Ecstatic Ritual with Live Music
No class: May 17
Live Music: Tony Khalife (Guitar, Vocals, Tabla and Dumbek) & Afshin Mehrasa (Daf)
Enter the sacred space of Dance and music inspired by Rumi and Hafez. From high-powered ecstatic dance and ritual to deep calm, take a journey in your inner terrain with live Middle Eastern trance music. Feel your fullest presence in the Here and Now with movement, luscious and devotional that brings you in touch with your core - calm, centered, radiant, open and free. Journey through ancient and new rituals of shaking, waves, reverential bowing and free-form. Arriving and ready for Sema, you have the option to whirl, meditate or free-dance. Open your Heart and unleash your creativity through liquid yet grounded movement, whole body undulations, and sensing your chakras.
Open to All. You can join anytime. Dress comfortably and bring soft-soled shoes or socks
This is not a caravan of despair.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve broken your vow a thousand times,
Still Come and yet again, Come! - Rumi
Fee: $20 per session, $140 for 8 sessions
If taking both Tuesday night classes together, fee is $30 for both classes or $220 for 16
This session immediately follows Mystical Persian Dance & Flamenco
Address: 235 Hill St., Santa Monica, 90404
Parking: Church in Ocean Park parking north of the church on Hill St. or metered parking on Hill St., South of Main St.
(Please carpool, bike or walk)
