“Everything in dance is poetry. Every movement describes a story, a feeling. The dancer takes the audience into a world of fairy tales.” ~Farima Berenji
Iranian and Turkish Sufi dance workshop with Shamanic rituals. In collaboration with Sufi musicians of Ankara. Workshop and Performance by Farima and Oğuz Kaan Birhekimoğlu.
Join us on a path for healing and self-growth through the power of meditative whirling and sacred dance to live music, mystical Persian poetry, and Zikr (prayer). With us create a sacred supportive space where we can all open our heart, body, and mind.
Included will be a short Sufi whirling training workshop helping people of all experience levels to whirl for a sustained period.
We will open with sacred and mystical Persian poetry and meditation, journey into whirling, healing, and Persian and Near Eastern healing dances/rituals with live music, then close our gathering with chanting, drumming, and sharing.
1) Welcome – Introduction (Farima’s teaching on Iranian, Turkish and Central Asian Sema)
2) Farima’s 4 Element breathing meditation
3) Sufi Music: The Ney
4) Open floor Sema (Sufi Whirling) Dance and Demonstration
5) Candlelight Zikr and Iranian Shamanic Rituals
6) Discussion