I will be teaching at the Sacred Arts Community Camp from Friday 26th May to Saturday 3rd June, 2023. Something to offer all ages, this family camp in the Chiltern Hills will nurture and inspire you. * Camping in circles around a fire * Community * Friendship * Dancing * Singing ** Creativity * Meditaion […]
As we approach the festivals of Passover and Easter, which both fall during the holy month of Ramadan this year, I’m reflecting on all the powerful and beautiful potential for peace and justice which could be our focus at this time, if we choose. The following prayer authored by Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy was […]
Ramadan Mubarak! Our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whenever our lips praise God. – Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti): This praise is the one thing which surely pierces the mind-mesh. In the first place, the praise we give to God […]
Read More… from Songs of One Breath – Recorded 24/3/23 Ramadan Mubarak
I will be taking a group to Morocco again from 4-11 February 2023, with my beloved Sufi guide Muiz Brinkerhoff. We’ll be visiting the beautiful new eco-lodge, La Maison Anglaise, in Taroudant. I was lucky enough to be one of their first visitors when they opened, just before the pandemic, and I can’t recommend it […]
Coming together as women do… Women’s Retreat 1-3 July Other accommodation is in very comfortable flats, with kitchens so you can make tea and snacks for yourselves whenever you want. The flats each sleep around 3-6 people. One flat is situated on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible, as is the hall where we […]
I’m taking bookings now for this day event which Salik and I are offering on 14 May. It’s in a stunning new (to us) venue, which we are very excited to share with you. The Westwood Centre is in a beautiful location, and there are big windows looking out over the valley which the sun […]
Read More… from The Radiant Heart – Dances in Huddersfield – 14th May 2022
Dear Friends, Greetings of Peace to you all! I want to share with you some of the projects I am working on at the moment, in the hope that you may be interested, and maybe even join me. I am very excited to be travelling to Wales in March with Salik, to lead dances in […]
Read More… from Tending the Flame – Dances in Wales! 12-13th March 2022
Jilani trained for many years with Neil Douglas-Klotz, the originator of this body of work, the embodied experience of the Aramaic words of Jesus through chant and body prayer. If you are inspired by his work, please explore his website here: https://abwoon.org, where you can make a donation to him in gratitude. You can also […]
Q&A with Jilani Cordelia Prescott, Sufi Elder, discussing active compassion in the climate emergency. Throughout human history life has been a fragile, precious gift, and death a constant companion. Modern medicine and affluent societies have helped us to imagine that we are or could be immune from sickness, suffering and death. This illusion of (and search […]
Join Jilani and Salik on Tuesdays at 7:30pm UK time for around 90 minutes on zoom as we share sacred chants and body prayers accompanied by beautiful live music on guitar and viola. These meditations involve our whole being, inviting us to experience connection with each other and with the divine. We teach all the […]
