Rose Heart Sufi Community invites you to

With the Beloved: Living in the Presence

with Mariam Baker and Allaudin Ottinger
July 31 – August 3, 2008,
Thursday 6 pm – Sunday 1 pm
Trinity Center at the beautiful NC coast

Immerse yourself in deep attunement and "Drinking with the Beloved!"

Registration Has Closed
All spots are filled but you can contact Habiba to be on the waiting list.   Contact Habiba Debi Niswander, Registrar, call 252 756-6088 or email DUP-Habiba@suddenlink.net

Share a long summer weekend at the beach with two of the most beloved and inspiring teachers in the world, including the Dances of Universal, Zikr ("remembrance"), Sohbet ("spiritual discourse"), Turning, meditation and silence, exploring sacred sound through drumming, men's and women's Zikr circles, and the teachings of Hazrat Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan, Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, Pir Moineddin Jablonski, and Murshida Vera Corda.

Murshida Mariam Baker lives in the Great Whirling Dance. World traveler, student, mother of five children, and treasure hunter for tools of personal and planetary growth and healing, she is a senior teacher and center leader for the Mevlevi Order, facilitating classes internationally in the practice of Turn and other meditative practices in the tradition of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. Initiate in the Inayati Chistia lineage of Sufism through Hazrat Inayat Khan and Murshid Samuel Lewis, she was a student and friend of the late Pir Moineddin Jablonski, and received his transmission to continue Sufi Soulwork© a marriage of psychological and spiritual tools which open pathways to the integration of being human. She is an active member of the Sufi Ruhaniat International, a leader of the Dances of Universal Peace since 1974, and has taught throughout the United States, Canada, Russia, Europe, and Australia. She is the former director of Theater of Healing and author of Woman As Divine, Tales Of The Goddess, published in 1981, one of the first modern books illuminating the Sacred Feminine.

Murshid Allaudin Ottinger is an active proponent of the Peace through the Arts movement. Working toward this ideal he has overseen Dances of Universal Peace, Zikr, and Sufi meetings in Kansas City since 1979. He is a senior teacher in the Sufi Ruhaniat International, a Mentor in the DUP network, and has led camps, seminars, and retreats worldwide. As a professional musician he has offered his energy and talent in educational, recording, and performance based events. Allaudin is also a small business owner, married, and the father of two beautiful young people. He enjoys the four seasons and the stars at night.


Trinity Center is a beautiful private retreat center on Bogue Banks Island with 62 acres extending from sound to sea. Accommodations are modern hotel-style rooms, each with a private bath. Linens provided. Adjacent lounge areas have refrigerator, ice maker, coffee supplies, and phone. Delicious home-cooked meals are prepared and served by a gracious staff, with vegetarian options at every meal. See www.trinityctr.com for more information. Camp begins with supper at 6 PM on Thursday and ends after lunch at 1 PM on Sunday.

Space may be available to come early or stay later; first come, first served! Contact Trinity Center after July 17th to arrange at 888 874-6287.