soul?" can be answered, "by the inner culture."  ~Hazrat Pir-0-Murshid Inayat Khan The Inner School (esoteric study) of the Sufi Movement International is dedicated to the inner culture, the realization of the Self. This path is understood as a serious endeavor, entered upon by taking Bayat (initiation) through a guide or senior teacher. Inquiring students are encouraged to attend Gatheka Study circles and initiated students attend Gatha Study circles.

Jauhara Care is a Khalifa (senior teacher/guide) of the Inayati lineage of the Sufi Movement International and serves as the Arizona Representative, and is an initiate of both the Sufi Order International and the Ruhaniat International as well.  She is also an Ordained Interfaith Minister, an initiate of the Dervish Healing Order and a Conductor of the Sufi Healing Order.  She also has been a Spiritual Counselor for over 11 years.  Khalifa Jauhara has recently relocated to Cottonwood and is offering the following classes for Mureeds* and those interested in Sufism.

Please call 928-300-4065 for more information and to confirm meeting times and location.                 $10 suggested donation.            For Mureeds *: Gatha Classes, Monday Evenings 6:30 pm Meditation Class & Zikhr, Friday Evenings 6:30 pm Healing Class Sunday Nights 4:30 pm             Open To All: Healing Service Sunday Nights 5:30 pm Open Zikhr—Call for Information  Khalifa Jauhara is also accepting new clients for those interested in Spiritual Counseling. Please call 928-300-4065.             * A Mureed is someone who has received Bayat (initiation) into the Sufi spiritual path.

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Invitation to the Dance

The DVD video introduction to the Dances of Universal Peace filmed in Canyonlands this past September, is now linked to a number of Dance and Sufi websites world wide. You can view a low-resolution version of it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjW4s-r0Lk.  The high-resolution DVD is available, by donation, as is the music CD from Canyonlands September 2006; contact Sky for more information.

You have been listening to a recording from the Sedona Dances of Universal Peace, May 2007. The song is the "Mantra of Padmasambhava," an ancient Buddhist mantra, sung in Sanskrit version of the mantra. The melody and the dance were created by Bernie Heideman. In this recording Cathryn Tezha Swann is leading the dance.

 Om a hum, Vajra Guru padma siddhi hum...

Please visit our Dancing Peace CONMAZUT blog to share your events, your experiences, get in touch with other dancers, or to ask questions about Dances of Universal Peace. http://dancingpeace.blogspot.com/