Mystic Dance Caravan

Montana Family Camp
2021-02-12 - 2021-02-13 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
There will be 3 sessions for our February MT Family Camp.
Friday (2/12 7:00 pm -8:30 pm MST)

Welcoming remarks
2-3 welcoming songs/virtual dances/chants
social time in breakout rooms (20-30 minutes?).
Return to the main zoom room for group practice/goodnight love songs/ closing prayer.

Saturday Morning (2/13 10:00 am – 11:30 MST)

Welcome and invocation.
Dance and community for 1.5 hous.

Saturday Evening (2/13 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm MST)

Please enter the space with intentions for the evening
Closing for the evening: Holding the quiet space for a while (10ish minutes), sign off at readiness.

2021 Equinox Zoom Zikr
2021-03-20 07:00 - 20:30 (America/Boise) | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Dear Friends on the Path,
Spring is in the air. Longer days and milder nights. Soon there will be a riot of color and the promise of new life, new beginnings.

Join Florence, Zareen and Wayne for a spring Equinox Zikr. Join us in song, movement, rhythm and prayer. Bring your percussion instruments to play along.

Apr 17th Zikr: w Flow, Zareen, Wayne & Arlene
2021-04-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Join us for an evening of song and movement, with familiar songs, and large hearts. As we continue waiting until we can gather together again in person it’s wonderful to see everyone smiling faces and share our music.
We set up this month’s dance evenings with a Zoom registration page to prevent us from getting bombed.
The registration pages are super easy to use. They will help match your local time zone with the scheduled time (MT). They give you a one click link to join the meeting. It’s easiest if you preregister, but you can also join the meeting at the scheduled time.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Leaders this evening will be Flo, Zareen, Wayne and Arlene.
Saturday, April 17th, 7:pm MT
Password:
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Registration:
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Grace Marie Gathering: Apr 24
2021-04-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
April 24th Zoom Gathering With Grace Marie
We will be meeting with Grace Marie and many more of our friends from Colorado and around the world Saturday morning, April 24. Live on zoom.

*Virtual* Dance with Grace D Marie
with offerings by hosts Zareen and Rahmana
Dances of Universal Peace, Prayers and Practices
Saturday, April 24, 2020
10am Mountain Standard Time
To Register:
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Donations are Love Offerings. Any amount is gratefulness.
Suggested donation is $20.00 USD
www.PayPal.me/GraceDMarie
Friends, I look forward to this Virtual Dance Offering, to share my favorite Dances from the books, woven with my original Dances, including Namaste.
Practice: A brief introduction and meditation to:

Unveiling the Parable and the Hidden Meaning of Genesis:
Inspired by Neil Douglas-Klotz, with his book Original Meditations, previously titled Genesis Meditations, Genesis, as a parable, is a personal creation process that occurs every day.

Friends Zikr
2021-05-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
A Zikr evening on Zoom with Flo, Rachmana and Zareen
Zoom meeting.
When: May 15, 2021 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Virtual Grace
2021-05-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Another evening sharing with Grace Marie
Zoom meeting.
When: May 22, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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No In-Person Retreats Planned until we are Pandemic Free
2021-08-01 15:00 - 2021-08-04 12:00 | Victor Idaho Tent, 5077 Pine Drive, Victor, ID, United States
HI All,

We feel pretty confident that we won’t be able to plan events until next spring. But stay tuned. We do have occasional zoom dances and will announce them through our mailing list and this website.
Connie Zareen, Wayne and the Gang

Songs & Singing with Zareen and Wayne
2022-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Zareen and Wayne will be offering a multi-faith Zikr evening this coming Saturday. We will meet for an hour to see each other’s faces and sing along with some of our beloved songs.
To facilitate Covid friendly meetings this summer Zareen is working on an idea for Kirtan like offerings. The idea is to travel around to people’s homes and have small meetings indoors, and a few simple outside events. Sitting and singing will make smaller gatherings doable.
What is it that makes Kirtan so powerful and moving? Is it the harmonium? Is it the particular type of chant? Is it the sitting still so that we can get deeper? We will work with some of that energy this Saturday and find out for ourselves. We’ll share a few new Kirtan like songs and some of our beloved favorites from the dances of universal peace.
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When: Jan 22, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Easter Global Attunement
2022-04-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
You are invited to a Zoom Song and Dance with Zareen and Wayne on Saturday, April 16th at 10: AM Mountain Time.
We’ll be working on an attunement to Erachman Erachim with a focus on healing internal and global wounds caused by the inner conflicts of separation.
Outline:
Ancesters Sky People – to bring in the Ancesters who have gone before us.
Take Me As I Am Zikr – Cleansing the veil of separation with Estaferalla by wondering if everything might be dissolving into goodness.
Angelic Bismilla – Discovering our participation in moving Towards the One. Bringing in Erachman Erachhim as the healing honey necter to sooth the narcissistic wound. The fear that existence isn’t holding us up.
Supported Erachman – The wound is cured by our own steadfastness.
May All Beings Have Happiness – Blessing our ongoing journey towards unity.
This session will be recorded and if the recording is sound will post to Youtube.
Hope to see you there.
Zareen and Wayne

Zoom Info:
When: Apr 16, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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If you lose your email just register again and you’ll get what you need to join.
Registration link can also be found at MysticDanceCaravan.com

Remembrance: Meetings With Remarkable Beings
2022-05-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
#1: Week One with Vishrant
This Week’s Attunement: Remembrance

This is Vishrant fom the Vishrant Buddhist Society. He lives and teaches in Perth Australia, and has agreed to meet with us for short Zikr Attunements and then for a session of answering questions. This is an exciting opportunity that is going to be both illuminating and fun.
We have a three-week schedule that will be respectful of Vishrant’s time and accessible to all of us in our busy lives. This way we can all grow and bloom from a new experience.

Event Info: WEEK 1 Remembrance

Sunday Morning, May 8.
Zikr of Remembrance.
10:00 AM Mountain Time
It will be recorded.

Zoom Registration:

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<< For Overview Page Click Here >>

Learn more about Vishrant here: https://www.vishrant.org/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVishrantBuddhistSociety

Upcoming Schedule

Monday, May 9. Zareen meets privately with Vishrant with the question: How does maturity help us on the spiritual quest?
Tuesday, May 10. I’ll pass along the video of Vishrant’s attunement and registration link for the upcoming zikr evening.
Sunday May 15. Working Man’s Zikr! 7:00 PM Mountain Time. It will be recorded.

CONCLUSION

Monday May 16. Community meeting with Vishrant. All are invited to come, meet Vishrant live, and ask questions.

We’ll start with the question: What does practice mean?

Maturity on the Path: Meetings With Remarkable Beings
2022-05-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
#2: Week Two with Vishrant
Our second meeting continues our attunement with Vishrant fom the Vishrant Buddhist Society. He lives and teaches in Perth Australia, and is meeting with us for short Zikr Attunements and then for a session of answering questions. This is an exciting opportunity that is going to be both illuminating and fun. Our schedule strives to be respectful of Vishrant’s time and accessible to all of us in our busy lives. This way we can all grow and bloom from a new experience.

<< For Overview of the Series Click Here >>

Our Question: How does maturity help on the spiritual path?
This week we had a small technical glich in our recording, so the sound isn’t great. Fortunately we are asking about maturity so we can deal with it… yes?

Here’s how to join us Sunday Morning

WEEK 2 Zikr Dance Maturity

Sunday, May 15.
Working Man’s Zikr!
10:00 AM Mountain Time.
It will be recorded and posted to the website later

Zoom Info:

When: May 15, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Songs:

Working Man’s Zikr: Celebrating our power and ordinaruness

The Call: Lifting ourselves up

Subahan Quddusan Rabbil Melieka: Purity, holy presence and calling in helpful beings

Subhan Allah Raga: Purity, celebration, peace is power

Healing Time: We’re in this together

Devotional Zikr: There is nothing but the one

Learn more about Vishrant here: https://www.vishrant.org/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVishrantBuddhistSociety

Upcoming Schedule

CONCLUSION

Monday May 16. Community meeting with Vishrant. All are invited to come, meet Vishrant live, and ask questions.

We’ll start with the question: What does practice mean?

Questions with Vishrant
2022-05-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
#3: Questions with Vishrant
In conclusion we meet personally with Vishrant fom the Vishrant Buddhist Society. This is an exciting opportunity that is going to be both illuminating and fun.
You’ve experienced Zareen asking a few questions… and now it’s your turn.
It will be 8 am in Perth Australia for Vishrant. Our schedule strives to be respectful of Vishrant’s time and accessible to all of us in our busy lives. This way we can all grow and bloom from a new experience.
<< For Overview Click Here >>

WEEK 3 Questions

Monday, May 16 – Evening
Questions
5:30 PM Mountain Time.

Zoom Info:

When: May 16, 2022 05:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)Register in advance for this meeting:
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Learn more about Vishrant here: https://www.vishrant.org/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVishrantBuddhistSociety

Thank you all for attending

Zoom dance - Non Duality
2022-07-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
First in our series with Eric Putkonen

What is non-duality?
Non-duality is covered in a lot of different traditions. It comes from Advaita Vedanta primarily, because what we call non-duality is derived from Advaita. which means “Not two.” But other traditions study it as well. Buddhism, Sufis and Dervishes talk about non-duality.
In a nutshell, poetically, you could say there is just oneness, there is no other, there is no second. This however brings up the idea of a me, an individuality, with a center of some kind. That’s two. It is but an illusion obscuring the fact that there’s just oneness there’s unicity only.
Non-duality can be challenging for people who are studying it because it feels like you’re always being told no. No… it’s not that. No it’s not this.
It is hard to grasp for a lot of people because most spiritual traditions, and the way we interact in the world, is from a dualistic separation. A “me” with a point of view. There’s always a “me” trying to get somewhere. There’s a “me” trying to get something. There’s a “me” trying to become. In non-duality, instead, you’re just realizing you’re that and seeing that the false is false.
So you’re seeing that this “me” isn’t who and what you are. This other doesn’t exist and there is simply the inherent nonduality, conscious self, ultimate reality … pick your term.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 7PM Mountain Daylight Time

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Non DualityCease DoingQ&A

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Zoom dance - Ceasing to Do
2022-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Second in our series with Non-dulaity teacher Eric Putkonen

Saturday morning July 16, 2022, 10am MT

Ceasing to do

I tend to talk a lot about ceasing to do because it is helpful to minimize our volitional action. Basically this “me” that is constantly trying to do just reinforces the feeling of a “me” trying to do something and get somewhere.

This ceasing to do can start in very very simplistic ways. We typically do so much more than is even necessary. I mean, if you just check your own posture for example. If you’re sitting or standing perfectly upright it requires very little muscle to stay upright, but if you’re leaning we have to do a lot to fight gravity or we’ll collapse.

So in the basic idea of ceasing to do you’re trying to minimize what it would take to stay up. This puts you perfectly in alignment, posture wise, for gravity to to keep you up without falling over.

It also would mean, as some zen people will talk, about doing one thing at a time. If you’re sitting, you’re just sitting. You’re not doing anything. Likewise, if you’re mowing the lawn – just mow the lawn. No more. No less. You don’t need to be thinking about what you need that to do afterwards. You don’t need to think about what transpired earlier dredging up the past. You don’t need a daydream. You can just turn it into a walking meditation, where you’re just walking and you happen to be pushing this mower along.

Likewise with Tai Chi, dance movements, whatever you’re doing. Just do that,. Be 100 devoted to the feeling experiencing of just that, and not doing anything else. Not referring to past, future daydreaming. Not doing extra things. I mean, if you’re doing a specific dance movement or Tai Chi movement for example you don’t need to add an extra twirl in there when it’s not supposed to be in there.

No extraneous movements. No extraneous thinking. Just ceasing everything but that motion in that time and place in the here and now.

When: Jul 16, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Meetings With Remarkable Beings

In-Person Dance Hamilton Montana
2022-07-17 17:00
Sunday, July 17th

5:00 to 8:30 pm

Celebrate Unity and Community with the Dances of Universal Peace.

Cone one, come all.

Homestead Organics Farm

175 Skalkaho Highway

Hamilton MT

5:00 to 6:30 – Evening starts with Bring your own picnic.

6:30 to 8:30 Dances of Universal Peace are inspired by the World’s many spiritual traditions. Simple words, movement and song are taught each time, creating an atmosphere of acceptance, joy and unity. No partner or experience needed.

Children are welcome

Refreshments after dance

Suggested donation – $5-20. All are welcome.

Contact Pay Murphy: 406-360-5568

montanapatmurphy@gmail.com

Q&A with Eric Putkonen
2022-07-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
How do you come up with a question? Does it matter what we ask?

I would say it’s best not to ask about hypotheticals. You want to try to make any question asked relevant to yourself not other people. If you ask a question like “How could you go with this philosophy”, it doesn’t really apply.

That’s basically the fruit of a of a Q&A session, or a satsong as I sometimes give them. The should pertain to you. It should be relevant to you. Not hypothetical, or about other people, or about the world. It could be about how you interact with the world but not about the world minus you.

So try to make the the the questions relevant to yourself. But if you you may have a question simply arise ask it. Like a question on ceasing to do or my understanding of nonduality. You may be finding there’s an obstacle or a pitfall or you don’t quite understand. How to do something, how to put it in practice, or how to understand something. The question arises as we talk. Those are usually the most valuable questions.

Tuesday Evening July 19, 2022, 6:00pm MDT

Zoom Invitation

When: Jul 19, 2022 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Non DualityCease DoingQ&A

Meetings With Remarkable Beings

Zoom Dance - Spiritual Dialogue
2022-08-30 19:00 - 20:00
Meetings with Remarkable Beings with Jeff Carreira Our first Dance sessions with attunements from Jeff Tuesday Evening, Aug 30, 2022 7:00 pm Question: The power and delight of spiritual dialogue

This meeting will be on Zoom. We’ll meet with some song and dance, and discussions around Jeff’s theme. Bring your own tea and cookies! Click the button below to watch Jeff’s video and be inspired.

See Video Attunement: Jeff Carreira on Spiritual Dialogue

Zoom Dance - Effort vs. No Effort
2022-09-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Second attunement with Jeff CarreiraEffort vs. No Effort on the Spiritual Path

It will be on Zoom When: Sep 7, 2022 7 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Question: Let’s talk about effort and no effort on the spiritual path. Are they opposed? Do they eventually blend? What’s it like to have no dog in the fight!

This meeting will be on Zoom. We’ll meet with some song and dance, and discussions around Jeff’s theme. Bring your own tea and cookies! Click the button below to watch Jeff’s video and be inspired.

Cllick to the video page: Jeff Carreira- Effort vs. No Effort

Dances of Universal Peace & Non-Duality
2022-09-21 16:30 - 18:30 | Lila Yoga Studio, 967 E 2100 S, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84106, United States
We’ll be dancing at the Lila Yoga studio in downtown Salt Lake City. In person!

Meet us for an afternoon of dance and inquiry.

Connie Zareen is a Dances of Universal Peace leader and non-duality teacher who uses song, movement and story to bust through the fixed belief systems that separate us from reality. She discovered her non-dual nature in 1990 on the death day of her teacher, and has been honing her ability to describe the non-dual state in useful ways since then. New breakthroughs in neuroscience are now giving us insights into the brain that we can use to return to our true being. It fits perfectly into song and dance and is delightfully fun.

We’ll use science, story, movement and song to enliven our full brain experience where insight and awakening occurs. Enjoy yourself as fully awake.

Please pass on our Facebook Event page

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Song and dance from spiritual traditions around the world.

Stories of Non-duality

Easy circle dances, taught on the spot.

No experience or partner needed.

FREE

Held as a community outreach class by Lila Yoga studio in downtown Salt Lake City.

Register at lilastudio.com or just show up!

It’s a spur of the moment addition, so our scheduling is a little challenging… but please try to make it!

Dance in Idaho Falls
2022-09-25 16:00 - 19:00 | Yoga Wellness Center, 451 River Pkwy, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83402, United States
Dances of Universal Peace& Plant Based Potluck

We start with Dances of Universal Peace

Simple, meditative joyous dances that use heart centered phrases, chant, music and movements from the mini traditions of the world.

4:00 to 5:30

With Zareen & Jennifer Evaly

PLANT BASED POTLUCK

With Idaho Falls Plant Based Food Group

Fellowship and food. Everyone is invited to bring a Favorites vegan dish to share.

5:30 to 7:00

HOSTED BY

Yoga Wellness Connection

451 River Pkwy, Idaho Falls, ID 83402

Non-Duality with Quan Yin
2022-09-25 18:00 - 19:00
Can’t come dance and want to share online?Non-Duality with Quan Yin’s Sufi Class

Zareen will join the call from the Idaho Falls Potluck and share about non-dualitySunday the 25th at 6pm Mountatin time.

Quan Yin runs a heart centered Sufi class on Sundays. Everyone is welcome who you think might enjoy the class or Quan Yin’s newsletter.

ZOOM INFO

Topic: Quan Yin Lynne Williams’s Zoom Meeting

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

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Jeff Carreira - The Path of Love
2022-10-15 10:00 - 23:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Zoom Invitation When: Oct 15, 2022 10 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Question: What about the path of love? Is that effort? Or no effort?

This meeting will be on Zoom. We’ll meet with some song and dance, and discussions around Jeff’s theme. Bring your own tea and cookies! Click the button below to watch Jeff’s video and be inspired.

Jeff Carreira on the Path of Love

Mood for Music
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Zoom Song & DanceThursday Oct 206:00 PM Mountain Time

The dance we were going to in Hamilton has been cancelled because of Covid… but I’m in the mood for music. So let’s meet online and sing!

Connection info below. Short story long… we had originally scheduled our final talk with Jeff on the 20th, and then a dance in Hamilton was scheduled so we moved our talk with Jeff to the 27th. And now the Hamilton dance is cancelled because of covid. But I’m in a mood… a mood for music.

So Wayne and I are going to boot up Zoom tomorrow evening and play some tunes. We’ll go straight from one to the other, offer dance moves where they fit, and just enjoy our songs.

Join if you can!

We are still meeting with Jeff next week. This week we sing!!

Register Link:

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Q&A With Jeff Carreira
2022-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Jeff Carreira is a teacher of Evolutionary Enlightenment and creator of spiritual communities.

“To put it simply, I support people to live a spiritually inspired life, free from the constraints of fear, worry and self-doubt, and aligned with their own deepest sense of meaning and purpose.”

Zoom meeting.When: Oct 27, 2022 6:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) We’ll meet personally with Jeff and get to ask what ever questions we want!

Register for Q&A With Jeff Carreira

Leader Training & Dance
2022-10-30 13:00 - 17:00 | Rexburg Country Home, 5517 West 5000 South, Rexburg, Idaho, 83440, United States
Dances of Universal Peace

Dance meeting and dance leader training – all are welcome; we need dancers as well as those interested in learning to lead the dances.

Dancing: Sunday Oct 30 at 2pm – 4 pm .

Training: Anyone interested in dance leader training should come early, at 1 PM and expect to stay later till about 4 PM.

Location: we will be using the living room in a home near Rigby, ID. There is lots of parking as it is out in the country.

The address is 5517 west 5000 south, Rexburg. Although the address is technically Rexburg, it’s just north of Rigby (by Bear World).

Contact: Text message to Jennifer Evaly at 208 524-2500 and she will get back to you.

Refreshments will be provided, or bring something to share.

Pull out the furniture and dance!!

December Birthday Music
2022-12-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
It’s Zareen’s birthday! Let’s meet and sing.

Invite Linkhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82131587145?pwd=[REDACTED]

Braiding Sweetgrass with Remarkable Beings
2023-01-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom, Zoom ID, United States
Meetings With Remarkable Beings

Stepping out of the commercialized mindset.

This is the first in a series of Meetings with Remarkable Beings sharing ideas and readings from the book Braiding Sweetgrass.

You can get Braiding Sweetgrass from Amazon. We recommend to get the Kindle version so you get instant access and save a tree. If you don’t wish to read the book, no worries. Join the discussion and learn how to complete switch of consciousness to native wisdom will transform human life.

As with all of our meetings with remarkable beings, this will be music and song and discussion conversation.

We will be doing this meeting slightly different than previously. If we get a good group of people, then we will make an attempt to get the author to join us for a session.

Invite Link

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Zoom Meeting: Tuesday Eve: Jan 10, 2023. 7:00 pm Mountain Time

There is an intersection between Eastern enlightenment, teachings and Native American wisdom that can be accessed when we let the concepts that are confusing us in our minds relax. This allows our natural intuition, our natural normal self, to start interacting with the world. It transforms the way we interact with each other as well.

I’m going to be doing a Zoom online workshop where we talking about the book Braiding Sweetgrass. We will explore it from a point of view of Zen and Non-duality. At the bottom of this video and I have some links so that you can join us.

It’s going to be a series so we can get everyone in.

What will we do?

We’ll talk, and sing, and laugh and discover new things, hopefully breaking through the concepts and conditionings that are holding us back from our purpose. We’ll break that block in our minds that causes confusion.

Think about what it is like to be us, here today in the 21st Century. The confusion that’s in our minds. This is the thing that spiritual teachings should be grappling with today.

The Confusion

Do you have an idea what I’m talking about, when I say “the confusion.”

It’s all those questions like: what’s really going on? What’s bad and what’s good? Who am I and how should I live? How does this idea fit with that idea?

This confusion we face is the result of the stories that we’ve been told about who we are as humans. Our story has created a huge disconnect with the natural world. A disconnect and distrust of who we are.

Braiding Sweetgrass

We’ll explore this in the context of the book Braiding Sweetgrass.

This book is about accessing your natural self in connection with the world that surrounds us, with the natural world. We will interlace this with enlightenment teachings, and music and song.

These two ideas intersect easily because enlightenment teachings are basically saying: something’s gone wrong with your brain, with my brain, with our brains. Something has gone wrong with the way we perceive reality and enlightenment teachings and it’s because of the stories we’ve been told about who we are.

Native wisdom says, “Look. Touch the ground. This is how the people can live.”

Enlightenment says, “Let’s scour ourselves clean down to a point of zero so we can see clearly.”

These two easily intersect because we live on the land and it can teach us if we silence the dream of separation. Awakening traditions say the thing to do first is find that single “nothing” point inside. The point that was there before confusing conditionings took root. Find the point in a way that you can hold with a solid confidence. The build a new life from this point.

We can come to this from a different direction by looking at the wisdom teachings of Native Americans. Of the people here on the American continent, on turtle Island.

In the book Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about changing our perception from that of being a consumer of commodities to a gift world. Changing to a world where the entire world is gifted to us and we are participants with all beings gifting back. We are part of it.

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Time & Date: Tuesday Eve: Jan 10, 2023. 7:00 pm Mountain Time

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Montana Family Camp
2023-02-10 16:00 - 2023-02-12 12:00 | Camp Mak-A-Dream, 90 Church Rd, Goldcreek, MT, 59733, United States
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Location: Camp Mak-A-Dream, Gold Creek, MT (73mi.east of Missoula)

This is a camp totally worth attending: beautiful location, comfortable accommodations, affordable, relaxed and deep.

The camp is a bit of a drive in winter, but we can help organize ride sharing from our Idaho, Utah and Montana communities. We can also organize carpools from the Missoula airport over to camp.

Come solo, with friends or with your whole family!!

We dance, relax, play, and connect with our universal family, familiar or new, young or old. The Dancing is sweet, surrounded by incredible views and enclosed in warmth and smiles.

We welcome children and young adults to dance in our circle, but they are also free to gather and play in a separate, usually supervised, area. We dance together at three different times, plus have a zikr Saturday night.

Saturday afternoon is free for hiking, art, clothing exchange, discussion, or whatever individuals care to organize. After dancing many like to soak in the hot tub under the stars or snowflakes.

Food: The Camp Mak-A-Dream staff will prepare the meals for us and do the dishes.

Lodging is dormitory style in warm comfortable dormitories. Lodging space is a short walk from the dance hall. Comfortable in Montana snow! There are small kitchens available in a shared space. Bunkbeds and a few private rooms. Bring your own bedding.

Times: Arrive at 4:00 pm. Family camp begins with dinner Friday 6:00 p.m. and closes Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Cost: Sliding scale $200 to $235. We are accepting half payments in December with your registration mailed to our registrar.

Make checks payable to “Family Camp” and mail to:Arlene Hoag, Registrar1716 S. Willson Ave.Bozeman, MT 59715

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During much of the year, Camp Mak-A-Dream provides support to kids with cancer. Our fees at this February event not only allow us to Eat, Dance, and Pray together, but they help Camp Mak-A-Dream fund their caring vision.

Joyful Journey
2023-03-09 08:00 - 2023-03-12 17:00
At Joyful Journey Hot Springs near Moffat Co.

Wisdom of the Ages – Retreat
2023-04-14 19:00 - 2023-04-16 12:00 | Elizabeth Hotel Fort Collins Co, 111 Chestnut St, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524, United States
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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:

10:30amDeviled Eggs:Yolk Cream, Smoked Paprika, Micro Greens (Cold)Tapenade Cucumber CupsOlives, Sundried Tomatoes, Sweet Pepper, Basil (Cold)Stuffed Mushrooms: Criminis, Boursin, Gremolata

3:00 PMTempura VegetablesSeasonal Crudite in Fluffy Panko Batter, Sweet Chili Aioli (Hot)Naan, Paneer, Hummus, Chutney, Baba GhanoushVegetable 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 3decades and are long time mentors of the Dances of Universal Peace. They live inSanta Fe, NM where they have lead public dance circles and week long WazifahDance Retreats.

They have led dances and retreats internationally. Both are guidesin 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,” hastouched people throughout the world. Many of their original Wazifah Dances, thatinclude “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, theaterimprov, 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 spiritualevents 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 15years. Viniyoga is a therapeutic form of yoga involving coordination of breath withmovement(asana). All ages.She is a long time Fort Collins Dancer and supporter of the Dance, and has been offering yogaat our retreats for many years.
