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Sufi Dance Class with Lâle Sayoko
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer with Live Music
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) + Prayer led by CRS co-founders Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham and Sufi Dance Artist Lale Sayoko. We gather to let go of our small selves and remember our divinity within. We are honored to have the […]
Sufi Dance Class with Läle Sayoko
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer led by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham and Sufi Dance Artist Lale Sayoko. We gather to let go of our small selves and remember our divinity within. This month we'll celebrate the earthiness of spring with live […]
Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesSufis, lovers, mystics, CRS and Sufi Artist Lale Sayoko invite you to join us for an hour of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). This is not a class (i.e. there is no instruction) but an open space where we can come together to practice and is open to people […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer led by CRS co-founders Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham and Sufi Dance Artist Lále Sayoko. We gather to let go of our small selves and remember our divinity within. Bring in any issue — relationship trauma, #metoo, […]
The Rules of Love: A Sufi Dance Workshop
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to join our whirling community for an intensive workshop in Sufi Dance (sema or samâسمع in Arabic and Farsi) led by Sufi dance artists & CRS instructors Paola García and Lâle Sayoko. Samâ means spiritual listening and its accompanying whirling dance embodies unity: unity within our own selves first, and with […]
Sufi Heart Meditation
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us in New York to meet with the representatives of the School of Sufi Teaching, New York. They can answer any questions you may have about the meditation and practices. We will also sit in silent meditation as a group, so that you may have a first hand experience of the meditation on […]
World Oceans Day Concert with Kristin Hoffmann
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) welcomes back singer-songwriter Kristin Hoffmann for a concert celebrating World Oceans Day with special guests Premik Russell Tubbs (sax/flutes) and Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko. The event, titled Ocean of Light. will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 7:30 – 9 pm. Tickets are $20 and are available by phone (212-677-8621), […]
CRS Summer Solstice Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer led by CRS co-founders Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham and Sufi Dance Artist Lále Sayoko. We gather to let go of our small selves and remember our divinity within. Bring in any issue — relationship trauma, #metoo, […]
Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesWelcome all sufis and whirlers! CRS and Sufi Dance Artist Lale Sayoko invite you to join us for an hour of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). This is not a class (i.e. there is no instruction) but an open space where we can come together to practice and is […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thur, 7/18 @ 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we […]
Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesWe invite you to join our Sufi Dance community for an hour of meditative whirling known as Samâ (spiritual listening), hosted by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko with live music by Iranian daf player Kamyar Arsani. Together, we create a sacred space for you to free your mind, transcend your limits, and share your light. By receiving the […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) class
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, we are excited to have Kamyar Arsani‘s Persian daf lessons at CRS on a monthly or near monthly basis! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thur, 8/15 @ 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham (Lale Sayoko and Yasuko Kasaki will be in Japan this month), we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another […]
Sufi Dance Class with Paola Garcia
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us Thur, 9/19 @ 7:15 pm for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS Healer Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, we are excited to have Kamyar Arsani‘s Persian daf lessons at CRS on a monthly or near monthly basis! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi […]
Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music by Tomchess
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesWe invite you to join our Sufi Dance community for an hour of meditative whirling known as Samâ (spiritual listening), hosted by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko with live music by Tomchess (ney, oud) of American Sufi Project. Together, we create a sacred space for you to free your mind, transcend your limits, and share your light. […]
Sufi Dance Class with Paola Garcia
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
Carry the Flame Concert with Kristin Hoffmann
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CARRY THE FLAME CONCERT on Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 7:30 – 9 pm. Dive into a deep ethereal musical journey of life, growth and spirit with renowned vocalist, pianist, and song-weaver Kristin Hoffmann, acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs, and special guests. Tickets are $20 and are available by phone […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS Healer Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we do so, we can trust […]
Sufi Dance Workshop
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to join our whirling community for an intensive workshop in Sufi Dance (sema or samâ in Arabic and Farsi) led by Sufi dance artists & CRS instructors Paola García and Lâle Sayoko. Samâ means spiritual listening and its accompanying whirling dance embodies unity: unity within our own selves first, and with […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, we are excited to have Kamyar Arsani‘s Persian daf lessons at CRS on a monthly or near monthly basis! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi […]
Persian Music Concert with Percussionist/Vocalist Kamyar Arsani
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents a soulful program of Sufi and Persian songs with D.C. based Percussionist/Vocalist Kamyar Arsani. The program will take place on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 5 – 6 pm. Tickets are $20 and light refreshments will be served. Sufism, as the mystical dimension of Islam, preaches peace, tolerance and […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS Healer Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we do so, we can trust […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko and CRS Healer Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we do so, we can trust […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, we are excited to have Kamyar Arsani‘s Persian daf lessons at CRS on a monthly or near monthly basis! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi […]
Sufi Music & Dance Concert with Kamyar Arsani & Friends
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents a soulful program of Sufi and Persian music performed by D.C. based Percussionist/Vocalist Kamyar Arsani and his students with whirling by Sufi Dance Artist Läle Sayoko and other members of the CRS Sufi Dance community. The program will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 5 – 6 pm. […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Our Sufi Dance Artist Läle Sayoko will be away performing with Bella Gaia in Miami so this month’s circle will be led by CRS co-founders Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. In the first half, we’ll focus on our visions for the year and […]
Sufi Dance Class with Paola Garcia
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, please join our monthly Daf class community led by the amazing Kamyar Arsani! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi Dance events at CRS when he […]
CRS Healing Circle & Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for our monthly Healing Circle + Whirling (Sufi Dance) Prayer! Led by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko, with meditation and prayer by CRS Co-Founders Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When […]
Sufi Dance 2 with Läle Sayoko
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesWe are happy to announce that we are adding a second monthly Sufi Dance class so that those who have already learned the basic techniques and feel stable can have time together to practice and learn more. In Sufi Dance 2 classes, we will dive deeper into the techniques of whirling and explore the somatic […]
CANCELLED — Sufi Dance 1 Class with Läle Sayoko
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
CRS Healing Circle: Meditation + Whirling Prayer
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLed by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko, with meditation and prayer by CRS Co-Founder Christopher Pelham, we create a safe space in which to let go of our small selves and recognize the divinity in one another and within ourselves. When we do so, we can trust ourselves to fully experience our feelings with the awareness that […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, please join our monthly Daf class community led by the amazing Kamyar Arsani! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi Dance events at CRS when he […]
CANCELLED — Nowruz — Persian New Year — Concert & Celebration
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDUE TO THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please join the CRS community in celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with Sufi and Persian music performed by D.C. based Percussionist/Vocalist KAMYAR ARSANI and vocalist MINA OMIDI and whirling by members of the CRS Sufi Dance community trained by Sufi Dance Artist Läle Sayoko in costumes […]
Sufi Dance Workshop with Läle Sayoko & Paola García
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to join our whirling community for an intensive workshop in Sufi Dance (sema or samâ in Arabic and Farsi) led by Sufi dance artists & CRS instructors Läle Sayoko and Paola García. Samâ means spiritual listening and its accompanying whirling dance embodies unity: unity within our own selves first, […]
Sufi Dance 1 Class (Open Level) with Läle Sayoko
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in which we can […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, please join our monthly Daf class community led by the amazing Kamyar Arsani! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi Dance events at CRS when he […]
Persian Daf (Sufi drum) classes
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesDear friends, please join our monthly Daf class community led by the amazing Kamyar Arsani! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn to play a magical instrument from a master who learned from masters in Iran. Kamyar has been playing and singing for decades and recently for our Sufi Dance events at CRS when he […]
Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Vol. 12: Celebrating Ostad Shajarian
onlineCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol. 12: CELEBRATING OSTAD SHAJARIAN, legendary master of Persian classical music who passed on Oct 8. Curated by LÄLE SAYOKO, the concert features Shajraian's musical adaptations of poems by both revered Sufi poets as well as beloved contemporary Iranian poets, performed by D.C. based […]
Crossing Boundaries Concert Series 14: Rumi’s Wedding Night Online Film
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave FL3, New York, NY, United StatesCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol 14: RUMI’S WEDDING NIGHT, a video program of Sufi music, dance, and poetry celebrating the life of the beloved poet and Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, who died on December 17, 1273 in Konya, Turkey. Curated and directed by LÄLE SAYOKO, this online […]
Sufi Dance Class with Paola García
Anahid Sofian Studio 29 W 15th St FL6, New York, NY, United StatesLearn the ancient practice of meditative whirling known as Sufi dance or Sema (Sama in Iranian). You will learn the techniques of whirling, but Sema is not about reproducing a certain form or aesthetic. Rather, the technique serves as a vehicle for inner journeying. Sema means spiritual listening. Together we’ll create a sacred space in […]
Whirling (Sufi Dance) Practice with Live Music by Tomchess & Dan Kurfirst
Anahid Sofian Studio 29 W 15th St FL6, New York, NY, United StatesAt long last we invite you back to join our Sufi Dance community for meditative whirling known as Samâ (spiritual listening) with live music by Tomchess and Dan Kurfirst of American Sufi Project. Together, we create a sacred space for you to free your mind, transcend your limits, and share your light. By receiving the […]
Celebrate the Poet Rumi’s Birthday with the CRS Sufi Community & Brooklyn Nomads
L- Private Gallery 98 Mott St #600A, New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the 815th birthday of the beloved Sufi mystic and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Mevlana Rūmī, we invite you to join us for an intimate evening of art, poetry reading, and dance under the direction of Sufi dance artist Paola García, accompanied by live music by Hadi and Mohamad Eldebek of the […]
Rumi’s Wedding Night: Evening Sema Gathering, Zikr and Performance with Sufi Master Farima Berenji
Last Frontier NYC 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin us for our next Sufi dance / music event, a Sacred Dance, Music and Healing Journey with visiting Sufi Master of Yarsan Order and Scholar, Farima Berenji, PhD at Last Frontier NYC in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in celebration of Rumi's Wedding Night! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/462455676377 Schedule: - 12/17/2022 from 6 – 8 pm Rumi’s Wedding Night: Evening […]
Dance of the Soul Workshop with Sufi Master Farima Berenji
Last Frontier NYC 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin us for our next Sufi dance / music event, a Sacred Dance, Music and Healing Journey with visiting Sufi Master of Yarsan Order and Scholar, Farima Berenji, PhD at Last Frontier NYC in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in celebration of Rumi's Wedding Night! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/462455676377 Schedule: - 12/17/2022 from 6 – 8 pm Rumi’s Wedding Night: Evening […]
Sufi Dance Workshop & Sema with Visiting Sufi Master Farima Berenji, Ph.D.
Last Frontier NYC 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin world renowned scholar and Master of Yarsani Order, Dr. Farima Berenji for an afternoon of sacred gathering to learn the Sufi traditions of Greater Khorasan, Qaderi, and Yarsani order or Iran. We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors. We […]