Future-Events – SufiPaths.net

HERE IS OUR EXTENDED CALENDAR of Sufi events in California’s Bay Area, the North Bay and beyond, over the next 9 months or so. INSTRUCTIONS: Click or tap the > and < arrows to change months. (Note that events on this calendar in the next few weeks are also visible in the right-hand sidebar of the ‘Home’ page — no need to check both places.) To add or edit listings, contact the web-minder, shafee@sufipaths.net

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5	6 Healing circle, Corte Madera Healing circle, Corte Madera January 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm Ayat writes: We are doing the Healing Ritual (Healing Circle) at Garden of Allah and have settled on 1st and 3rd Mondays at 6pm. Contact for details, directions and parking information ayat4sri@sonic.net •	7	8 Mevlevi class at Khankah SAM Mevlevi class at Khankah SAM January 8, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm 65 Norwich St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA Mevlevi Zikr and Turn class with Peter and Jami 2nd Wednesday & 4th Tuesday of each month. 7:30pm. Khankah SAM Kitchen Rumi poetry, Sufi practice, Zikr, learning the Dervish turn •	9 NO CLASS 1/09/20 with Murshid Wali Ali NO CLASS 1/09/20 with Murshid Wali Ali January 9, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm The Mentorgarden •	10 Zikr in SF with Halim and Vakila Zikr in SF with Halim and Vakila January 10, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm 410 Precita Ave, San Francisco Zikr with Halim and Vakila FRIDAY JANUARY 10th at 7:30 PM An evening of deep and ecstatic Sufi zikr with Halim Friedman and Vakila ter Veld at the Mentorgarten, 410 Precita Avenue, San Francisco Please join us for this special evening! All are welcome. •	11 Dream work shop with Azima -- San Rafael Dream work shop with Azima -- San Rafael January 11, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 9:00 am Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael View flyer Dear friends,.in addition to the retreat i'm doing at the Garden of Allah for our Sufi family, i'm also offering a dream workshop for the general public at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin in San Rafael on January 11-12 (all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon). In case you wanted to do this work but are not available on January 17-19, you might like to join the one on the 11-12. The fee for that is $90 with advance registration, but for our Sufi family, i'm offering this for $60. I'm attaching the flier. To register, please send $60 via PayPal to azima@zianet.com. Please include in the notes your name and "UU workshop". I'd be delighted to see you there! Love and blessings, Azima -- Azima Lila Forest azima@zianet.com May all beings be well & happy & peaceful & free Walnut Creek Dances of Universal Peace + Potluck Walnut Creek Dances of Universal Peace + Potluck January 11, 2020 @ 7:30 pm 55 Eckley Ln, Walnut Creek "The Dances are a joyous way of touching the spiritual essence in ourselves and others." Led by Rev. SierraLynne White & friends. We meet every second Saturday to eat, dance and pray together at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek (Directions here) POTLUCK: 6:30 potluck in Bortin Hall (delicious mostly vegetarian or vegan food from our delightful dancers!) and DANCING from 7:30-9:30 in the Sanctuary. These Dances are an Interfaith Spiritual practice honoring the earth and all religious and faith traditions with embodied prayer, song, and live music. Each joyful and easy dance and chant is taught - no partner and no experience necessary! We come together to create unity and peace. We join together to celebrate the ever-flowing compassion and unconditional Love of the Divine Holy One. Our heart-cups overflow, so we can radiate peace to bless and heal ourselves and the world. Let us pray for peace, love, harmony and beauty. There's plenty of room for friends old and new in our beautiful sanctuary! Come, come whoever you are! "My peace theme: Eat, Dance and Pray together" - Sufi Murshid Samuel Lewis (Dances originator) Suggested donation $10 or offering of any amount. • •
12 Sebastopol Sufi Dances of Univ. Peace Sebastopol Sufi Dances of Univ. Peace January 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Community Center Youth Annex, 425 Morris St, Sebastopol Meets 2nd & 4th Sundays at 11:00, with Tui Wilschinsky and friends. View flyer here. All are welcome. Peace Dances in S.F. with Sage & friends Peace Dances in S.F. with Sage & friends January 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am The Mentorgarden, 410 Precita, San Francisco COME MYSTICS, COME ALL TO DANCE AND PRAY AND SING San Francisco Dances of Universal Peace 2nd Sundays at the Mentorgarden (the original home of the Dances of Universal Peace) 410 Precita Avenue in SF, from 11-1pm. All are welcome. Potluck to follow questions? Contact Sage; (415) 240-2911 Dream work shop with Azima -- San Rafael Dream work shop with Azima -- San Rafael January 12, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael View flyer • • •	13 DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle January 13, 2020 DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle second and fourth Mondays at Michael Endlich’s. (707.696.0708 -- please call before coming) •	14 Zikr in Sebastopol with Muiz, Gaiatree and friends Zikr in Sebastopol with Muiz, Gaiatree and friends January 14, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm 380 Morris St, Suite F, Sebastopol Zikr with Muiz, Gaiatree and friends each 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:30 pm (please be on time or a little early). Khalil Chuck Johnson is kindly offering his New Vintage Artists Recording Studio space for the monthly Zikr. Prayerful chant, recitation, and concentration on divine qualities with simple movements and music. Invoking blessing for all beings, love harmony and beauty. $ 7 - 20 sliding scale New Vintage Artists Recording Studio 380 Morris St, Suite F Sebastopol, CA 95472 #380 is between Laguna Park Way and the Sebastopol Community Center. Suite F is at the far back end of the building Your contribution completes your side of the Spiritual Reciprocity Energy Circuit. Giving back for what you receive maintains and increases your capacity to receive. Please remember to keep social conversation to a minimum before the Zikr begins. Looking forward to having you join us in this Caravan of Awakening Hearts. If you have questions, or want more info, please contact me. Muiz Brinkerhoff <muiz@becomingclear.org> •	15 Healing Service in Oakland Healing Service in Oakland January 15, 2020 @ 2:00 pm Oakland Healing Ritual, 3rd Wednesday, 2 PM, at Fadhilla Bradley’s home. 33 Linda Avenue Apt. #2108, Oakland CA. Please call to confirm. 510-250-9025. Thanks and love, Fadhilla Fadhilla Bradley fadbrad@berkeley.edu (510) 250-9025 'URS CELEBRATION OF MURSHID SAM 'URS CELEBRATION OF MURSHID SAM January 15, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael Golden Gate Sufi Circle ~ Sufi Ruhaniat International A CELEBRATION OF THE 49TH URS OF MURSHID SAMUEL L. LEWIS Tuesday, January 15, 2020 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. A joyous and meaningful celebration of the life and teachings of "Sufi Sam", who founded the Dances of Universal Peace and brought the Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty to San Francisco in the 60's. He predicted that his transmission would go all over the world, and today we gratefully see the outcome of his tireless work. Please join us for dances, music, stories, companionship with devotees old and new. View flyer for details and directions. • •	16 Sufi Healing Service & Class in Santa Rosa Sufi Healing Service & Class in Santa Rosa January 16, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Santa Rosa, CA There is a great need for healing in the world at this time. We are beset with natural disasters and incredible violence. Please RSVP as space is limited. Phone Mahdiah at (707) 806-2933 or email Mahdiah@comcast.net •	17 DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE January 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Garden of Allah. Corte Madera CA Presented by Azima Lila Forest at the Garden of Allah Sufi center in Marin. FLYER HERE. "Give yourself the gift of a weekend of work and play with dreams and the Oracles: Tarot, I Ching, and Runes. Learn how to call upon the Spirit of Guidance through these channels of wisdom. Energize your dreaming life, including more and better recall, deeper understanding of the gifts your dreams offer you, and enhancing your quality of life through your dreams." Address 112 Edison Ave, Corte Madera. Parking is tricky, allow extra time. •	18 DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE January 18, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 10:00 am The Garden of Allah. Corte Madera CA Presented by Azima Lila Forest at the Garden of Allah Sufi center in Marin. FLYER HERE. "Give yourself the gift of a weekend of work and play with dreams and the Oracles: Tarot, I Ching, and Runes. Learn how to call upon the Spirit of Guidance through these channels of wisdom. Energize your dreaming life, including more and better recall, deeper understanding of the gifts your dreams offer you, and enhancing your quality of life through your dreams." Address 112 Edison Ave, Corte Madera. Parking is tricky, allow extra time. Melodies of the Heart with Pir Shabda Melodies of the Heart with Pir Shabda January 18, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 10:00 am Albany, CA Melodies of the Heart -- Dear Friends, We invite you to the upcoming music class with Pir Shabda Kahn, Zikr- Melodies of the Heart. This will be a very special opportunity to learn beautiful Zikr melodies. Spiritual practitioners and all who love to sing devotional music are encouraged to attend.Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Please see the linked announcement for more details. -- Joan Whirling Sema Ceremony for the 'Urs of Dede Whirling Sema Ceremony for the 'Urs of Dede January 18, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm The Urs of Mevlevi Shaykh Suleyman Dede, • • •
19 DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE DREAMS, ORACLES AND THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE January 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 10:00 am The Garden of Allah. Corte Madera CA Presented by Azima Lila Forest at the Garden of Allah Sufi center in Marin. FLYER HERE. "Give yourself the gift of a weekend of work and play with dreams and the Oracles: Tarot, I Ching, and Runes. Learn how to call upon the Spirit of Guidance through these channels of wisdom. Energize your dreaming life, including more and better recall, deeper understanding of the gifts your dreams offer you, and enhancing your quality of life through your dreams." Address 112 Edison Ave, Corte Madera. Parking is tricky, allow extra time. •	20 Healing circle, Corte Madera Healing circle, Corte Madera January 20, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm We do the Healing Ritual (Healing Circle) at the Garden of Allah on the first and third Mondays at 1:00pm. Contact for details and directions ayat4sri@sonic.net. Our healing circles are experiential, using breath, sound, contemplation and prayer to open and experience hidden treasures such as purification, compassion and healing power which are in our True Nature. We than perform the Absent Healing ritual of Hazrat Inayat Khan to send healing light to others. •	21 Sebastopol Healing Circle (at Shafee's) Sebastopol Healing Circle (at Shafee's) January 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Sufi Healing Ritual, originated by the great teacher and healer Hazrat Inayat Khan over a century ago, is now widely practiced and appreciated internationally. During the ceremony we use concentration, breath and sound to open to the experience of healing power flowing in us and through us; and we direct that power from our circle toward individuals who have asked for healing prayer. On the first Tuesday of the month at Ananda's and on the third Tuesday at Shafee's. Please call before coming (especially for the first time) -- Ananda 505-470-6977 or Abdul Shafee 707-484-0573 -- or check this calendar for any possible schedule changes. •	22	23 A Spiritual Journey through the 99 Names of Allah: Murshid Wali Ali A Spiritual Journey through the 99 Names of Allah: Murshid Wali Ali January 23, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm The Mentorgarden, 410 Precita Avenue, San Francisco As co-author of Physicians of the Heart, Murshid Wali Ali uses its profound and accessible teachings as a major part of the Sufi approach to integration of self and realization of the God reality. These teachings are helpful to all and especially to those who desire to be on the path of awakening. All are welcome to this program, which proposes to take participants, over time, through a complete process. Classes will be held twice a month on the 2nd & 4th Thursday evenings at 7:30 and will run for about two hours, Those who attend are encouraged to leave a donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Zikr in Marin with Pir Shabda Zikr in Marin with Pir Shabda January 23, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm 75 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael SUFI ZIKR CIRCLE -- click for flyer & 2020 schedule.. Sacred chant with movements in the Sufi tradition and Dances of Universal Peace with Pir Shabda Kahn and friends at this elegant and convenient location. Suggested Donation $10. View directions here and a campus map. To receive reminders, join the SufiPaths email list -- or Bhavani's list -- or both! For more information call Bhavani 707-829-3209. • •	24	25 Berkeley Dances of Universal Peace Berkeley Dances of Universal Peace January 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm Berkeley Fellowship of UU, 1606 Bonita Av.(upstairs) Berkeley NEW schedule! Now the fourth SATURDAY at 7:00 pm. We will continue joyously to dance together at the same location, the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists' 'Connie Barber' room, 1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley (through gate of preschool, in a door and up the stairs. It is the room to the right. Unfortunately there is no elevator, we are sorry) About a 20 min walk from either Downtown or North Berkeley Bart, free neighborhood parking. $10-15 donation requested to help pay for space. No one turned away for lack of funds. Questions? Contact sadaya9@gmail.com •
26 Sebastopol Sufi Dances of Univ. Peace Sebastopol Sufi Dances of Univ. Peace January 26, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Community Center Youth Annex, 425 Morris St, Sebastopol Meets 2nd & 4th Sundays at 11:00, with Tui Wilschinsky and friends. View flyer here. All are welcome. Santa Cruz Dances of Universal Peace Santa Cruz Dances of Universal Peace January 26, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dances of Universal Peace in SANTA CRUZ June 24th, 5:00 to 7:00pm at Tri Yoga, 708 Washington Street, Santa Cruz with Vanessa Hafiza, Jilani, Adora, Gigi, Junayad, and Dorene Garvin • •	27 DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle January 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm DHO East Bay Evening Healing Circle second and fourth Mondays at Michael Endlich’s (707.696.0708 -- please call before coming) •	28 Mevlevi class at Khankah SAM Mevlevi class at Khankah SAM January 28, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm 65 Norwich St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA Mevlevi Zikr and Turn class with Peter and Jami 4th Tuesday of each month. 7:30pm. Khankah SAM Kitchen Rumi poetry, Sufi practice, Zikr, learning the Dervish turn •	29	30	31

January 2020