Open Circles

Dear Community,
I’m looking so forward to Zikr-ing with you tomorrow… plus, I just scheduled a Mama Sing! Nice, eh? And some other stuff… here you go:

Zikr – Saturday, May 13th – 7 PM – Rocky Mountain Miracle Center (1939 S Monroe St, Denver) – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck! Bring something scrumptious to share.
Join us for dinner at 5:30 at Mad Greens if you like!

Mother’s Day – every single day… and Hallmark says, this Sunday, May 14th – Honor Mama Gaia! Plant a tree…

Sufi Meditation – Monday, May 15th AND Monday, May 22nd – 9:30 AM – My house (2727 Alan St, Fort Collins)

Mama Sing! – Tuesday, May 23rd – 1 PM to 2:30 PM – Fort Collins City Park – We’ll gather between the two playgrounds and scope out the best place to have our song circle – All genders and ages are welcome, even though this group did start out being exclusively for “moms.” – We’ll sing from 1 to 2:30 and then have informal snack and social time. If you’d like to bring a snack or drink to share with the tribe, please do! – By donation (pay what you want)

Chant! – Sunday, May 28th – 7 PM – Unity Church (1401 W Vine, Fort Collins) – $10 suggested donation

Sufi Meditation – Monday, May 29th – 9:30 AM – My house… maybe… stay tuned!

Dances of Universal Peace – Thursday, June 1st – 7 PM – Nyland Cohousing (3525 Nyland Way, Lafayette) – $10 suggested donation – I don’t know yet who might be leading with me… I’ll keep you posted.

Dragonfest Ritual Meeting – Sunday, June 11th – 1 PM – Longmont… if you’d like to help with the ritual, please let me know asap…

MeadowFest June 22 to 25… sign up here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Based entirely on the recommendation of our very dear friend, Miss Amina Mary Catherine, I offer you this most excellent, artistic, good music, with an only mildly disturbing video. Please enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I&feature=youtu.be

Ya Allah!
Sára

Dear Community,
A neighbor child came over and offered to pick the dandelions out of our front yard… then another neighbor came over and offered to spray the dandelions with toxic, earth-killing poison.
Must be summer!

Because i know you count on me for quality life-enhancing entertainment…

This movie is coming to a theater near you this Friday, May 12th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgieA9GiEc

Plus:

ZIKR! – This Saturday, May 13th – 7 PM – Rocky Mountain Miracle Center (1939 S Monroe, Denver) – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

Mother’s Day – This Sunday May 14th – all day long – do something nice for someone.

Sufi Meditation – Monday, May 15th – 9:30 AM – at my house in Fort Collins

Sufi Meditation – Monday, May 22nd – 9:30 AM – at my house

CHANT! – Sunday, May 28th – 7 PM – Unity of Fort Collins (1401 W Vine)

Sufi Meditation – Monday, May 29th – 9:30 AM – my house

DANCE! (of Universal Peace) – Thursday, June 1st – 7 PM – Nyland Co-housing (in the Yoga Room) 3525 Nyland Way, Lafayette, CO – $10 suggested donation – more details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1448546355191597/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story

MeadowFest is right around the corner – Thursday June 22nd to Sunday June 25th – Time to get signed up! Rituals, chanting, drumming, glorious nature, sweet community, casual… pancake breakfast, potluck dinners… $37 – more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Hey, do you want to buy Jodie Rahima’s 1984 VW Westfalia? It’s on the market! Contact her for more info: rain.jodie@gmail.com

Hey, do you want to help with Dragonfest main ritual? Let me know as soon as you can… Gotta get everyone up to speed.

Love, dandelions, and margarita blessings!
Sára

Why, hello again!
I just scheduled a chant evening without giving you any warning at all… I do hope some of you can make it.
May is just starting and already she’s slipping away!

Thursday, May 4th – 7 PM – Dance of Universal Peace at Nyland (3525 Nyland Way, Lafayette, CO 80026) – suggested donation $10 – Qadriya Diane Orr and I will be leading – more info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/208600746304379/?active_tab=about

Saturday, May 6th – 7 PM – CHANT – 1401 W Vine (Unity of Fort Collins) – $10 suggested donation

Monday, May 8th – 9:30 AM – Meditation – my house..

Saturday, May 13th – 7 PM – Zikr – 1939 S Monroe (Rocky Mountain Miracle Center, Denver) – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck – more info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1881532808733255/
You are welcome to join us for dinner 5:30 PM at Mad Greens!

Sunday, May 14th – Mother’s Day – gratitude, gratitude!

Monday, May 15th – Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

Here’s the song of the hour… meaning it’s been playing itself in my head so I might as well share it with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3klPdAy-nQ

Pink umbrellas are a great remedy for rainy day blues.
Cheers!
Sára

Hi Friends!
Some new hooplas are shaping up… please inform your social secretaries:

Monday, May 1st (Happy Beltane!) – Sufi Meditation – 9:30 AM – 2727 Alan St FC

Thursday, May 4th – Dance of Universal Peace – 7 PM – Nyland Co-housing (just east of Boulder) – $10 suggested donation – I will be facilitating the evening along with Qadriya (Diane Orr) and maybe some other local leaders – check out details on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/208600746304379/
If you’d like to carpool from Fort Collins, please let me know. The more the merrier!
This dance circle will occur the 1st Thursday of each month now through September…

Monday, May 8th – Sufi Meditation – 9:30 AM – My house…

Saturday, May 13th – Pre-Zikr Dinner – 5:30 PM – Mad Greens 2073 S Colorado Blvd #101

Saturday, May 13th – Zikr – 7 PM – 1939 S Monroe St, Denver – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

Sign up for MeadowFest now! – casual campout – June 22 to 25. More info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Our DragonFest main ritual crew is looking good! If you think you’d like to help, please let me know. I’ll be scheduling a couple meeting times. DragonFest is August 9 to 13… main ritual is the evening of the 12th.

OMG, these goddesses are amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-1-gLv3aWs

Enjoy the snow flurries!
Sára

Hi Friends!

Did I tell you I’m heading up “Main Ritual” for Dragonfest this year? Well, I am.
Want to help? I just wrote the ritual… it’s a doozy. Or maybe it’s a total not-doozy… want to help anyway? Please let me know as soon as you possibly can. I’ll need to recruit maybe a dozen or so helpers… and it will be necessary to meet in person at least once ahead of time… maybe twice… to go over songs and walk through it.
Plus… did I tell you there’s an Earth Day celebration this Saturday (April 22nd) at Westland Park Pavilion? Well, there is! I’ll be leading Dances of Universal Peace at 10:30 or 11 AM… and again around 1 PM. Please join us. It’s free. It’s fun. It’s Earth-loving! More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1830317453846927/

AND… I’m sure I told you there’s a Chant this Sunday, April 23rd. I’m excited! 7 PM – 1401 W Vine, Fort Collins – $10 suggested donation – singing, singing, singing… la-la-la-la-la…

MOREOVER… I didn’t tell you, but I’m about to: some of us who refuse to grow up are going to ride Go-Karts at Fort Fun at 3 PM this Sunday (the 23rd). $8 a pop. Feel free to join us if you aren’t too much of an adult.

THEN… Sufi Meditation at my house Monday, April 24th – 9:30 AM – for real this time.

FARTHER AWAY… Zikr is still on a weird date in May – Saturday, May 13th – 7 PM – 1939 S Monroe. Don’t forget. $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck.

Oh my good golly… this is just so good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvsDuJYEnI

TTFN!
Sára

Hi Friends,
Happy Easter!

This Monday, April 17th, I will be happy to do the Sufi Meditation with you via the internet.
Please don’t show up at my house. I won’t be there.
9:30 AM – let me know if you want the link to join me by Zoom.

Next Saturday, April 22nd – Earth Day Celebration in Denver – 10am-2pm – Westlands Park, 5701 S. Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, CO – I’ll be leading Dances of Universal Peace at 10:30 or 11 AM and again around 1 PM.

Sunday, April 23rd – Chant – 7 PM – 1401 W Vine, Fort Collins – $10 suggested donation

Monday, April 24th – Sufi Meditation – 9:30 AM – 2727 Alan St, Fort Collins

Next Denver Zikr will be Saturday, May 13th – 7 PM – Mark your calendars!

MeadowFest Campout – June 22 to 25 – Please join us! Always a sweet, relaxed time with community. Singing, drumming, sharing meals, fire circles, rituals… – register here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Here’s a whole new level of Easter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeBbxGTuVdM

He is risen!
Love and Multi-Colored Chicks!
Sára

Dear Community,
Meditating, singing, zikr-ing, and getting all riled up with the apple blossoms!

Monday April 10th – YES Sufi Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

Saturday April 15th – Zikr in Denver – 1939 S Monroe St (Rocky Mountain Miracle Center) – 7 PM – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

Sunday April 16th – Easter! – Wear bunny ears for Jesus!

Monday, April 17th – Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

Saturday, April 22nd – Earth Day Celebration – 10 AM to 2 PM – Westlands Park, S Quebec St, Greenwood Village, CO (South Denver) – I’ll be leading dances around 11 AM and again at 1 PM … come on out! The theme is “Honoring OurSelves, Community and Earth”

Sunday, April 23rd – Chant – 1401 W Vine Dr, Fort Collins – 7 PM – $10 suggested donation…

Monday, April 24th – Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

CHANGE OF PLANS!!!
The Zikr schedule gets a little haberttyjank in the next few months. Please mark your calendars:

APRIL ZIKR – Saturday, April 15th
MAY ZIKR – Saturday, May 13th
JUNE ZIKR – Saturday, June 17th
JULY ZIKR – Saturday, July 29th

Sorry for the moving targets. It’s what I can do.

RETREATS COMING UP:
June 22 to 25 – MeadowFest – Pagan-esque campout at Jack’s Gulch – casual community campout, rituals, chanting, drumming, evening fires, pancake breakfast, potluck dinner… sweet time in nature with kindred souls. More info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

July 16 to 23 – Mendocino Sufi Camp – I’m on staff this year, Yay! – more info here: http://mendosuficamp.org/

October 5 to 9 – Toward the One retreat in Colorado with me, Maitreya Jon Stevens, and Khabir Christian Mayer-Glauninger – Sufi stuff, dances, zikr, teachings, and time in the exquisite Rocky Mountains – Camp Santa Maria, near Bailey, CO – more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

In case you are curious… “haberttyjank” is a phrase used in my household to describe something that is (according to Tim) “red-neck engineered in such a way to make one think that it may not work, but we’ll give it a go.” That is the “northern” spelling and definition of the phrase. Take it or leave it.
I thought it would be spelled differently, but I am often wrong in these matters and defer to Tim’s greater wisdom.

Here’s a Sufi tidbit you never would have expected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SwWL5xCzhM
Pir-O-Murshid said the soul is gold… and gold is the color of happiness… and honey is gold.

Love and happiness,
Sára

Dear Friends,
It’s raining.
Nice, eh?
Good weather to go stand with our brothers and sisters in Fort Collins… or wherever you can… It is our sacred task to be loving and supportive of our friends and neighbors. Here’s how:

Sunday (today) 5 PM – Rally in Support of Fort Collins Islamic Center – the local Islamic Center was vandalized this morning… please come out to offer your support, solidarity and love – 925 W Lake St, Fort Collins

Monday, March 27th – Sufi Meditation – 9:30 AM – my house

Friday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 4th – Caravan to the Desert – Leaving this Friday morning… please contact me ASAP! More info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Monday April 3rd – NO MEDITATION AT MY HOUSE… We’ll do it in the desert.

Monday April 10th – YES Sufi Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

Saturday April 15th – Zikr in Denver – 1939 S Monroe St (Rocky Mountain MIracle Center) – 7 PM – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

Sunday April 16th – Easter! – Eat an egg for Jesus!

Monday, April 17th – Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

Saturday, April 22nd – Earth Day Celebration – 10 AM to 2 PM – Westlands Park, S Quebec St, Greenwood Village, CO – I’ll be leading dances around 11 AM and again at 1 PM … come on out! The theme is “Honoring OurSelves, Community and Earth

Sunday, April 23rd – Chant in Fort Collins – (probably at Unity Church… but not quite sure yet…) – 7 PM – $10 suggested donation… stay tuned for location confirmation

Monday, April 24th – Meditation at my house – 9:30 AM

RETREATS COMING UP:
June 22 to 25 – MeadowFest – Pagan-esque campout at Jack’s Gulch – casual community campout, rituals, chanting, drumming, evening fires, pancake breakfast, potluck dinner… sweet time in nature with kindred souls. More info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

July 16 to 23 – Mendocino Sufi Camp – I’m on staff this year, Yay! – more info here: http://mendosuficamp.org/

October 5 to 9 – Toward the One retreat in Colorado with me, Maitreya Jon Stevens, and Khabir Christian Mayer-Glauninger – Sufi stuff, dances, zikr, teachings, and time in the exquisite Rocky Mountains – Camp Santa Maria, near Bailey, CO – more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Attuning to this beauty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMXGo_JuiAM

Love,
Sára

Beloved Community,
I am looking forward to being with you this Thursday for the last Fort Collins Dance of Universal Peace…
Thursday, March 9th – 7:30 PM – 1401 W Vine Dr, Fort Collins – $10 suggested donation

I expect there will be certain occasions in the future for which I will schedule individual Dance evenings… but nothing on the calendar now.

And while I’m saying “no,”
No meditation at my house Monday the 13th.

YES Chant in Denver-ish Saturday the 18th – 1:30 to 3:30 PM – Jefferson Unitarian Church, in the James Willis Chapel (not sanctuary) 14350 W 32nd Ave, Golden, CO – http://jeffersonunitarian.org – We’re gonna sing, sing, sing, sing, sing! – Not sure if there will be a “suggested donation” amount… pay what you like!

YES Zikr in Denver! – Saturday, March 18th – 7 PM – at the Rocky Mountain Miracle Center, 1939 S Monroe St. – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

BIGGER ADVENTURES:
Caravan to the Goddess – March 31st to April 4th… more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

MeadowFest – Community Campout! – Chanting, drumming, ritualing, dancing, fires, friends and Divine Nature! – June 22nd to 25th – more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Mendocino Sufi Camp – July 16th to 23rd – I’m happy to be on staff again this year, Dances, Zikr, Sufi classes, a sweet community in a gorgeous place! – more info here: http://mendosuficamp.org/

Colorado Sufi Retreat with Maitreya the Magnificent, Khabir the Glorious, and Sára the Silly – Toward the One! – October 5th to 9th – more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

And, most important of all…
JESUS!!
That guy makes me laugh:
http://imgur.com/GMiqr4R?r

Love raying forth!
Sára

Dear Community,
Coming right up:

Chant, Sunday, February 26th – 7 PM – 1401 W Vine, Fort Collins – $10 suggested donation

Meditation, Monday, February 27th – 9:30 AM – 2727 Alan St, Fort Collins

NO DANCE THURSDAY MARCH 2nd – I’ve changed my mind.

Meditation, Monday March 6th – 9:30 AM – Alan St

LAST FORT COLLINS DANCE EVER – Thursday, March 9th – 7:30 PM – 1401 W Vine – $10 suggested – some of our delightful friends from out of town will be visiting our dance circle this evening… please join us for a last hurrah of the Fort Collins Thursday evening Dance circle.
I might schedule some other rhythm for dances… but right now… I’m done.

NO MEDITATION at my house Monday, March 13th. Do not come over here. Tim has specific instructions to keep the door locked and not let anyone have any coffee.

Chant in Denver – Saturday March 18th – 2 PM to 4 PM – location will be disclosed shortly…

Dinner in Denver – Saturday March 18th – 5 PM… somewhere or other between chant and zikr…

Zikr in Denver – Saturday March 18th – 7 PM – 1939 S Monroe St – $10 suggested donation and dessert potluck

Caravan to the see the Goddess… more info here: http://trigoddess.org/special-events/

Also… are y’all on facebook?
I encourage you to go to this page and click “like”: https://www.facebook.com/towardtheone/?pnref=story
I’m trying to consolidate communication streams… that’ll help, I hope.
You are also welcome to visit my page. I post a weekly reflection on a Beautiful Name of God, as well as some event announcements: https://www.facebook.com/saraswati.rain

In case you are tempted to start planting your Colorado garden… DON’T DO IT!!! It’s freaking freezing out there in the snow… last frost is officially May 15th. I’m not making that up.

That is all.
Sára