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Entering Into Silence
A Sufi Walking Retreat in the Moroccan Desert
with Karim Noverraz & Luca Salvini
March 13-23, 2027
This walking retreat offers us an opportunity to experience how the vast emptiness and silence of the desert connects us with our own inner silence. As we walk into the desert, we are invited to leave behind our attachments, preoccupations and excessive activity, and orient ourselves to Presence.
Amongst other practices, there will be silent and singing meditations, zikrs, evenings of poetry and story-telling. The main language will be English, translations into French and Italian will be available. This retreat will be facilitated by Karim and Luca, two senior retreat leaders.
Click here to watch a video of the desert retreat we did last March::
https://desert-montagne.ma/purete-du-desert-sud-maroc/
Advanced reservations and enquiries, email to: sufipilgrimage@gmail.com
The Place: Moroccan Desert
Dates: March 13-23, 2027
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This spiritual journey is a joint project of the Sufi Way and Agence Désert et Montagne
A Garden Among the Flames
A Sufi Retreat with Binah Taylor and Elmer Koole
April 12 - 17, 2027
La Loma Viva, Gualchos, Spain
‘Oh Marvel, A garden among the flames! My heart can take on any form!’
Ibn ‘Arabi, Sufi teacher 13th century
Amidst the agitation of the world and the turbulence of our personal lives there is a place of peace and beauty that is open to all of us. The Sufi teacher Ibn ‘Arabi uses the poetic metaphor ‘A Garden among the flames’ giving inspiration to our gathering. During this retreat we will cultivate our inner garden through silence, friendship, guided meditation, sandtray, movement, zikr (musical meditation), sohbet (mystical conversation), and other experiential Sufi practices. This is a time to nurture and be nurtured playfully and creatively.
In a contemporary context we will also walk in the footsteps of Sufi teacher Ibn ‘Arabi who lived part of his life in Andalucia, exploring his teachings and reading his texts by practicing lectio divina, a meditative wayofreading.
Advanced reservations and inquiries : binahtaylor@gmail.com or elmerkoole@gmail.com
Place: La Loma Viva (The Living Hill; www.lalomaviva.com), a non-profit foundation and a 15 hectare farm (permaculture) on the coast of southern Spain between Almeria and Malaga. It is beautifully situated on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, overlooking the Mediterranean sea.
Dates: April 12-17 2027
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