Dervish Retreat Center

Events

Come join us for an in depth weekend of meditative practices. All levels of experience welcome.

The Sound of Silence & the Dance of Stillness
A Meditation and Whirling Retreat

The Dervish Retreat Center
56 Lieb Road
Spencer, New York 14883
October 28-30, 2016


Schedule

Friday
Arrive anytime after 1:30pm the sauna will be awaiting you!

  • 4:00 - Turn class
  • 6:00 - Dinner
  • 7:00-8:30 - Meditation

    • Saturday

  • 6:45-8:15 - Meditation
  • 8:30 - Breakfast
  • 9:30 - Chores/personal time
  • 10:30 - Cognitive Kinesiology (breathing,stretching and visualization practices)
  • 11:45 - Meditative Turn and turning zikr
  • 1:15 - Lunch
  • 1:45-2:15 - Dervish Bazaar will be open with dervish discount!
  • 2:15 - Sauna
  • 3:30 - Travel Turn and Inspirational Turn
  • 5:00 - Sohbet (spiritual dialogue) and walking concentrations
  • 6:00 - Dinner
  • 7:00-8:30 - Meditation

    • Sunday

  • 6:45-8:15 - Meditation
  • 8:30 - Breakfast
  • 9:30 - Chores/personal time
  • 10:30 - Cognitive Kinesiology (breathing,stretching and visualization practices)
  • 11:45 - Meditative Turn and turning zikr (with sacred phrases)
  • 1:15 - Lunch
  • 2:15 - Sema class
  • 3:30 - Room cleaning and departure



    • There will be a weekend celebrating Shebi Arus (wedding night), the anniversary of Jelaluddin Rumi's death. on the weekend of December 16 - 18.


    The cost of either retreat, with a shared room accommodation, is $325 per person for the weekend. A private room is an additional $150 (only if available). For people not staying at the center, tuition including meals is $250. Please register as soon as possible in order to guarantee a place. Registration is on a first reserved basis and includes a $50 deposit which is non-refundable.

    There is a Greyhound bus departing from Port Authority Bus Terminal on Friday at 9:00am for $50 and a return bus departing from Ithaca on Sunday at 5:15 for $56. Each trip is 5.5 hours. We pick up from and take you to the Ithaca, NY bus station and airport at no charge between 8am and 10 pm. Before or after that please call a taxi (607) 588-8888.

    For more information
    Email Khadija at khadija@whirling-dervish.org or call (607) 272-0694.

    This is Love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First, to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet. ~ Rumi


    God said to Love, "If not for your beauty, how should I pay attention to the mirror of existence?" ~ Rumi