not an oxymoron
Posted in The Path on Feb 6th, 2010
Below are three stages of development in the tradition of Sufism articulated by Qushayri. Their simplicity is helpful — graspable benchmarks. Moving from one to another rests on understanding oneself. In Dancemeditation this means time spent with, and in, the body. We are our bodies. Within a movement practice, we see, feel, and discover who [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, On Practices, The Path on Nov 20th, 2009
During the recent NYC Intensive, I wrote: I entered the Black Velvet Inner-ness where breaths float as jewels. Breath is the activator and lens of subtlety. In the realm of subtlety we can dissolve into that which is most infinite and most intimate. For Sufis, the court of love is found inside the subtlety inside [...]
Posted in The Path, witness dance on Oct 26th, 2009
Several of you have asked about my guest teaching at Princeton. My task was to present a taste of Sufism within the context of Dance and the Sacred. The professor, the illustrious Ze’eva Cohen, had, as preparation, given the students (but not me) a paper discussing the Whirling Dervishes. The over-arcing inquiry for the course [...]