Rising Tide International

"Her-story” 9 Bible Vignettes - Fundraiser
2025-03-22 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Rising Tide International, 5102 Swift Rd., Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
In Honor of International Women’s Month: “Heresy or Herstory”
Saturday March 22, 2 to 4PM Doors open at 1:30PM
The performance is being gifted as a fundraiser to benefit Rising Tide International and The Center for Spiritual Living Cultural Coast, thanks to organizer Elaine Silver.
The program consists of 9 vignettes. A troupe of 6 women actors from Fort Myers, will present stories of some of the misunderstood ladies of the Bible, from the Feminine perspective. Pam Minton is the director and can be reached at 239-246-2846.

Women’s Meditation Circle of SW Florida
2025-03-21 19:00 - 20:00
2025 Schedule
March 21: Spring Equinox: Caroline Crawford RTI
April 18: Maureen McSweeney – Starlight to Earthlight – RTI/Zoom
May 16: Pam Cooper – Path of Beauty – RTI/Zoom
June 20: Summer Solstice: Zan Benham and
Alicia Nieves at Unity Sarasota
July 18: Mary Getten – Connecting to Waters of the World – RTI/Zoom
Aug 15: Jennifer Sault
Sep 19: Donna Day Fall Equinox – Zoom Only
Oct 17: Diana Wyatt
Nov 21: Jo Mooy – Rainbow Light with Faerie Elaine & Annie Williams RTI/Zoom
Dec 19: Winter Solstice: Christine Abbey with Zan Benham
EVENT INFO:
Doors open at 6:30 pm then close at 7 pm when meditation begins. We end at 8 pm.
For specific information on each meditation, which location it is held and if zoom options are available visit: https://risingtideinternational.org/womens-meditation-group/
Donations: Rising Tide is the “home” of the Women’s Meditation Circle. We are committed to its care and respectful of the generosity of the center in allowing us to use it on Friday evenings. Therefore a donation of $10 is suggested – more if you can, less if you can’t. Rising Tide is a 501c3 organization so all donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made payable to Rising Tide or make donations with the Rising Tide Donation Page.

Zikr - Spiritual Chanting & Singing in the Universalist Sufi Tradition With Jessica & Akbar
2025-03-20 19:30 - 20:30
Spiritual Chanting & Singing in the Universalist Sufi Tradition
With Akbar
Monthly on Third Thursdays, 7:30 – 8:30pm EDT

Zikr is the practice of remembering our true essence by chanting and repeating sacred phrases to dive into the ocean of oneness. These phrases, passed down generation to generation, are sound codes for clearing, healing, and transforming the body, mind, and heart. We become better aligned with spirit and oneness through intention, connection, love, and grace. We will sing, pray, read poems, and chant together in a circle, connecting and remembering.

Suggested Donation: $5-20

Sacred Sound Circle
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:00
Wed March 19th 7 – 8:00pm
Sacred Sound Circle with Terry & Suzanne Geyer
Native American Flutes, Drumming, Chanting and light language of the ancients. Come to Absorb and ENJOY!
Arrival at 6:45 suggested.Yoga Mats and blankets are provided.
$22 at the door. $20 prepaid via Venmo: @Suzanne-Geyer-1
This event moves to 1st Wednesdays starting in April 2025.

Art of Presence
2025-03-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-11 19:30 - 20:30
Tuesday evenings with Raymond, participants are guided in experiencing the depth of Being, helping you explore and more fully embody your True Nature.
At Rising Tide and on Zoom
Donations: 100% of your donation goes directly to RTI. Click here for RTI website donation page

Healing Circle on Zoom
2025-03-18 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-03-11 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-02-25 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-02-18 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-02-11 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-02-04 19:00 - 19:15, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 19:15 and 1 more date
The Healing Service created by Inayat Khan, is a powerful prayer and distance-healing service that sends healing to those requesting it. The service is an experience in breath and concentration exercises of channeling the Divine Energy for healing of individuals and our planet.
Healing services will be held only on Zoom on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. You are welcome to join us.
If you have names for the local healing list, please check that your person wishes to be on the healing list, and then contact Parvati by text or at karenmiki2@gmail.com. We generally put folks on the list for a period of one month unless an extension is requested.
For February 2024 we are using a personal zoom account, please arrive 5 minutes early.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8841511443?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 884 151 1443
Passcode: [REDACTED]
By phone Dial by your location: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799

Meditation, Stillness, & Ease Weekly Sunday Evenings
2025-03-16 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-09 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-02 19:30 - 20:30
Meditation, Stillness, & Ease with Akbar Chris Miller
One definition of meditation is the ability to modulate the frequencies of consciousness. We’ll begin with some guided practices to help settle and ground into the body, heart, breath, and moment. We will set intentions to bring into the silence, where, in that inner space, we encounter the wellspring of possibilities. We will cultivate the experience of meditation, stillness, and ease. In these meditations you can sit or lay down. Open to all levels.
$5-20

A WAY WITH WORDS: A Poetic Venture
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-12 19:00 - 20:30
In remembrance of the coffee houses of yore, where poets and the “wordsmiths” gathered to share the wonders their words might evoke, we launch our 2023 version of “the coffee house.” We are calling on all Poets, Writers, and Wordsmiths to read and share their poetry/writings in an accepting ambiance, with a laid back, albeit enthusiastic audience! Each reader is allowed 5 to 7 minutes. The doors open 6:30pm. Sign-ups are first in, first read. Admission is $5 for all. Coffee & snacks are available to purchase.

Dances of Universal Peace with Maitreya
2025-03-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-15 08:00 - 17:00
Come join the circle as we come yet again to sing, praise, and remember the Love which illuminates our hearts.
No experience necessary. Simple circle dances, singing of mantras and divine names, and live music.
Maitreya, a guide in the Sufi Ruhaniat International, is a Dances of Universal Peace and Zikr leader. He enjoys offering retreats in service of the One.
7pm-9pm COST:$5-20

Winter Feast Meditations for the Soul with Akbar Chris Miller, Jan 15 - Feb 23 2025
2025-02-23 19:30, 2025-02-16 19:30, 2025-02-09 19:30, 2025-02-02 19:30
Jan 15 – Feb 23 2025
Sun’s 7:30PM at RTI & Zoom
Wed’s 7:30PM on ZOOM
“What 9 months does for the growing embryo, 40 early mornings does for your awakening soul.” – version of Jelaluddin Rumi by Coleman Barks
40 Minutes of Meditation
In the depth of winter we rejuvenate our souls and selves by sitting together in relaxed, awake awareness.
Disrobing the day and impressions we carry, we are able to enter into quiet contemplation more and more easefully each breath.
By exercising the muscles of concentration, contemplation, meditation, and realization, we bring the infinite well of possibilities into our own daily lives, becoming renewed and centered in purposeful flow with all of life, of which we are so lucky to be a part.
40 minutes of sitting, with some guided meditation practices for the first 5-10 minutes, to enter and delve into the rich illuminated silence of breath, heart, in presence.
Practices drawn from the universalist Sufi Inayati tradition, in addition to others, poems, and contemplative words.
Please practice on your own with take-home practices on days we do not meet. More meditations available from world teachers during this time at https://feastforthesoul.org
BIO
Chris Akbar Miller has been meditating for over 20 years and is a Representative and Healing Minister in the universalist Inayati Sufi tradition. He grew up and was confirmed Christian, and has studied meditation and spiritual practice through Yoga, Qi Gong, Buddhism, poetry, nature, and Sufism among others.
Please check for updates as schedule may change with additions or cancel
Donations Welcomed: split with Rising Tide.
PayPal/Credit/Debit: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/D8BL62XKM4RH4 or to molten.ink@gmail.com,
Venmo: @cem333 (9994 last 4 phone digits)
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82683931929?pwd=[REDACTED]
CONTACT: molten.ink@gmail.com

Women’s Meditation Circle of SW Florida
2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-17 19:00 - 20:00
Jan 17: Patricia Cockerill – Raising Frequencies – RTI/ZOOM
Feb 21: Frannie Hoffman – Circle of Light – RTI/ZOOM
March 21, Spring Equinox: Caroline Crawford RTI
EVENT INFO:
Doors open at 6:30 pm then close at 7 pm when meditation begins. We end at 8 pm.
For specific information on each meditation, which location it is held and if zoom options are available visit: https://risingtideinternational.org/womens-meditation-group/
Donations: Rising Tide is the “home” of the Women’s Meditation Circle. We are committed to its care and respectful of the generosity of the center in allowing us to use it on Friday evenings. Therefore a donation of $10 is suggested – more if you can, less if you can’t. Rising Tide is a 501c3 organization so all donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made payable to Rising Tide or make donations with the Rising Tide Donation Page.

Zikr - Spiritual Chanting & Singing in the Universalist Sufi Tradition With Jessica & Akbar
2025-02-20 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-01-16 19:30 - 20:30
Spiritual Chanting & Singing in the Universalist Sufi Tradition
With Jessica & Akbar
Monthly on Third Thursdays, 7:30 – 8:30pm EDT

Zikr is the practice of remembering our true essence by chanting and repeating sacred phrases to dive into the ocean of oneness. These phrases, passed down generation to generation, are sound codes for clearing, healing, and transforming the body, mind, and heart. We become better aligned with spirit and oneness through intention, connection, love, and grace. We will sing, pray, read poems, and chant together in a circle, connecting and remembering.

Suggested Donation: $5-20
