Dances of Universal Peace DUP West Yorkshire

08/10/2025

THIS Saturday 11 Oct, 11-5pm Grace (a senior Dances of Universal Peace mentor from the US), will come to the SOUL Wellness Hub in Sowerby Bridge near Halifax :)
If you have not booked yet but intend to come, please let me know now.

Grace has has directly worked with peoples in the US, South America, Guatemala, Mexico, and Native Americans in the US for over 30 years and learned from their cultures to follow your heart.
She will offer practices and Dances developed from these cultures and create a sacred space with mantras, or words of power.
More about Grace: LifeAsaGarden.com/music/

Venue: SOUL Wellness Hub, Burnley Road, Friendly
(near BP), Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2TL, 01422 836973

Booking: https://buytickets.at/dancesofuniversalpeace/1759900
Cost: £60 generous - £50 full - £35 low income

If you like to share supper together in the SOUL cafe after 5pm we can get a bulk menu order for £8 or £10 pp - let me know NOW if you are interested.
Soul have a varied good lunch menu to individually choose from:
https://soulwellnesshub.com/cafe/
More about SOUL: SoulWellnessHub.com/

Contact: Raphael 07909488272 - rainbowralph@gmail.com
With love, peace & JOY in my heart, Raphael

21/09/2025

Let's create Joy, Love & Community using our bodies and voices next Sunday 28th afternoon :)
There's too much trouble, war and fear in the world around us.

Pay on the door
Peace and Joy!

23/07/2025

“The Path of the Heart” Dances of Universal Peace with Grace D Marie (US) on Sat 11 Oct 2025, 11-5pm
Enlighten, enbrighten and move in life with with wisdom from world indigenous people and cultures Grace has worked with for over 30 years. She has directly worked with peoples in the US, South America, Guatemala, Mexico, and Native Americans in the US and learned from their cultures to follow your heart.
Grace will offer practices and Dances developed from these cultures and create a sacred space with mantras, or words of power.
We can eat lunch in the SOUL café (best order order in the morning). SOUL supper will only be available if you pre-book in the lunch break.
Venue: SOUL Wellness Hub, Burnley Road, Friendly (near BP), Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2TL, 01422 836973
Cost: £60 generous - £50 full - £35 low income
More about Grace: LifeAsaGarden.com/music/
about SOUL: SoulWellnessHub.com/
Booking: https://buytickets.at/dancesofuniversalpeace/1759900
Contact: Raphael 07909488272 - rainbowralph@gmail.com

07/05/2025

How much joy can we create this Sunday in the Temple space of the SOUL Wellness Hub in Friendly / Sowerby Bridge?
Here is a short taster: https://youtu.be/kR1OeqQcFHA

Come for the experience :) £12
Tickets: https://buytickets.at/dancesofuniversalpeace/169138ay1
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/348Gr8J54

See you there Sunday 11 May 3pm?

09/03/2025

The Tuning of the Heart

'Khankah of the Heart' presents
a non-residential retreat with Murshid Allaudin Ottinger

'Spirituality is not necessarily intellectuality, nor orthodoxy, nor asceticism...
If there can be a definition of spirituality, it is the tuning of the heart.'
- Hazrat Inayat Khan

At this time when humanity is faced by growing challenges and divisions, this retreat invites you to the sacred work of tuning the heart - aligning with harmony and inner peace. Together, we seek to awaken a deeper connection that can raise us above the distinctions and differences that divide, fostering unity and healing within ourselves and the world.

Friday 28 March 10.00 - Sunday 30 March 2025 14.00

SOUL Wellness Hub, Sowerby Bridge, Friendly, HX6 2TL
https://soulwellnesshub.com/

This retreat will run from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon, and our journey towards heart awakening together will include a delightful and powerful mixture of Sufi teachings, Dances of Universal Peace, breathing practices, chants, walking meditations, and Zikr.

Murshid Allaudin Ottinger originates from Kansas City, Missouri. He is an internationally renowned leader of the Dances of Universal Peace and has facilitated camps and retreats around the world since 1979. With great thanks to his teachers, Allaudin continues to travel the world and share the Universal Sufi message of spiritual liberty. As a senior Dance mentor and teacher in the Sufi Ruhaniat Order “...his exceptional musicianship, creativity and spontaneity are the seeds of ecstatic experiences...”. And as a consummate musician, Allaudin has recorded several albums of Sufi music, jazz, and poetry over many years, and brings to all he does a great quality of heart.

Cost: £240 – includes 3 lunches and 2 suppers, with delicious vegan food cooked on the premises. Gluten free options available. A small number of discounted places are available on request.

For further information, or to make a booking, contact Robert Salik Orange: robertorange19@gmail.com or 07870 213884

https://facebook.com/events/s/the-tuning-of-the-heart-a-sufi/1160273006108374/

23/01/2025

from noon to 1pm we will have a gentle peace dance session in the Sacred Womb space of the SOUL Wellness Hub, honouring the Divine feminine + a little Sufi zikr.
See you there?
Love and peace, Raphael

EXPAND: A SOUL DAY RETREAT
FACILITATOR ANNOUNCEMENT - Raphael Nimmann

Dances of Universal Peace with Raphael

If you like kirtan and bhajan singing, you may love to dance while chanting devotional phrases, honoring the divine in many manifestations. We use all of our bodies, hearts, voices and spirit to connect with love, harmony, beauty and each other, creating an embodied community experience.

EXPAND: A SOUL DAY RETREAT
📅 Saturday 25th January 2025
🕰 9:00-22:30
📍SOUL Wellness Hub & Cafe, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2TL
🎟 Super Early Bird £22 (Closes 28th December - 30 tickets available - Sold Out!)
🎟 Early Bird £33 (Closes 11th January - 50 tickets available - Sold Out!)
🎟 General Admission £44

Come and be apart of this magical day, tickets are selling fast so get yours now at:
www.soulwellnesshub.com/events

24/09/2024

MYSTERY QUEST
Towards the One,
the Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty.

A day of Dances of Universal Peace and Zikr in Manchester with Mo'unisa Vitalija and Nizam.

"I think only of Your love, Your calling to me and I dance the thousand dances of love, all returning to You ". / Hazrat Mewlana Rumi

Come and join us in our Mystery Quest for a day in Manchester. We offer Dances of Universal Peace, which are simple circle dances with singing along mantras and sacred chants from different spiritual traditions. The words, music and steps will be taught before each dance, so no previous experience is needed. The Dances will be accompanied by guitar.

In the second part we offer meditation and body prayer practice, based on Zikr practice, traditionally performed weekly in Sufi communities all over the world. We will be singing sacred Sufi phrases with simple steps and body movements, helping us to cultivate our heart and to deepen through this practice our connection with Love, Peace, the Divine, the Beloved. All are welcome.

Please book or let us know you intend to come, so we know the numbers. Drinks and cake are included. Please bring your own mag and lunch to share.

Venue: Prestwich Church Institute, 368 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AR.
Parking is available. It is 5 min walk from Prestwich tramlink stop.

Time: Saturday 2nd November 2024
10.30am - 16 pm, doors are open from 10am for a drink.

Price: £20 recommended. Pay less, if full price is difficult for you.

Booking and inquires vitalija_zelenevska@yahoo.co.uk

31/08/2024

Saturday 7th Sept Grace / US will share a peace dance session with us at the amazing SOUL Wellness Hub in Friendly, Sowerby Bridge from 11-1:30pm, £15 only.
Afterwards we can have a meal in their restaurant or stay on in their new Garden Eden (with hot tub, cold plunge & fire pit) or have an infrared sauna sweat.

Booking: to reserve your place:
TicketTailor.com/events/soulwellnesshub1/1345264 (cash on the door also accepted)
Contact: Raphael: 07909488272 or rainbowralph@gmail.com

VENUE: SOUL Wellness Hub (the Old Methodist Church), Burnley Road, Friendly (near BP), Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2TL
More see: SoulWellnessHub.com

09/08/2024

Any lift offers from Todmorden to Dancing Spirit Camp 17 - 25 Aug (near Bath)?

31/01/2024

Come and sing your heart out with simple chants, until your body is filled with good vibes and begins to tingle. We'll sing catchy simple but powerful chants you will remember.
I invite you to fall into your heart.

On today's Valentine's Day we'll focus on LOVE in all forms as reflected in many religious and spiritual traditions.
The human voice provides the possibility to connect with our soul and with God. This is why in many faith traditions the use of the voice plays an essential part. It resonates with the chakra system, activates the flow of subtle energies, uplifts the mood, balances mind and aura and can lead to a state of blissful joy. The deeper breathing activates and rejuvenates the body.

Experience some wisdom of Native American traditions, the joy of Jewish niguns, the ecstasy of Indian bhajans, the depth of Sufi zikrs, the power of Islamic mantras, Christian devotion, the gentleness of Buddhist mantras, a connection with the Divine feminine and simple chants of universal love and truth.

No experience is required. In the age old oral tradition no song sheets are needed. We gather in a circle around a candle (representing our inner light). There will be Angel Cards at your service.
I recommend to leave any musical instruments at home and
focus on your own voice - the most perfect instrument.

Raphael knows 100s of chants from the Buddhist, Christian, Goddess, Hindu, Jewish, Native American, Pagan, Sikh, Sufi, Universal Truth and Zoroastrian traditions. He has been leading 100s of chanting sessions during the last four decades and developed a relaxed, inclusive and joyful way of facilitating devotional chanting.

Cost: £8 only on https://soulwellnesshub.com/events/

Warning: if you are in a manic state, please refrain from joining, as chanting has a stong uplifting effect.

@ SOUL Wellness Hub, Burnley Road. Friendly (A646 near BP), Sowerby Bridge HX6 2TL
tel: 01422 836973 - SoulWellnessHub.com