Polishing the Heart, March 2026
This month's highlights:
This month's highlights:
- April 23 - 26, 2026 Dance Weekend on The Farm Community, Summertown, TN
- More on Dance Leader Training Sessions
- Biographies of Hazrat Inayat Khan
- The Mysticism of Sound and Music - Listen online!
- Sanctuary Summit April 16 - 19, 2026
There will be Dances at the Sanctuary Summit 2026
We'll also dance under the dome during the April 23-26 Dance Weekend!
Dear friends,
It is so much fun to watch the circle for our Dance Weekend in April grow these last weeks. We welcome friends and some first-timers to the Dances and The Farm Community!
It is so much fun to watch the circle for our Dance Weekend in April grow these last weeks. We welcome friends and some first-timers to the Dances and The Farm Community!
We are pleased to have several Dance Leaders in Training attending, with both Friday and Saturday afternoons circles in the hands of these new leaders, the future of our practice.
Nigel Hameed Pizzini is a dance leader visiting us from New Zealand! Deborah and I met and became friends with Nigel and his wife Helen when we attended two NZ Dance camps in 2024. Nigel has been one of their core group of leaders since 2016.
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Hazrat Inayat Khan on Social Media
For the last couple of months, I have been turning my attention toward learning more about Hazrat Inayat Khan. It’s amazing what you can now find on YouTube.
There are several video biographies. Although I knew his general story and have even visited Hazrat Inayat Khan's tomb in India, there is always more to learn. I gained a clearer picture in my mind of him traveling from country to country, city to city, playing music and establishing small circles of people throughout the West dedicated to learning the Sufi ways, much like the Dance circles have proliferated today.
When I first discovered the Dances of Universal Peace, I was particularly drawn to Hazrat Inayat Khan's Mysticism of Sound and Music. I have found someone reading excerpts from the book and have included links to these, along with the documentary videos down below. There is even one with video footage and his voice!
Namaste,
Douglas
Douglas
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Hazrat Inayat Khan, Dedication of the Universel, 1926 - The Sufi Message
Excerpts
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Sanctuary Summit brings together global music talents, intergenerational wisdom, engaging presentations, hands-on skill building, and spaces for children to grow within the village we dream of.
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