Category: Events

From dear sister Hayra:

June 26-30, British Columbia Retreat– AFFORDABLE and worth it!

Beloveds!
Welcome to 4 full days of the Dances of Universal Peace at the top of
exquisite Kootanay Lake.

Phil Murad Notermann, Florence Aliya Guest, Majida Myriah Pazereckas Roy,
and Hayra Fatah invite us to collectively sing our heart into vibrancy, integrate body and spirit, and dwell in the sacred glance.

Find out about housing options, scrumptious meals, and schedule here:

http://www.johnsonslandingretreat.bc.ca/workshops/sacred-music-sacred-dance-3/

Additionally, Fliers for your Dance Circles are at the bottom of this page:

https://www.dancesofuniversalpeacena.org/OneTimeDetail.asp?id=1477

Be Well,
Hayra Fatah

June 1 – Sufi Saturday 2:30 pm – 9 pm

Our concentration will be on spiritual activism and holding our center with self-care in these challenging times.

2:30–6 pm • Sufi Practice • Dances of Universal Peace • Meditation, Teachings • Sohbet (conversation) • Healing Service

6 pm • POTLUCK      7 pm • ZIKR & TURNING

Lake City, WA • INFORMATION (206) 850-2111 • halway@comcast.net

2844 NE 117th Street, Seattle, WA 98115 • Park on street, walk down

Ruhaniat SUFI SATURDAYS are usually offered on first Saturdays

June 2 & 8 Seattle Peace Chorus Concerts

On Sunday, June 2, 2019, at University Congregational Church (7:00 p.m.) and Saturday, June 8, at Seattle’s newly renovated Town Hall (7:30 p.m.), Seattle Peace Chorus is presenting our Spring concerts featuring the epic choral masterpiece, “Canto General.”  

Sung in Spanish, it’s based on the poetry of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, set to music by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.  The last time the Chorus performed this was in 2013 when we traveled to Chile and visited Neruda’s homes there.

If you’re not already a season ticket holder, advance tickets are only $22, so order them now from me! (contact me at drmatthewsusa@gmail.com or 206-272-0580) — you’ll save $5 per ticket since they are $27 if purchased at the door – also there is a service charge if you order them through Brown Paper Tickets.  Discount tickets of $20 are also available for students/older adults/special needs.

PLEASE NOTE:   YOU NEED TO SPECIFY WHICH CONCERT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND –– ticket prices are the same for both but the tickets are different.   Let me know how many tickets you would like to order and, once I receive your payment, I will mail your tickets to you or I can leave them at “Will Call.”

Please make checks out to “Seattle Peace Chorus” and mail to David Matthews, 546 Walnut St. Apt 102, Edmonds, WA 98020 

I hope to see you at one of the Spring concerts!

June 20-23 – Summer Solstice near Twisp, WA with Majid and Dancing Bear

This is always a lovely time to share in our community. There are choices to stay on their land or get a B&B nearby. Majid tells me there is also a wonderful Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival happening nearby on the 20th and the 22nd that folks might want to attend (https://methowmusicfestival.org).

For more information and specifics (that are still being imagined!) and/or to RSVP, please contact Majid at janetworthen@mac.com

This is always a lovely retreat and usually fills up, so I wanted to give everyone an early heads up.

From brother Brian Dina:

North Pacific Region Fall Retreat – on Vashon Island (near Seattle)

LEADERS:
   ~N’shama Sterling (Seattle, WA)
   ~Zahir Keith Moree (Portland, OR)
   ~Chanda Shannon Gorres (Lawrence, KS)
DATES: Nov 1-3, 2019
WHERE: 9326 SW Bayview Drive, Vashon Island, WA
TIME: Friday Dinner (6pm) -to- Sunday Lunch (1pm)
CONTACT:
   Martha at 206-367-0389 /  inoffice@dancesofuniversalpeace.org

 ==2019 CAMP BURTON EVENT PAGE======
http://seattledup.org/events/19_11_01_burton.htm
(scroll down 3/4 of the page for Fliers and Registration form)

13th Annual MAPS Interfaith Iftar Dinner.

Weds, May 15 @ 6:45 pm

The Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) invites you to meet your Muslim neighbors during Ramadan, break a fast together and have dinner with us!  (Note: this event sells out fast, so get your tickets early.)

Please arrive no later than 6:45pm; the program ends at 9.30pm. Dinner will be served at 8:45pm. Babysitting arrangements are not available.

We look forward to welcoming you to MAPS, regardless of your religion, faith tradition, race, national origin, gender, sexuality, age (but no childcare provided), different abilities, or political viewpoints.

For questions or feedback: outreach@mapsredmond.org

Tickets $20 through Eventbrite

From our dear friend, Elizabeth:

Please come to celebrate together in song and movement the glorious beauty of the earth in May’s full bloom.

Shoreline Dance of Universal Peace this Friday, May 10 at 7:30 at Namaste Yoga Studio, 18021 15th Ave NE.

Ramadan Mubarak to all our Islamic brothers and sisters, peace and joy to all.

With love,
Elizabeth, Hayra and Zarifah.

Sunday, May 12 – Zikr on Whidbey Island at the Whidbey Unity Church. 6:15 pm potluck dinner; 7:30 – 9 pm Zikr practice. Facilitated by Hassan with other leaders and musicians. Some of us carpool from the Mukilteo Speedway, leaving at about 4:45 pm. Call or text me for more information or if you’d like to meet us to carpool. Wakil – 206-272-0580

Wednesday, May 8 and every Wednesday – Dances of Universal Peace at Keystone Congregational Church. 7:30 – 9 pm. All are welcome. Simple dances and sacred word are taught so no experience necessary. Fragrance-free please due to allergies. Small donations accepted buy no one turned away.

Friday – Monday, May 24-27 – Inland NW Sufi Camp at N’ Sid Sen on Lake Coeur de Alene, Idaho. See earlier blog postings for details and registration.

By Tarek Mounib and Kindness Films.

From Sister Quan Yin:

Dear friends all over the country- my friend, Tarek Mounib, of Zurich, had an inspiration to invite people who are afraid/opposed/don’t understand Islam, or the people and places of the Middle East, to a FREE TRIP TO EGYPT.

There they would meet the families, eat the food, walk in the neighborhoods and otherwise just get to spend time with people who have been portrayed and vilified as “the other”.

And Tarek, a young man born in Canada, raised in Egypt, educated in both, would film what happened.

He’s done it! Kindness Films will show Tarek’s film Free Trip to Egypt in 500 theaters across the country on June 12, 2019. (The film will play longer in New York and LA.)

Typical showtime 7:00 pm. Check for a theater near you on the sites below and buy tickets online for you and your friends!

This is citizen diplomacy and peacemaking of the highest order, and I support it. Through this movie, we can see the change in people’s hearts and minds.

Please, please forward to as many people as you can think of in your local, regional and wider communities.

Below are active links to find a theater near you and more information and ways to buy tickets and a preview.  This has been a “call” for Tarek; he has made it happen, so there is a “response” to the Call.

Here are the links that you have to cut and paste (or click on active links):

Here is a map of all the theaters:  https://www.freetriptoegypt.com/watch

And people can book their tickets directly at the theater here: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/free-trip-to-egypt

Trailer is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitVw2gE6aQ&t=7s

From Sister Gina:

Ya Salaam-

Blessings to you and a quick note of invitation to you on this glorious day
after the new moon! My heart is wide and Shanti Shala is ringing with great
vibrations and blooms! Join me Monday May 6 7:30pm for a spring celebratory
chant class. (Mantra, Raga, Chant, Community). I’ll also have class May 13.
Please RSVP to info@ginasala.com if you are interested in coming–no
experience necessary, all are welcome. Let me know if you are interested in
harmonium class. Let’s let our hearts bloom like the blossoms of spring
with our roots deep and strong!

Last chance to join for Awakening Voice Sound School first year! Please
write to info@ginasala.com. I love that science is now catching up with the
benefits of singing and connecting in the heart- more on that soon!

“Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery
of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan

Love, full easy breath and deep roots to you!

Gina

www.ginasala.com
Peace to all. Love to all.

This Wednesday at 7:30 pm, the Dances will be at Keystone Congregational a always.

This from our dear sister Elizabeth:

Beloveds,
This coming Wednesday, May 8, during our Dance evening a “Healing Dance” will be offered. During this Dance names will be offered of those who have requested prayers for healing. 

If you have names of people who have requested prayers, please send them to healing@seattledup.org<mailto:healing@seattledup.org>.

Please note if you would like the name(s) to be spoken or offered silently. Also, please remember to get permission from anyone you wish to have placed on the list.

Special note: Beginning next month, the healing dance will move to the first Wednesday of the month instead of the second. Notices will go out a few days before, as usual. 

Blessings,
The DUP Healing Circle

“Every child has known God,
Not the God of names,
Not the God of don’ts,
Not the God who ever does anything weird,
But the God who knows only four words.
And keeps repeating them, saying:
‘Come dance with me, come dance.’”
— Hafiz (translation by Daniel Ladinsky)

When the Heart acts, it touches everything in the Universe.”

     Sufi Murshid SAMUEL LEWIS

May 4, 2019     Puget Sound, WA    SUFI RUHANIAT INT’L

SUFI SATURDAY & ZIKR

Living Heart • THE WAY of the DERVISH

2:30-6 pm Sufi Teachings & Practices with Breath, Sound, & Walk

Dances of Universal Peace      Dervish Healing Service

6 pm Potluck       7 pm Zikr & Turning

LAKE CITY, WA     (206) 850-2111    halway@comcast.net