Dear Friends,
Autumn is a time to embrace new experiences and learning. Just as trees must lose their leaves to survive winter, shed that which no longer serves you for the new.
This month is amazingly full and diverse with lectures, workshops, performances, and healing. My long awaited weekly dance classes resume Saturdays starting September 12 and includes Dance of the Soul™, Wheel of Mitra, and Essentials of Persian Dance.
My trademark whirling and dance training program known as Dance of the Soul™ introduces various spotted and non-spotted turns, spirals and circles based on Sufi whirling traditions, sacred geometry, sacred elements, and ancient Persian rituals. This month I am presenting it both as a four session online class starting September 12 and as a two hour workshop on Sept. 19 in Los Altos. For advanced students of Persian sacred dance and whirling, my Wheel of Mitra class introduces the ancient cosmic basis and rhythm of whirling. I am also introducing whirling meditation technique on September 18 in Menlo Park at Feldman’s Bookstore.
My long-awaited Essentials of Persian Dance class returns on Saturdays for online students starting September 12 as well. Come learn one one of the world’s most enchanting dance forms! Inspired by Persian poetry and miniature artwork, Persian dance combines swirling arabesques, sweeping gestures, shoulder isolations, footwork patterns, and dazzling spins.
Finally, I am also introducing a contemporary Persian social dance class this month on Thursdays.
Today’s featured video is a good example of Persian Classical, Azeri Folk, and sacred whirling dance types that I introduce in my classes this month. This particular performance was executed to live music by Nariman Assadi.
For September, our Sacred Circle lecture topic will continue the Seven Valleys of Farid al-Din Attar. Each valley represents a stage that the soul must cross to reach divine truth and are named the Valley of Quest, the Valley of Love, the Valley of Understanding, and others. Each session one valley of Sufi philosophy will be discussed. Join us and open your heart, body, and mind in this mystical session of meditation, healing, and lectures.
Look for more details on classes, performances, book lectures, and workshops this month.
Hoping to see you in dance soon,
Farima
“Every leaf that blows across the path in autumn is a note in the song of the world. Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
~Rumi