Spiral of Love

Lose yourself on the Path of the Heart and find your birthright to live life with ecstasy. A required journey for all interested in Dance of Oneness Training Program.
"Come into the Heart, where the Great Mystery lives!" - Rumi

8/11 - 8/16 - 5-Day Dance Intensive
8/16 - 8/23 - 7-Day & Night Sema or Whirling Ceremony with Live Music
8/24 - 8/27 - Trip to Konya

Spiral of Love - 5 day Intensive Workshop
At Mutlu Baba Cultural Center (Dergah)
Gokcedere, Turkey
August 11 - 16, 2010
Come dance in the spiral of love, igniting your whole being with the fire of this spiral, integrating the physical and non-physical dimensions. Guided by the poetry of Rumi and Hafez, explore love’s intoxication through movement that lies between trance and control, letting go and technique. Gain more awareness of your energy anatomy and the Chakras and develop the ability to dance your Heart inside the spiral of love with abandon and precision. Take home a daily movement practice that supports an inner alchemy of turning negativity to gold. Our setting is a Sufi/Dervish House or Dergah, a true tavern of love, beyond any particular religion and open to all. Bring veils. Mixed Levels.

Our days are a balance between dance, yoga, chanting, music, meditation, sharing, developing our own creativity and the chance to explore individually the beautiful beaches, villages and sites of Turkey’s exquisite Marmara region. There will be Sema (whirling) with live music on most of the evenings.

Fee for 5-day Dance Retreat:
*$550 or 400 Euro including lodging and meals at the Dergah (communal sleeping, separate women's and men's quarters)
Arrival - August 11 in the morning, the session begins at 8 PM
Departure - August 16th in the evening if you are only planning to stay for the Dance Retreat

*$820 or 600 Euro including hotel lodging and meals at the Dergah
Arrival - August 11

7-Day and Night Sema
Mutlu Baba Cultural Center (Dergah
Gokcedere, Turkey
August 16 - 23, 2010

Immerse yourself in an amazing continuous 7-day and night Sema with live music led by Sufi Sheikh Oruc Guvenc and Tumata to deepen your learning from the Dance Retreat. The Sema is open to all, and the lodging and meals at the Dergah are offered on a donation basis. You can choose to stay from one hour to the full 7 days!

Trip to Konya
August 24 - 27, 2010

Following the Sema, take a sacred pligrimage led by Oruc Guvenc and Tumata to Konya, where one can still feel Rumi’s magical influence. We will visit the tomb of Shams and Rumi, witness some of the original manuscripts of the great Mystic's works, shop at the bazaar they frequented, visit sacred Sufi sites and take part in wild Sema and Zikr/chanting gatherings.

Fee for Trip to Konya:
*300 Euro payable to Tumata in Turkey.

For more information visit: www.tumata.com

- Above fees do not include airfare, visa and round-trip transportation from the airport
The nearest airport is Ataturk in Istanbul

"Come into the Heart, where the Great Mystery lives!" - Rumi