"Toward the One, United with All"

Rose Heart Sufi Community
Dedicated to the Embodiment of Universal Spiritual Liberty
 and Sacred Sound and Movement

 

Rose Heart Sufi Community is a non-profit affiliated center of the Sufi Ruhaniat International. We've been serving North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic region since 1993, carrying on the lineage of Hazrat Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan, Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, Mata-ji Ruth St. Denis, and others who point us toward Wisdom's way.
 
Our mission statement is:
We seek to minister to the community of Sufi students, teachers, and seekers in the Durham NC area and surrounding areas. This ministry consists of a.) supporting Ruhaniat students and teachers through regular Gathas classes, to which initiates of other Sufi orders are welcomed, b.) supporting seekers through regular Dances of Universal Peace meetings, Zikr gatherings, offerings of the Dervish Healing Service and the Service of Universal Peace, and periodic Gathekas classes, c.) supporting the area community by offering retreats, camps, and special events that promote and offer an experience of the unity of religious ideals, sacred sound and movement, and/or the unfolding of our soul's purpose.
Some of the ongoing services we provide are:
  • Dances of Universal Peace monthly meetings
  • Zikr & Sama gatherings
  • Universal Worship Services
  • Healing Services
  • Annual New Year's Eve celebrations
  • Annual Christmas Night gatherings
  • Trainings for Dance leaders, Dance musicians, and Dancers
  • Gathas classes for Sufi initiates
  • Gathekas classes for Sufi seekers
  • Aramaic Prayer Dance Cycle
  • Native Middle Eastern Dance Cycle
  • Introduction to Frame Drumming classes
  • "Giving Birth To Ourselves" Drum Intensives

We've brought you many wonderful camps, trainings, and intensives with beloved world-renowned teachers, including:
Shabda Kahn Layne Redmond Asha Greer
Wali Ali Meyer Saraswati Mimi O'Neill Vasudeva Kirbiatiev
Tasnim Hermila Fernandez Mariam Baker Wali and Arienne van der Zwan
Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz Mihr'un'nisa Douglass Akbar Eric Manolson
Allaudin Ottinger Timothy Dobson Radha Tereska Buko

Current plans are:

  • an "Introduction to Frame Drumming" weekend with Layne Redmond Feb 15 - 17 click here to register
  • ca retreat with Murshida Mariam Baker and Murshid Allaudin Ottinger the first weekend of August
  • continuing Cherag training with Tasnim Fernandez
  • ongoing two-day Dance Intensives for Dance leaders, Dance musicians, and Dancers
  • Layne Redmond's "Giving Birth to Ourselves" Intensive presented by Farrunnissa

Vision for the future includes:

  • offering scholarships for local community members to attend national and regional events
  • creating a physical home for Rose Heart Sufi Community to host gatherings and events
  • other wonderful things yet to be revealed!

If you wish to support us with a donation, 100% of your gift is tax-deductible.
Rose Heart Sufi Community is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization.  Click on the donate button to be directed to PayPal.  where you can enter whatever amount you wish to donate.
Rose Heart Sufi Community Board of Directors --

Ananda Eric Pritchard, President
Shirin Julie Purcell, Vice-President
NurJehan Lukah Kavlock, Secretary
Gauri Jo Ann Johnson, Treasurer
Hayat Laurie Lindgren, Board Member
Farrunnissa Lila Rosa, Center Coordinator

"In Beauty is the secret of Divinity."
– Hazrat Inayat Khan