Join 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 […]
Dear 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 […]
We 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. […]
We invite you into our sacred circle to commune with the divine through the ecstatic music, dance, and poetry of Sufism with musicians Tomchess (ney, oud) and Dan Kurfirst (daf) of the American Sufi Project and our Sufi Dance student community. This concert, curated and directed by Sufi Dance Artist Lâle Sayoko, is CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol. […]
Learn 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 presents an exhibition of recent works by artist and dancer Fanny Pérez Gutiérrez inspired by her personal,experiences and visions that have come to her revealing the light connecting all of creation. The exhibition will be on view from October 4 – November 25, 2019. An opening reception with live performance by the artist will […]
CRS (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 invites you to an Opening Reception on Saturday, October 12, 2019 from 6:30 – 8 pm for the exhibition ELECTRICITY, recent works by artist and dancer Fanny Pérez Gutiérrez inspired by her personal experiences and visions that have come to her revealing the light connecting all of creation. There will be a live performance […]
CRS presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki.The October talk will be given by ACIM author and longtime teacher David Fishman, founder of the One Mind Foundation. ~ $25 per […]
Join 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 (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 […]
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol. 10, STRING NOISE, curated by gamin. Classical avant-punk violin duo String Noise will explore the Korean/contemporary music of noted Korean composer Ki Young Kim. curator: gamin musicians: String Noise (violin duo Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris) and gamin composer: Ki Young Kim This […]
Dear 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 (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 presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. The November lecture topic is Strengthening Motivation to Change. "Change in motivation is a change of mind, and this will inevitably produce […]
Join 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 (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the first concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The […]
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents VIBRATION: SAORI KANDA art performance with Sufi Dance artist LÄLE SAYOKO on Friday, Dec 6 2019 from 7 – 9 pm. VIBRATION brings together two internationally touring artists known for improvisationally translating music into visual art and movement. In conjunction with the live performance, an exhibition of Kanda's paintings […]
CRS presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. The December lecture topic is Remembering God. "The miracles is the only device at our immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation […]
CRS presents MATTERS, an exhibition of nine works by the award-winning Brooklyn-based artist AOMI KIKUCHI. Best known for her exquisite Yuzen silk kimono dyeing and work with other delicate fabrics, which have been exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world, KIKUCHI here depicts frogs on triple-layered silk organza in a variety of natural settings as […]
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents CROSSING BOUNDARIES Concert Series Vol. 11: ZERO GRASSES, curated, created and performed by Steinway Artist, Guggenheim Fellow and USA Fellow JEN SHYU (photo by Caterina Di Perri). This powerful autobiographical work arose out of an intense period of self-reflection following the sudden death of JEN SHYU's father and a […]
Join 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 […]
Please join us for a restful and empowering evening of sound healing and therapeutic movement with Alfonso Alexander and Shoko Tamai. Together, Alfonso and Shoko bring a unique combination of energy that is filled with love to empower others through sound and healing dancing body movement. In their spiritual journey, Alfonso and Shoko service communities in […]
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents SONGS OF WINTER LIGHT: A SOLSTICE CELEBRATION WITH KRISTIN HOFFMANN AND FRIENDS on Saturday, December 21, 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, multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs, Sufi Dance Artist […]
Please join us for our final community event of 2019! At the end of each year, CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki offers a FREE one-hour Guided Meditation, drawing on the principles of A Course in Miracles, so that we can all begin the new year with a clear mind. It’s usually standing-room only so you’ll want […]
Mondays 7:30 – 9 pm Taught by Yasuko Kasaki, assisted by Christopher Pelham Know your life purpose and the meaning of your current situation clearly. Communicate with your Inner Teacher. Heal yourself and others. These ongoing classes focus on mind training designed to help you to experience the lessons and loving wisdom of ACIM. Each class contains some […]
Given by Yasuko Kasaki (and by Makiko Mizuta and Christopher Pelham when she is away each March, July, and Nov) Tuesdays from 6:30 – 7 pm Free http://www.meetup.com/ACIM-meditation/ Please join us in the sharing of miracles. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone […]
Dear 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 (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 presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. ~ $25 per person with advanced purchase online, by phone (212-677-8621) or at CRS until the day before the lecture~ ~ $30 […]
Join 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 […]
CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the second concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The […]
Learn 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 […]
Dear 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 presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. February's topic is THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGHT. 1st hour: I choose the feeling I experience. 2nd hour: I decide the goals […]
Join 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 […]
S3 class combines hatha yoga breathing technique with Gyrokenisis & Pilates. You can use it as a warm up before a performance or as a cool down after a day at the office. Either way, you are going to feel amazingly light and fit and calm afterward. Instructor Shoko Tamai has been doing this holistic […]
We 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 […]
CRS presents Miracles in Manhattan, lectures on the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and related texts and topics by Jon Mundy, Ph.D. and occasional guest lecturers, hosted by CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki. March's topic is THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGHT. 1st hour: You are responsible for what you think. 2nd hour: Only at this level can […]
Learn 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 […]
Free http://www.meetup.com/ACIM-meditation/
Led 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 […]
CRS presents Wooded Tales of Phantasy, an exhibition of photography by Troy Stallman. This new series of photographs focuses on capturing the “vital force” of wooded environments, imploring the observer to interpret imagery through the waking lens of the imagination. We are called to remember the emotional connection that harmonizes the conscious space between our […]
Dear 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 […]
DUE 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 […]
CRS (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, […]
Learn 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 (Center for Remembering and Sharing) invites you to discover traditional Japanese music by the acclaimed koto and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura offered together with an exclusive taste of beautiful Japanese seasonal confectionary prepared by mochi Rin. This will be the third concert of the 2019-2020 season of Four Seasons in New York — Gems of Japanese Music. The […]
Dear 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 […]