Sufi Community of Santa Cruz
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Dances of Universal Peace - DUP
CONTACT:
bsilling@hotmail.com,
415-240-7163 Esoteric
Classes
Zira'at with Fehrunnisa and Junayad Moore. Contact: 831-426-4633 or say_yes@pacbell.net
Deepening
in Presence and Love - Esoteric Study
group with Jilani Initiation
and Spiritual Guidance Junayad
Moore at 831-426-6388 or coachng@pacbell.net
for Sufi Order International Group
and Individual Retreats
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Lisa
Leela Kelly Ball has been studying Sufism
and the intricacies of leading The Dances of Universal Peace since
1995. Within 6 months she began leading Dance with Mentor Ellen
Kaf-i-Mariam, who certified her as a Dance Leader. Leela also was
initiated into the Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) order by Shabda
Kahn, who remains her spiritual teacher along with her husband and
three children. Her passions are for chanting, movement, and the
use of sacred sound as ways of having deeper experiences with the
Divine. Since 2005 she has managed the South Bay Sufi Camp in Santa
Cruz.Contact:
831-465-1123 or 
Vanessa
Ragan, M.S., L.E.P. , has led Dances
since 2004, under the mentorship of Anahata Iradah and Tasnim Hermila
Fernandez. She was initiated into the Sufi Ruhaniat by Firdousi
John Wyrick. Her love for all peoples, cultures and languages has
led her to gratefully experience paths of spiritual wisdom from
teachers around the world. Vanessa is a licensed educational psychologist
and an aspiring transpersonal hypnotherapist, who specializes in
working with adolescents. She offers herself as an instrument to
inspire hope through presence and prayer. Vanessa leads the Dances
of Universal Peace at the Live Oak Grange every
1st Sunday at 7:00pm Contact:
(831) 425-4550 
Junayad
Moore leads dances on Freedom
Blvd.at the Unitarian Church - 1st Thursdays - 7:30pm. Junayad
has led the Dances of Universal Peace since 1981 and is a representative
and spiritual guide in the Sufi Order International, as well as
an ordained interfaith minister in the Universal Worship and a Healing
Conductor in the Sufi Healing Order. He has been treading the Sufi
path under the guidance of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Shahabuddin
Less for over 27 years, and offers his gratitude to the many teachers
he has encountered in this life.
Anwar
Brad Silling has been an initiate in the Sufi Ruhaniat
since 1994. His Sufi and zikr initators have been Khalif David Dalley
of Charlottesville, Va, Sheikh Firdousi, and Sherif Baba. He has
been playing drum for the Dances of Universal Peace since 1995 and
facilitating zikr since October 2006. He currently lives in Palo
Alto, works in San Francisco and plays in Santa Cruz.
Fehrunnisa
Moore
leads an esoteric class called Expressions of the
Divine incorporating the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
and traditional Sufi meditation practices. She is a Santa Cruz Center
Representative for the Sufi Order International and has been leading
classes in Sufi spiritual practice for 2 decades. Her spiritual
teachers are Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Shahabuddin Less, her children,
and nature. She leads the monthly UniversalWorship Service
and Mureed's Class– She is also a Master Certified
Coach and founder of Say
YES To Life – coaching, circles and real life adventures
that align with the current quest for meaningfulness: true work,
authentic expression, and spiritual awakening in life.
Originally
offered in response to the desire of several mureeds (initiates)
to feel more grounded in basic Sufi practice, this gathering of
beloveds meets monthly, using the guidelines of the Esoteric Studies
materials created by Murshid Wali Ali Meyer. This includes reading
assignments and the repetition of devotional practices meant to
be integrated into daily life. At Wali Ali's request, the class
is open to mureeds from all lineages of Inayat Khan, with the blessing
of your personal guide. Class practices may include breath, wazifa,
sohbet (spiritual conversation), walking practices, singing, Dances
of Universal Peace, zikr, meditation, and prayer. The focus is on
the spoken and written transmissions of Pir O Murshid Hazrat Inayat
Khan (gatha) and of Murshid Samuel Lewis (tasawwuf), with an emphasis
on embodied spirituality and a strong reliance on the Spirit of
Guidance to lovingly lead the way.