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Wisdom of the Ages – Retreat
April 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – April 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
A Dances of Universal Peace Retreat with a focus on Wisdom.
Dance in Fort Collins with Grace D Marie, Timothy Dobson, Maboud Charles and Tara Andrea Swierkosz, Connie Zareen and Ira Liss.
VENUE
We’ll be meeting and dancing in the Elizabeth Hotel in the heart of Old Town Fort Collins, is an experience that transcends the ordinary. It is an eclectic mix of bold details and traditional elements. It is a gathering, dining, and entertainment destination in the heart of Fort Collins. Fifth floor outdoor rooftop terrace with fire pits has floor to ceiling windows and majestic views of Old Town and the Foothills.
We have 10 rooms reserved for participants at a discount price. Each room has a record player and selection of vinyl records. The lending library in the lobby has an even larger selection of records and musical instruments to borrow and play.
We’ll be dancing in the Walnut Ballroom – Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
COST & DETAILS
Retreat Cost: $200 per person
Includes: Dance sessions Friday-Saturday-Sunday and Wisdom gatherings: Harmonic Temple Chant, Meditation, Breath and Walking Concentrations.
Beverages and small food items will be provided on Saturday. Your food and lodging are separate. For your meals, great restaurants are nearby on the mall. Grace is working on special group meals in Old Town.
Lodging: $250 per person/2 nights/Friday, Saturday, Sunday checkout
Your best experience will be staying in the Hotel with us. Use this link to book your room at our group rate. Payments for your room are made directly with the Hotel.
The Link to book your room at the Elizabeth Hotel is below.
You can only book a room with this link.
Book your group rate for Life as a Garden
This special price is available – Thursday, April 13 to Monday, April 17, 2023. You will find the information on the online reservation link.
Our Discount rates – Choice of 2 Queen Beds (1 – 4 per room), or 1 King bed.
$219/night/room (If you share this is only $109.50 each/night or total per person of $250 for 2 nights.
Payment for Retreat:
Send Check payable to: Grace D Marie, PO Box 2454, Fort Collins, CO 80522 OR
PayPal: www.PayPal.me/GraceDMarie
For more information:
Contact: Connie Zareen – mysticdancecaravan@gmail.com
or call Connie Zareen – (208) 756-3076
Schedule:
Friday, April 14 –
4:30 – 6pm – Optional Dinner and gathering at location TBA (Dinner not paid for by retreat)
7pm – Dance session begins at 7 – Ballroom remains open until 11.
Saturday, April 16 –
Full day with mid morning and mid afternoon breaks with food provided by retreat.
9am – 12:30 Morning session
2:30 – 5:00pm – There will be a mid-afternoon break with food.
7pm – Evening session – Ballroom remains open until 11.
Sunday, April 16-
9am – 11am – Dance session
Individual Sessions
Public sessions will be on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Cost for Friday and Saturday nights will be $35 – $45 and Sunday morning is $25. If people need assistance with that payment, they can contact Zareen as to how much they need and we will do our best to assist as we don’t want to turn anyone away for lack of funds.
Contact mysticdancecaravan@gmail.com to be on the list for the public sessions. Space is limited so it’s first come first served.
Food for Saturday Breaks (provided by retreat:
10:30am
Deviled Eggs:Yolk Cream, Smoked Paprika, Micro Greens (Cold)
Tapenade Cucumber Cups
Olives, Sundried Tomatoes, Sweet Pepper, Basil (Cold)
Stuffed Mushrooms: Criminis, Boursin, Gremolata
3:00 PM
Tempura Vegetables
Seasonal Crudite in Fluffy Panko Batter, Sweet Chili Aioli (Hot)
Naan, Paneer, Hummus, Chutney, Baba Ghanoush
Vegetable Tray and Ranch Dressing
About the Staff
Grace D Marie – leads the Dances of Universal Peace in Fort Collins, CO, and worldwide. She organized 3 international dance leader trainings in Peru, and helped to organize continental Dance meetings for North and South America and Europe. She has been on staff for numerous dance camps, dance leader trainings and retreats worldwide. Her style is joyful, deep and ecstatic.
She has 4 CD’s, Kunda, One Love, All My Relations, and Life as a Garden, and is working on her first book on deepening relationships with the natural world.
Timothy Dobson – is a Loved and Beloved Dance Leader in Northern Colorado for over 30 years and continues to lead Dance. He planted the seeds of the Dances of Universal Peace in northern Colorado and with his leadership still being a continuous foundation for the Dances. The events he facilitates years are deep, opening, loving.
Tara Andrea and Maboud Swierkosz have been in love with the dances for over 3
decades and are long time mentors of the Dances of Universal Peace. They live in
Santa Fe, NM where they have lead public dance circles and week long Wazifah
Dance Retreats.
They have led dances and retreats internationally. Both are guides
in the Sufi Ruhaniat International. Their work with the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah,
or as Maboud would like to say, “the qualities of our potential for wholeness,” has
touched people throughout the world. Many of their original Wazifah Dances, that
include “Ya Shakur Allah Ya Hamid”, are being led internationally.
Connie Zareen is a dance leader from Idaho, author of several books, and a Non-duality & Zen teacher. She does both in-person and online events with the Mystic Dance Caravan. Zareen graduated from the Osho Multiversity in 1990 and brings that coyote energy of Zen laughter into the dances.
Ira Liss – Originally from NYC, Ira’s 35-year career includes stand-up comedy, theater
improv, murder mystery dinner theater, co-founding Red Thread Playback Theatre (where true stories come to life as instant theatre), and appearing at various Front Range venues – Denver’s Mercury Café, DCPA, Bug Theatre, Boulder’s Nomad Theater, Theatre O, Wesley Chapel, Block 1750, the Trident, and more.
Deborah Ogden has been drumming for Dances of Universal Peace and other spiritual
events for over a decade, drumming for more than one thousand events. She has studied Doumbek, Djembe, Tar, and Zarb with master drummers. She has performed on stage, most notably as the drummer and percussionist for a month-long run of the theatre production Arabian Nights at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins.
Jim Grant found the Dances of Universal Peace in 1991. He has been a dancer, drummer and on the board of directors of their non-profit. He studied doumbek, riqq, tar, djembe and dounouba with master drummers. He was a founding member of world-groove band Tuatha, which recorded 4 CDs worth of original music.
Marsha Marberry has been teaching Viniyoga, with her husband, in their home studio for 15
years. Viniyoga is a therapeutic form of yoga involving coordination of breath with
movement(asana). All ages.
She is a long time Fort Collins Dancer and supporter of the Dance, and has been offering yoga
at our retreats for many years.
Zareen & Wayne
208-756-3076
mysticdancecaravan@gmail.com