Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.
Laila Umma Ya Quddus (Sacred Mother Night) Shlama l’ki Mariam Shlama Element Breaths Tat Tvam Asi
A Journey of Breath and Blessing with Shamsia Sandra Sunfire and Jilani Cordelia Prescott.
A residential retreat, including all meals, at Wistaston Hall Oblate Retreat Centre, Crewe.
The Khankah of the Heart is a vision of a Sufi community, a Khankah, based not in a building of bricks and mortar, but in the relationships between the deep and loving hearts of its members. All fervent seekers are welcome to join, whether new to this or having been walking the path for many years. The core of this community will be the practices and teachings of Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti (Samuel Lewis) and the Sufi and Dance lineages that he birthed. Dances of Universal Peace will be central to our group practice. In our experience and understanding, the Dances of Universal Peace are rooted in the whole of S.A.M.’s teachings and practices including the Walks and that they will flourish more fully, firmly attached to their roots from which they can not be separated.
This is a new venture initiated by Jilani Cordelia Prescott & Shamsia Sandra Sunfire. The Khankah of the Heart is envisioned to meet in different places at different times with different people guiding us through retreats. We are living in the UK but retreats here will welcome those from other countries and future retreats could also be held in other countries. This initial retreat will be 11th-14th January 2024, from supper on Thursday to after lunch on Sunday, at the Oblate Retreat Centre, Crewe, UK. Further details are on the attached flyer. There is a hope to expand this to a week long annual retreat, with other online and in person gatherings keeping us in touch in between. The retreats are envisioned to serve and nourish the Sufi community and friends, wherever we may call home, returning to our home in the heart, our Khankah of the Heart, where we can gather to “eat, dance and pray” together.
We are guided by our teachers.
“One who has learned friendship has learned religion; the one who has learned friendship has attained spiritual knowledge. The one who has learned friendship need learn very little else; morals in Persian is friendship” (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
“…real meetings are mergings; they change the parties involved leaving them more fully themselves.” (Murshid SAM)
We follow in their footsteps, walking with them.
As Mentors and Dance Leaders we strongly feel that in order for the transmission of the Dances of Universal Peace to be healthy and complete, we need to provide opportunities for Dance Leaders and potential Dance Leaders, to deeply experience SAM’s Dances & Walks, teachings and practices. This can provide strong roots for DUP to grow and bloom anew, setting new seeds for future growth in our young people.
We are applying for grants to start an ongoing bursary fund to enable us to support those encountering financial difficulties to be able to join us. This will be available to all including those who will in future serve and support our communities, the young people. We recognise that these are challenging times and that financial challenges are becoming more widespread and that a bursary fund will help our community to be more supportive and inclusive. If you are experiencing abundance and feel inspired to support our bursary fund, please contact us.
We are committed to exploring sustainable ways to continue to gather as a Sufi Community, financially and based on caring for the Earth’s limited resources. Although this venture has no history, no herstory, no theirstory, we nurture and pray for its future.
Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.
Inana Nuhre d’alma – I Am the Light of the World
Estaferallah Ya Nuri, Ya Nuri, Ya Allah, Allah Nuri
Gayatri Mantra “We meditate on that most adorable, desirable and enchanting luster and brilliance of our Supreme Being, our Source Energy, our Collective Consciousness….who is our creator, inspirer and source of eternal Joy. May this warm and loving Light inspire and guide our mind and open our hearts.”
It is said that this sacred prayer spirals through the entire universe from the heart of the chanter, appealing for peace and divine wisdom for all. The Gayatri Mantra inspires wisdom in us. The Vedas say: To chant the Gayatri Mantra purifies the chanter. To listen to the Gayatri Mantra purifies the listener.
Songs of One Breath is a weekly meditation and chant session with Jilani Cordelia, broadcast live from Scotland via Zoom and YouTube every Friday at 7pm UK time. All are welcome to join.
PEACE PRAYER
I pray to the Unity that becomes Two for love’s sake while remaining One. O Mother of Eternity, Almighty Father, Christ Sophia, Rachman i’Rahim, O Shiva Shakti, El Shaddai, entwined upon my spine, O Magdalena, Tower of Myrrh, Melchizedek of the Parliament of Starlight pouring through my vagus nerve: I breathe in your Love and breathe out Love to all the earth. I breathe in your Beauty and breathe out Beauty to all the earth. I breathe in your Healing and breathe out Healing to all the earth. I breath in your Abundance and breathe out Abundance to all the earth. By the authority and grace of a single exhalation, I abolish and dissolve every border drawn by politicians and kings, priests and ayatollahs, whose maps live only in the mind. And by the outrageous invincible audacity of one humble breath, I declare that from this New Moon on, Earth’s only boundaries shall be curves, the round and oval, tree rings, seeds, globes of toadstool and mollusk spiral, furrows in loam, thigh-swollen, bosom-heaved, tenderly kneaded by gravity, bathing in undulations of stone. Rivers, mountains, deserts, shores. And even these, mostly, in the prudence of time, shall be swept away by wind and rain. ____________ Prayer by Fred Lamotte
Jilani Cordelia is delighted to be back in France, in the Alps, to welcome the New Year with Dances of Universal Peace, Meditations, Celebrations, Live Music and Games.
The Dances of Universal Peace are sacred, healing dances. They draw inspiration from spiritual traditions from around the world. Through song and dance, they open us to inner peace, unity, joy. (No prior experience required, open to all.)
Through dances and various practices, Jilani Cordelia will invite us to look back at the past year with gratitude and forgiveness, and to look forward at the year to come with confidence and trust.
Info & reservation: +33 658 25 14 17
odiledouressamy@gmail.com
Participation: €80 before December 1st, €120 after.
Accommodation and meals extra.
Registration form on request
Accommodation: It is extra. Prices are set by Dhyan who runs “Home Shanti Home”: 20€ in your truck, 30€ for a room for 3/4 persons, 35€ for a room for 2 persons (25€ per person for a couple), 40€ in caravan or chalet for 2 persons, 50€ for a single room. These prices are per person and per night. Everyone brings sheets, pillowcases and towels.
Accommodation is limited. The first to register will be the first to be served, otherwise you will always have the option of staying outside and then joining our group.
Meals: Meals will be prepared by a cook and a cook’s assistant. Each meal will be 12€,except the festive New Year’s meal being 15€, this will make 75€ in total. Breakfasts remain your responsibility.
Registration: complete the Registration Form & make a money transfer of 30% of the total amount (participation & accommodation) to Association “Joie de l’Etre”, organizer of the event. On site, upon arrival, you will be asked for the balance in cash. If you cancel your deposit will be kept as compensation.
with Jilani Cordelia Prescott & Gulzar Christina Lausevic
“You have no idea how hard I’ve looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right.
What’s the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean.
Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It’s no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these.
So I’ve brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.” (Rumi)
Dances of Universal Peace ✽ Word Circles ✽ Meditative Walks ✽ Chanting ✽ Breathing Mysticism ✽ Meditation ✽ Zikr ✽ Guiding opportunities or DUP Labs ✽ Training for Magnetism and Presence
The DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE (DUP) are meditative circle dances that are currently danced all over the world, were inspired and given as a practice for inner peace and as a contribution to peace on Earth. They are an active form of meditation and facilitate the opening of the heart, reminding us and making manifest the Oneness, of which we are all a part, beyond our differences.
Chanting mantras and sacred phrases from different wisdom traditions and through simple and universal movements, we remember and vibrate values and qualities that return us to the harmony, peace and unity that, beyond the restlessness of the mind, are found naturally in the deepest part of us.
No previous dance or music experience is required, everyone is welcome!
This hostel is a historic building and recently renovated. Accommodation in rooms with 2, 4, 5 or 7 beds, with bathroom inside the room. For more information about the place: https://reaj.com/albergues/juvenil-argentina/
All prices include lodging, food and gathering expenses.
170€: Normal price 140€: Discounted price for vulnerable economies (if you need more discount ask us) 200€: Price with extra donation to financially support the organization and teachers.
85€: Children price Limited places. Registration deadline: 17th December 2023
1) Fill the registration form: https://forms.gle/mwZETwLYaS9LF7qx9
2) Write to Adriana Fatima to let her know you have filled the form.
– by phone/WhatsApp/Telegram al +34 663 10 12 72 – or by email a adrianachi522@gmail.com.
3) Adriana Fatima will write to you to confirm your place.
“Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful”
Dances of Universal Peace at Om Yoga Works, Leeds,
Saturday 11th November 2023 3-5 pm
Dance the Prayers of your Body, Heart and Soul!
These dances could be called body prayers: simple, gentle yet powerful movements with chants drawn from many world traditions, all celebrating Unity. Moving, chanting and breathing in rhythm together we begin to harmonise ourselves as individuals and as a group. Our bodies and hearts can realign with the rhythm of our souls. The results can be wonderful: we may experience sensations of peace and joy, heart-opening connections with others and a sense of oneness with all-that-is.
Everything is taught as we go along, so anyone can join.
Jilani is delighted to return to Om Yoga Works, which is a beautiful, nurturing space to dance in.
Saturday 11th November Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm
If you’d like to join us for a shared meal afterwards, please bring a contribution of something delicious to share.
Om Yoga Works Studio,
Springfield Commercial Centre, Unit 15D (1st Floor), Bagley Lane, Farsley, Leeds. LS28 5LY
Investment:£15.00
Contact:Please contact Jilani for further information and to book:
Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.
The world stands out on every side no wider than the heart is wide. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Cast aside the 10,000 things, And love only one. Don’t go onto another.
Engage your lively awareness With this one focus –- One object, one thought, one symbol. Now go inside. Find the centre, The soul, the heart.
Right here, In the middle of the feeling, Attend the blossoming— Attention vast as the sky. (Radiance Sutras 39)
Aligned with the One are those whose lives radiate from a core of love; they shall see God everywhere (Beatitude No. 6)
Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.
Radiance Sutras no.12 There is a current of love energy that flows Between Earth below and Sun above.
The central channel of your spine is the river bed. The streaming is a delicate and powerful As the tingling touch of lovers.
Entering here, Radiance arches between above and below.
Your whole attention resting in the subtle, Vibrating in the centre of the spinal column, Tracing this current between Earth and Sun, Become magnetism relating all the worlds.
Radiance Sutras no. 24 This body is made of earth and gold, Sky and stars, rivers and oceans, Masquerading as muscle and bone. Every substance is here: Diamonds and silver, magical elixirs, Ambrosia that gives visions, Herbs that nourish and heal. The foundation of the planet, Immortal magnetic iron, Circulating in the blood.
Every element in you loves the others: Earth loves rain, sky love sun, Sun loves the space it shines through, Space loves everyone equally.
In meditation, luxuriate in knowing this deep and simple truth. Every cell is an organ of sense Infused with majesty.
Radiance Sutras no.34 The air I am breathing was exhaled in ecstasy By an ancient sun. This earth I am standing on Was born of cosmic fire. The blood flowing through my veins Is as salty as the primordial ocean. The space permeating my body Is infinite as the space all around. Above, below, to all sides, within, The elements of the universe Are engaged in their ceremony of delight.
This is my religion. The attraction between suns Is the same As the love pulsating in my heart.
