Breathing Alive - Buffalo, NY, Sep 11-12, 2010

This workshop is the Breath Module, which is now an official part of the curriculum of the Sufi Order. This training is appropriate for all Leaders and Leaders-in-Training in the SOI Esoteric School and the Activities, and for advanced mureeds (Sufi Order initiates) with the recommendation of their Guide.

Breathing Alive: The “Breath Module”
for Leaders & Advanced Mureeds
with Hafizullāh Chishti
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 10:00 am – 5 pm,
with an evening program of Zikr
Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10:00 am – 1 pm
in Buffalo, NY

We intend, as the first essential object of this training, to convey that “being conscious of the breath” is much, much more than awareness of the breath of the body. We will work to impart a living experience of Breath as the cause and the receptacle of every movement in life and of life itself.

Topics will include:

• Becoming aware of the qualities and impressions that transpire ("breathe across") on the Breath, between the Inner and Outer and between people, and which usually act upon us outside of awareness.
• Fundamentals of Breath Diagnosis: Perceiving whether the Breath is Jemal or Jelal, and what Element is predominating in it at the moment, and what this means for our experience of self and life.
• How to use the Breath to set and direct the attunement of a class or Zikr circle, especially with regard to the "Directions" of Breath spoken of by Murshid as Reach, Depth, Rhythm, and Volume.
• An understanding of the basic principles of Breath so that breath practices can be properly understood and tuned to each specific application.
• A technical review of the foundational breath practices of the Sufi Order.

Tuition:
   $85 early registration, $95 after August 9th.
   Students and seniors, $65 early registration, $75 after August 9th.
   Space is limited. A deposit of 50% reserves your place.
   There may be work-exchanges available; speak with the registrars.

For registration or location information, please contact Wadud Cretella (hecca [at] frontiernet [dot] net) or Zaynab FitzPatrick (zaynab [at] frontiernet [dot] net), or phone 585-248-0427. For more information about this workshop, you may also visit its webpage (which may be more or less up to date than this page).

Hafizullah is a senior teacher in the Sufi Order International, and is one of the primary developers of the Breath Module. He has walked, stumbled, crawled, and danced the Sufi path for 33 years. He is active in developing core curriculum for the Sufi Order, and his life passion is in sharing in sacred space and spiritual practice with those who are awakening.