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Dances of Universal Peace and Devotional Singing
with Karim and Susanne

Dear friends,

In these turbulent and distressing times I often find it helpful to read from great spirtual texts such as the Tao Te Ching.

Here is a quote from chapter 16:


Empty yourself of everything.

Let the mind rest at peace.

The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.

They grow and flourish and then return to the source.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.

The way of nature is unchanging.

Knowing constancy is insight.

Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.

Knowing constancy, the mind is open.

With an open mind, you will be openhearted.

Being openhearted, you will act royally.

Being royal, you will attain the divine.

Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.

Being at one with the Tao is eternal.

And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.


This month we are trying a simpler style for the newsletter with the details of each event being in downloadable flyers instead of having their own section. It makes the email size smaller and more compact. Just click on the buttons for the events you want to view.
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On
Sat April 11th  you can dance with us in Hall Green, Birmingham inspired by the theme: THE LIGHT OF UNITY from 11.00am to 4.30pm. Please book in advance for this event.

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SACRED SONG AND DANCE meets in Hay on Wye on Tues April 21st from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Globe.

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A new series of CHANTING IN DEPTH starts on Mon April 27th. You can join us from 4.00 - 5.15pm on Zoom or in person at our house in Tyberton, Herefordshire.

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The SUFI GARDEN online group is taking a break this month. Our next meeting will be on Wed May 6th  from 7.30- 9.00 pm with Karim and Alan Heeks. Our theme is: THE UPSIDES OF UPHEAVAL.
Get in touch if you would like to join us.

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Further ahead on May 1-4th there is an opportunity to join in a special retreat at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire, CREATING UNITY IN OURSELVES AND IN OUR WORLD guided by Sarida Brown with Dances of Universal Peace and Sacred Chants from Karim.
Sarida writes: This May will be our 28th retreat at Kinnersley Castle. From that first year when our theme was ’The River of Life', all our retreats have been blessed by this very special Norman-Elizabethan building: its beauty, nature, depth, silence: a place of communion. This year the River of Life has a special poignancy as we learnt on 26th March that our hostess for all these years, Kate Garratt-Adams, moved through the veil and is in the realm of eternal Light and Love. Kate’s children are supporting our retreat, as we embrace it to honour this very special person: Kate, thank you, we love you! 

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Advance news too that Susanne will be leading another Hildegard of Bingen Day in Cheltenham on Sat June 27th.
We will explore her life, visions and wisdom through Song, Meditation, Dance, Story, Poetry and Food.

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with Love, Karim and Susanne

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