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.
Jilani and Salik welcome you to join them in person at the Heart Centre, near Hebden Bridge, where we will be sharing 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 words, chants and movements carefully each time, so beginners can easily join. The depth of peace and devotion that can be experienced often takes us all by surprise.
Do sign up to our email list, or if you prefer you can join our Messenger or WhatsApp groups by messaging us your details. We send regular reminders on these. The link for Jilani’s email list can be found here
We offer these gatherings freely, however, it supports our work and our ability to provide for our family and home if you are able to offer us a donation. But no-one will be turned away for lack of funds. Payment – via Paypal – paypal.me/theheartcentre (please leave the ‘Goods and Services’ button unchecked to avoid a charge being levied) Please use ‘Sufi Group’ as the reference. Thank you
Themes we have explored through ancient wisdom practices include Gratitude, Forgiveness, Loss, Fear, Devotion and Peace. Some of our gatherings are recorded and can be found on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/JilaniandSalik We will be adding to the recordings from time to time, so do subscribe and you will be notified when we upload a new one.
Jilani and Salik welcome you to join them on zoom where we will be sharing 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 words, chants and movements carefully each time, so beginners can easily join. The depth of peace and devotion that can be experienced, even on Zoom, often takes us all by surprise.
The Zoom link will be posted in our regular mail-outs, so do sign up to our email list to receive it, or if you prefer you can join our Messenger or WhatsApp groups by messaging us your details. We send regular reminders on these. The link for Jilani’s email list can be found here
We offer these gatherings freely, however, it supports our work and our ability to provide for our family and home if you are able to offer us a donation. But no-one will be turned away for lack of funds. Payment – via Paypal – paypal.me/theheartcentre (please leave the ‘Goods and Services’ button unchecked to avoid a charge being levied) Please use ‘Sufi Group’ as the reference. Thank you
Themes we have explored through ancient wisdom practices include Gratitude, Forgiveness, Loss, Fear, Devotion and Peace. Some of our gatherings are recorded and can be found on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/JilaniandSalik We will be adding to the recordings from time to time, so do subscribe and you will be notified when we upload a new one.
Remember – sign up for Jilani’s Newsletter here to receive zoom links and more information.
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.
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:
The Beatitude Way: on the path of healing and ripeness. Healing through the spiral journey of the Breath.
Many of us are familiar with the Beatitudes as teachings of Jesus, in the beautiful words of the vernacular Bible. But what do phrases like ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God‘ really mean? What does it mean to be Poor in Spirit, for example? To deepen our understanding it can be helpful to see Jesus (or Yeshua, to give him his Aramaic name) as rooted in the mystical traditions of the Middle East, and to study his words in his native language of Aramaic.
Using practices that would have been very familiar to Jesus and his contemporaries, such as chanting, simple movements (body prayers), meditation, breath practices and silence, as well as opportunities for discussion, we will explore in depth and spaciousness the Aramaic words of Jesus, and the powerful healing journey of the Beatitudes. This cycle of dances and chants offers an opportunity for deep spiritual and psychological growth and understanding, a continuous spiral path of practical help with everyday life which is as relevant today as when Jesus first spoke these words of power.
The workshop is based on the work of Neil Douglas-Klotz, and we will learn and practice the phrases in Aramaic, as well as hearing the expanded translations given by Neil, which can shed much light on how we understand the words of Jesus. The phrases are set to simple chants, with simple movements or body prayers, which help to intensify our experience and embody our understanding.
The workshop will be led by Jilani Cordelia Prescott, an accomplished group leader with more than twenty five years experience as a teacher and musician. She studied with Neil Douglas-Klotz from 2007-2010, and continues to learn from him informally. She has shared the Aramaic work of Neil Douglas-Klotz widely in France and Spain, since 2010. A retreat with Jilani Cordelia is always an invitation to journey deeply, profoundly supported and safely held in the healing atmosphere she offers through the beauty and spiritual quality of her singing and playing. Her relaxed and patient teaching style means people easily learn the words, chants and movements, and can be free to enter the powerful and healing depths of the experience.
In French and English
LA VOIE DES BEATITUDES
Sur le chemin de la Bénédiction et de la Maturité…
Une Guérison par l’expérience spirale du Souffle.
Beaucoup d’entre nous connaissent les Béatitudes au travers des enseignements de Jésus et des belles paroles le la Bible vernaculaire. Des phrases comme « heureux les artisans de paix car ils seront appelés fils de Dieu » sont appréciées par beaucoup. Mais d’autres phrases peuvent être plus difficiles à saisir. Par exemple : que veut dire « heureux les pauvres en esprit » ? Pour approfondir notre compréhension il peut être intéressant de replacer Jésus (ou Yeshua, son nom Aramaïque) au sein de la tradition mystique du Moyen Orient, et d’étudier ses paroles dans sa langue native, l’araméen.
En reprenant des pratiques que vivaient Jésus et ses contemporains comme le chant, des mouvements simples (prières du corps), la méditation, les exercices de respiration et le silence ainsi que des occasions de discussion, nous explorerons dans une conscience élargie et en profondeur les mots de Jésus en araméen au travers de ce puissant voyage de guérison que sont béatitudes.
Ce cycle de danses et chants offre une opportunité pour une profonde croissance spirituelle et psychologique. Un chemin en spirale, continu, qui apporte dans notre vie quotidienne une aide pratique aussi appropriée aujourd’hui que quand Jésus, à son époque, prononçait ces mots dans sa langue native, l’araméen. Ce langage nous donne des indices du contexte, de la vision du monde et de la philosophie de l’époque. Il permet d’approfondir et de clarifier notre expérience d’ici et maintenant.
L’atelier est basé sur la traduction de Neil Douglas-Klotz (Les Prières du Cosmos, le Gospel caché etc) et nous apprendrons et pratiquerons les phrases en araméen tout en entendant les traductions élargies données par Neil qui peuvent bien nous éclairer sur notre compréhension des mots de Jésus. Les phrases des béatitudes sont reprises dans des chants simples avec des mouvements simples (des prières du corps) qui nous aident à intensifier notre expérience et à incarner notre compréhension.
L’atelier sera guidé par Jilani Cordelia Prescott, une guide accomplie et enseignante des dances de la Paix Universelle. Elle a plus de 30 ans d’expérience en tant qu’enseignante et musicienne.
This beautiful pilgrimage will take us to Istanbul, Yalova, Cappadocia and Konya. It includes the Middle East Dance Leader Training Camp in Yalova from 13-17 September.
The caravan and camp schedule is:
September 11-12: Istanbul (Sacred and historic sites) September 13-17: Yalova (Middle East Training Camp) September 18-20: Cappadocia Region (Nature and Magic) September 20-23: Konya (Local Sufis, Rumi)
We strongly recommend arriving at least 2 or 3 days earlier (on the 8th or 9th) because Istanbul is such a magical city with so many places and adventures available. In the Caravan we will take you to special visits, but a few days of tourism are recommended. We will provide later on, a list of things you can do and the name of our group accommodation (in case you want to stay there when you arrive)
In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, But sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
Mevlana Rumi
GENERAL INFORMATION
As the path unfolds, we invite you to join us in a mystical journey. The caravan is a service project of the Beyond Initiative whose purpose is to support the emerging circles of Dances of Universal Peace in the Middle East. We try to create the best experience for all of us but also we would like to inform you that this is a friendly invitation to support this process and is not intended as a professional package of a tourist agency. Your participation makes it possible to give grants and assistance to the DUP leaders in training from the region.
BOOKING INFORMATION
General Price of Caravan 2023: 900 EUR
What is included:
● All accommodations and most of the meals.
● Transportation to all of the organized activities, sites and transfers
● Entrance tickets to places and guidance. One ticket to the Mystic Music Festival. (In case the dates coincide with our visit to Konya)
● Teachings, workshops, visits to local teachers, etc.
What is not included:
Two lunches during the 2 free times at midday (one in Istanbul, one in Konya) and snacks for boat and bus ride.
Plane tickets to arrive in Istanbul or transport after Konya.
Any type of insurance.
Honoraries of any of the DUP teachers. Donations will be welcome.
Private rooms in Hotels. (Generally our rooms are for 4 people occupancy.)
Hot Air Balloon Ride or extra activities in Cappadocia
The $900 Euro price is intended to make this caravan accessible to younger generations of dancers and leaders, as well as participants from countries with less robust economies. There is a possibility of joining and paying an extra registration fee to have more comfort and privacy in accommodation. Private rooms for couples will be an extra $200 EUR per person and individual bedrooms will be an extra $400 EUR.
The private rooms will only be provided based on availability.
To reserve your space on the DUP Turkey Caravan 2023 please write to:
dupmiddleeast@gmail.com. Places are limited. The deadline for applying is July 31st, nevertheless, registration will close when the maximum number of participants is reached.
Come and immerse yourself in the beautiful Welsh countryside and ‘the Sacred Manuscript of Nature, the only book which can enlighten the reader’ (in the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the Sufi mystic). Over five days we will live together close to the land and deepen our connection to Mother Earth through many different practices, culminating in a beautiful co-created ceremony to honour and bless the Earth.
In the afternoons there will be training sessions for dance leaders – circles where new or more experienced dancers, dance leaders and musicians can explore the dance leading journey, with guidance and supporting practices held by Jilani, who is a very experienced mentor and trainer of dance leaders.
For more information, please see our event post here.
A Weekend Retreat: Friday 4 – Sunday 6 August 2023
An unprecedented opportunity to work with some of the world’s most experienced mentors and trainers in the
Dances of Universal Peace (DUP)
Arjun Jorge Calero (Colombia) – Senior Mentor
Gulzar Christina Lausevic and Jilani Cordelia Prescott (UK) – Mentors
At The Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire,
from 7 pm on Friday to 5 pm on Sunday
£197 before 30 June, £250 thereafter – two lunches and one evening meal included in the price.
This is a non-residential retreat in the beautiful Pennine town of Hebden Bridge, which has many varied possibilities for accommodation, including a hostel right next door to the centre which is very good value. It is easy to access by train and bus, and there is a car park at the centre as well.
To book, please email jilanicordelia@gmail.com, or click here for the booking form.
Bookings must be received by 12 July, so don’t delay!
Five days of dancing, singing, sharing, living together in a magnificent oasis of life in the Lot-et-Garonne area of France. Dances of Universal Peace, the Walks of Murshid SAM, Polyphonic Singing, Sufi Meditation, Yoga, Workshops… Connecting to our Deepest Roots. In French and English. Camping, or some rooms available in the gite. Delicious meals at midday and evening are included in the price.
AVEC JILANI, MARIE-CHRISTINE, MICHELLE, SOLÈNE ET LA BELLE ÉQUIPE DES MUSICIENS ET COCRÉATEURS DE CE CAMP
Info: Solène: +33 (0)6 38 02 88 84
Accueil le 14 à partir de 17h, départ le 20 matin Hébergement en camping ou chambres sur demande
Délicieux repas du midi et soir inclus dans le prix
