Path to the Beloved: Divine Union through Song & Dance
Experience the ‘beloved in the chamber of your heart’ and offer up a serenade in devotion.
In this interactive workshop, we will learn songs and dance from the Bhakti and Sufi traditions from the Middle East to India.
In a circle, face to face with one another, each participant will undergo a mystical experience through direct participation.
Narayan, a master of music, accompanies and guides the songs with string instruments and voice.
Schirin provides ritual movement and ecstatic frame drum.
Like cultures since ancient times, our current communities flourish in unity, in communal prayer and empowerment in their sense of belonging.
No previous experience needed, all are welcome.
All of our programs are in English.
Facilitator’s Bio: Schirin Chams-Diba
Schirin Chams – Diba is a mystical dancer, yogini, healer, and pilgrim at heart. From a young age, she has followed a distinct call to embark on a life-long journey of healing, adventure, and truth.
From a long line of Persian healers and wise women, she has trained intensively in sacred dance, yoga, spiritual lineages, esoteric arts, and herbal medicine.
After years of exploring the world, devoting herself to in-depth study, and shaping her own practice, she feels called to share her skills in service to the greater good. Bringing together all these riches has led her to develop her method for ‘Essence of the Feminine’.
For the past decade, Schirin has taught sacred movement medicine through feminine-aligned yoga, sacred dance traditions from the Middle East to India as a transformational and empowering experience, various esoteric traditions seen through the feminine lens, lunar rhythms, and holistic lifestyle choices.
Whether alone or in a circle of sisters, the practices serve the experience of connection, naturally arising wisdom, intuition, vitality, creativity, healing, and joy.
She has held workshops and retreats in New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Thailand, India, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, USA, and Guatemala.
As a multi-disciplinary dance artist, she regularly performs live with world-renown musical acts at festivals and concerts.
Live performance highlights include: virtuoso Omar Faruk Tekbilek ,Stellamara, Karavan Sarai, Beats Antique, Yuval Ron Ensemble, Bedouin Jerrycan Band, Peruquois& Praful, Rajasthani Gypsy Caravan, the cast of JillinaCarlano’sBellydance Evolution ‘Fantasm Odyssey of Dreams’ production.
Date & Time: 28 Feb 2019 (5:30 PM – 8:45 PM)
Scholarships are available.
Contact: Pia
Phone: +91 7290062030
Email: creativity@zorbathebuddha.org
Please Call between 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST