September 2019
Silent Meditation
This is an hour of silent meditation. It starts with breath concentration, and ends with a brief chant. The purpose is to move from concentration to meditation. This is an opportunity to build one’s intensity, connection and vibration with a group of spiritual beings. All are welcome.
Find out more »Healing Circle
The Healing Service given by Sufi Inayat Khan is a powerful prayer and distance-healing service that sends healing to those requesting it. If you wish your name to be added to the Healing List, please contact Kismet. Someone must consent to putting their name on the list – you cannot simply offer names without getting their permission first.
Find out more »Tuesday Night Class: The Quest for Spiritual Liberty
This is a far-ranging class offered by local Sufi Teachers and guest teachers. Classes can range from spiritual discourse and lectures, meditation, discussion, Dances of Universal Peace, chanting, mantra yoga, spiritual exercises, ceremonies, and more. Regular teachers of this class include (but are not limited to) Zaid Smith, Tara Anne Muir, Kismet Weeber, Nur-Al-Haqq Richard Martin, Anne Karuna Ferrier, and others. Suggested Donation: $10 To join the class by Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/655125997 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US…
Find out more »Yoga of Recovery
We combine yoga with a 12 step group format. The foundation is creating a safe, sacred place for learning new skills, sharing, and healing.
Find out more »Zikr – Sufi practice of Remembrance in the Sanctuary
The word Zikre means remembrance. It is a chanting practice that helps the practitioner remember and experience the infinite; the source of their being; their true home, from where they have come and to where they return.
Find out more »Universal Worship Service
The Universal Worship celebrates the unity of all religious faiths on one altar by lighting candles to represent the diversity of faiths and offering prayers to honor all religions. A Cherag (from the Persian word for ‘lamp’) facilitates this service along with other services such as weddings, funerals, baby blessings, and house blessings. Cherags at Rising Tide are available to the Sarasota community at large. Universal Worship is held every Sunday The Universal Worship Service is an egalitarian worship service…
Find out more »October 2019
Shamanic Journey October 5th
The Fall Season is the western gate of the medicine wheel. This is the looks within time where the Shaman stands asking you to go within for self-reflection. A SHAMAN'S JOURNEY is similar to a guided meditation. It is accompanied by the heartbeat sounds of the large mother drum. The journey takes participants through the dimensions of the imagination where reality and the dream-time interweaves. The journey presents gifts of understanding, lessons, and personal messages. The journey itself lasts 30-40…
Find out more »Sound Immersion Gong Meditation
The sounds of the gong can dissolve tension, release stress and lift your spirit. It takes you on a journey into your inner landscape. Sound has a profound affect that awakens, inspires, heals, transforms and soothes the soul.
Find out more »The Rockin’ Kirtan Band
Rising Tide welcomes The Rockin’ Kirtan Band to pot-luck and Kirtan on the second Sunday of every month. The Rockin’ Kirtan Band offers a progressive blend of multicultural chants with familiar melodies designed to foster love and open hearts! The band synthesizes the energy of light rock with the soul of sacred chanting! Steve Biegel, the band leader on guitar and vocals, invites the community to be part of the band as it meditates, sways, chants and dances to the music.…
Find out more »Florida Dance Retreat with Pir Shabda Kahn ~ Nurturing the Inner Life, Caring for the Planet
*Photo Credits to Patrick Harrigan for Florida Dance Photos, and Sierra Salin for Mendocino Sufi Camp Photos. Dear Dancers, Friends, and Seekers on the Path, Join us for the Annual Florida Dance Retreat, this year in Sarasota, 10 minutes from the beach, at Rising Tide. We have a wonderful surprise: Pir Shabda Kahn, who danced with Murshid Samuel Lewis, the originator of the Dances of Universal Peace, and who travels around the world offering and teaching the Dances and the…
Find out more »Dances of Universal Peace with Pir Shabda Kahn
Join Pir Shabda Kahn with a full musicians circle at Rising Tide for an evening of Dances of Universal Peace! The Dances are a joyful pathway of connection with the divine essence and qualities of life that live within each human heart, and that are everpresent in living reality. Songs and chants are simple and repeating, and movements are easy and expressive to evoke sacred connection in joy, peace, lovingkindness, compassion, and authenticity. Are you a musician who wants to…
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