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August 2024 Newsletter
Quarterly Concentration- "The Power of WE" Zoom Recording Available; Registration Details for 1st annual DUPNA Retreat 11/1-3, Dances with Elders in Chairs Video, Dance Leader Spotlight: Morgan Rivers of Des Moines, IA, Call for Artwork for DUPNA Holiday Card, Introducing DUPNA Board Treasurer Vimlan VanDien, Honoring Newly Certified Dance Leaders, Upcoming Camps & Retreats
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Spring 2024 Newsletter
Quarterly Concentration- "The Alchemy of Change" Zoom Recording Available, Dances at The Sanctuary Summit, Announcing 1st DUPNA Retreat at The Farm in November, DUPNA Next Gen Council Report, Honoring Newly Certified Leaders & Mentor, Upcoming Summer Dance Camps and Retreats
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Winter 2023 Newsletter
Quarterly Concentration - Zoom Recording Available, Celebrating Murshid SAM's Urs in the ethers 1/15/24, Crowdfunding Success to bring Bernie Heideman to Puerto Morelos, Mexico Camp "One More Time"!, Honoring New Mentors-in-Training in NA, DUP International Logo Policy Updated
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Fall 2023 Newsletter
Sharings from The Parliament of the World's Religions 2023 in Chicago, DUPNA Board & Staff News, Sharing Photos from Summer Camps: Mendocino, Lava Hot Springs, Wilderness, and Paonia, Upcoming Dance Retreat & Camp Calendar, Selected Events, Honoring a New NA Mentor-in-Training
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Spring 2023 Email Newsletter
Dancing in Nature; An Open Letter to Our Retiring President; Quarterly Concentration; Featured Video: E Malama; Featured Song: Allah; Gratitude for Donations - Circles/Events; Upcoming Events Calendar link; Call for Original Holiday Card Art.
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Winter 2022-23 Email Newsletter
Conversation with Bernie Heideman; Celebration of Murhsid SAM's Vision; Quarterly Concentration; Welcomes & Farewells; Seeking Next Gen PoWR Team; Featured Song: Steady On the Path; Featured Video: We Are Singing a New World Into Existence; Featured Video: Montreal Peace Dance; Gratitude for Donations - Circles/Events; Upcoming Events.
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Fall 2022 Email Newsletter
Fall Quarterly Concentration; Thank you, Jane Sky!; A Personal Parliament Experience; Register now for PoWR & Submit Proposals; Featured Song 1: Ishq Allah Ma'bud Lillah; Featured Song 2: Simple Gifts; Featured DUP Video: Grace Kyrie; Gratitude for Donations-Circles/Events; Gratitude for Recurring Donations; Upcoming Event Links for DUPNA/DUPIN; Call for POWR Videos & Photos; Call for DUP Youth Videos & Photos.
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Summer 2022 Email Newsletter
Summer Quarterly Concentration; Returning; POWR 2023 - Groups forming to register; Featured Song; Featured Dance Videos; Featured Video; Gratitude for Donations from Circles/Events; Call for Original Holiday Card Art; Upcoming Events.
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Spring 2022 Email Newsletter
Spring Quarterly Concentration; Thich Nhat Hanh; Seeking to Welcome New Board Members; Oneness Project Gratitude; Featured Song: Children's Vows; Featured Video: The Great Bell Chant; Gratitude for Donations from Circles & Events; Newly Certified Leaders; Upcoming Events.
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Winter 2021 Email Newsletter
Conversation with Kabir Stuart McKinnon; A Gift from Universal Mind; Celebration of Murshid SAM's 51st Urs; Quarterly Concentration; Welcoming New Board Members; Convening 'Next Gen' Councils; Featured Song: Mariam Zikr; Featured Video: Go In Peace; Honoring Ruth St. Denis; Gratitude for Donations - Circles/Events; Upcoming Events.
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Fall 2021 Email Newsletter
Fall Quarterly Concentration: Living In Grace & Joy; Music and the Dances: Conversation with Ginger Nuria Lee; Circling Up In Squares; Virtual Parliament of the World's Religions; Featured Song: Deep Peace; Video: Mir Miru Mir; Gratitude for Donations - Circles & Events - Recurring Donations; Newly Certified Leaders; Call for POWR 2015 & 2018 Videos & Photos; Call for DUP Youth Videos & Photos.
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Summer 2021 Email Newsletter
Summer Quarterly Concentration: Creating a New Story; Ithaca Dance Gathering; Remembering Murshida Khadija Goforth; Featured Song with Video: Only a Heart; Featured Video: 30 Years of Ithaca Camps; Newly Certified Dance Leaders; Gratitude for Donations; Call for Original Holiday Card Art; Register for the October Virtual Parliament of the World's Religions.
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Spring 2021 Email Newsletter
Quarterly Concentration: May we plant seeds that will beautify and nourish the world and ourselves; Peace Pilgrim; Introducing new board member, Adam Wolter; Into the Life & MInd of Samuel Lewis; Poetry: Rest In Natural Great Peace; Looking For Board Members; Call for Holiday Card Art; Featured Song: Peace Pilgrim (Eng. version); 2 Featured Videos: Peregrino de la Paz (Peace Pilgrim DUP in Span.) & The Remover of Difficulties; Gratitude for Donations from Circles & Events; Newly Certified Dance Leaders.
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Winter 2020 Email Newsletter
Winter Quarterly Concentration; Spiritual Activism in Greece with Astarte; Letter to Younger Generation & Future Generations; Celebrating Murshid Sam - Zoom event on 1/17/21; Sharing DUP in Mexico; DUPNA open to adding board members; Featured Song; Featured Video; Gratitude. |
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Autumn 2020 Email Newsletter
Fall Quarterly Concentration; conversation with Grace D Marie; Our Earth; Report on 9/13/2020 Blessed Zoom Event; Adding Board Members; Poem: October Morning; Featured Song: Madre Tierra, Madre Vida; Featured Video: Grace Kyrie; Gratitude for Donations; Gratitude to Oneness Project; Poem: For Papatuanuku - Mother Earth; Newly Certified Dance Leaders. |
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Summer 2020 Email Newsletter
Quarterly Concentration: Racial Justice & Healing; The DUP in the Virtual World; Summer 2020 Zoom on DUP & Pandemic planned; Reflections from Online DUP Participants; Featured Song: Love, Serve & Remember; Featured Video: Virtual Celebration of Canyonlands Dance Camp; Gratitude for Donations from Circles & Events; Upcoming Events |
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Spring 2020
Email Newsletter
Spring
Quarterly Concentration -
Enlightened Leadership; Letter
from Pir Zia Inayat-Khan; 50th
Anniversary of Earth; Wilderness
Camp History & Reflections;
Spiritual Activism; Response to
Coronavirus; Call for Original
Holiday Card Art; Featured Song;
Featured DUP Videos; Recent
Dance Leader Certifications;
Gratitude for Donations form
Circles & Events
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Winter 2019
Email Newsletter
Remembering
Linda Gibson; Murshida Mariam
Baker; Zoom videoconferences
scheduled; Exploring Privilege;
Quarterly Concentrations;
Expressing Gratitude for Holiday
Card Volunteers & Donations;
DUP Events Calendar; Newly
Certified Leaders; Featured
Song; Featured Video
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Autumn 2019
Email Newsletter
Remembering
Malika Endres, Mystic Dance
Caravan, Spiritual Activism,
Interruptions in Dance Circles,
Dances for Autumn...Gratitude
& Oneness! Featured
Song: Send Us the Peace; featured
Video: Om Namah Shivaya
Namaste
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Summer 2019
Email Newsletter
Welcome new
DUPNA Regional Administrator;
Greetings from Hayat; Dance
Leaders as International Pen Pals;
Maui Sufi Camp: founder Dechen
Groode's story and love letter to
campers, camp's participants'
reflections; Featured song: Ho Ike
Mai; Video: Complete Circle; Newly
certified dance leaders; Gratitude
for donations; Dances with
attunement to Beauty; Upcoming
events.
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Spring 2019
Email Newsletter
Reflections and
Gratitude from Jen Friedman, the
Beyond Initiative, Creating a
Culture of Consent, Dances at the
Society of Shamanic Practice
Convention. Featured
song: En Lak' Ech, Featured
Video: I Am Willing
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Winter 2018
Email Newsletter
Interview with
Tansen Philip O'Donohoe,
Reflections on the Parliament of
World Religions, Report on the
50th Anniversary of the Dances,
Featured song: Nayaz, Featured
video: Nayaz
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Autumn 2018
Email Newsletter
Parliament of
World Religions in Toronto,
Reflections with Tasnim Hermila
Fernanadez, Leaning into Dance,
Clearing the Elephants from the
Room, Clarifying Differences
between DUPNA and DUPIN,
Featured song: My House
Shall be a House of Prayer for all
People, Featured video: 50th
Anniversary Dances
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Summer 2018
Email Newsletter
Mystic Dance
Caravan, Sharing Dances with
College Students, Dancing Peacock
Paradise, Annotated Timeline of
the Walks and Dances, 50th
Anniversary Celebration, Featured
song: Dervish Cycle, Featured
video: Dance to Glory.
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Spring 2018
Email Newsletter
Leading Dances
in Guatamala, Leading Dances with
Children, Leading Dances with the
Hearing Impaired, Upcoming 50th
Anniversary Celebration, Featured
Song: Madre Lago Featured Video:
Invitation to the Dance
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Winter 2017
Email Newsletter
The Sacred
Manuscript of Nature (by
Darvesha), Reflections of a Dance
leader, Dancing in Times Square,
Featured Song: Light A Candle,
Featured Video: E Malama
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Autumn 2017
Email Newsletter
Dancing in
Multifaith, Reflections on Murshid
SAM's Dargah Blessings, Walks of
the Centers, Song of the Month:
Benediction Dance Video of the
month: May all Beings in All
Worlds Be Happy
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Summer 2017
Email Newsletter
New Peace in
Action Toolkit, Mandala Peace
Project, Dances at New York Dance
Parade, Walks of the Elements,
Song of the Month: Three Gifts,
Video of the Month: Bar'Chu
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April, 2017
Email Newsletter
It's the Walk
of the New Age. Introducing our
new Peace in Action Toolkit;
"Outreach: Confessions of a DUP
Missionary"Â by Munajat Marti
Dimock; Prayer for our Earth from
Pope Francis; Song of the Month:
"For the Beauty of the Earth;"Â
and Video of the Month: "Greening
with Life"
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February,
2017 Email Newsletter
...a
celebration of taking action
through walking meditation
including Peace Dancers'
reflections on the Women's
Marches around the US; Dance
videos at Lincoln Memorial and
National Cathedral; Re-visioning
English as a language of Peace
and Prayer; Song of the Month:
"Singing a New World into
Existence"; Video: "How
Beautiful this Moment"
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December,
2016 Email Newsletter:
Meditation on the Element of
Water
...a
celebration of the element of
water including Peace Dancers'
reflections on Standing Rock
and Mni Wiconi; Walking
Meditations of Murshid SAM;
Holiday Card is on its way and
thank you holiday card
volunteers; Song of the month:
"With my Feet Upon the Earth;"
and Video of the Month: "I am
Willing"
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October,
2016 Email Newsletter
...a
celebration of Murshid Moineddin
Jablonski including Reflections on
Moineddin; Thank you and Farewell
to Rahmana Elizabeth Sayre,
retiring DUPNA board president;
Video of the Month: "Awakening the
Heart"
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August, 2016
Email Newsletter: Murshid
of Love: Hazrat Inayat
Khan
...a
celebration of the life and legacy
of Hazrat Inayat Khan; an article:
"Murshid of Love"Â by Jane Sky;
Song of the month: "Thy Light is
in All Forms"; and Video of the
Month: "Murshid as I Remember Him"
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June, 2016
Email Newsletter: Joe
Miller: A Man Connected to
the Divine
...a
celebration of the life and legacy
of Joe Miller; an article: "A Man
Connected to the Divine" by Jane
Sky; Song of the month: "Songs to
Live By: A Concert with Joe and
Guin Miller"; and Videos of the
Month: "Celebrating Joe Miller"
and "Falling Awake."
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March, 2016
Email Newsletter: Dancing
with the Divine
...a
celebration of the life and legacy
of Ruth St. Denis; an article:
"Dancing with the Divine"Â by
Angela Gayan Galik; website
resource: "Parliament of the World
Religions Teleconference
Recording;" Song of the month:
Unbroken Flows the Rhythm; and
Videos of the Month: Ruth St.
Denis in East Indian Nautch Dance
and part 1 in a part 5 series of
Ruth St. Denis by Frank Lombardo.
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January,
2016 Email Newsletter: Sing a
Song of Glory
...a
celebration of the life and
legacy of Murshid SAM: an
article "Sing a Song of Glory"Â
by Jane Sky; "Memories of
Murshid SAM"Â website resource;
an update on progress for SAM's
dargah at Lama Foundation and a
link to audio recordings of
Murshid SAM's teachings. Song of
the month: Kalama; and Video of
the Month: Sunseed.
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Nov., 2015
Email Newsletter: Parliament
of World's Religions
...reflections
from attendees of "The 2015
Parliament of the World's
Religions;" video of
"Cultivating the Inner Life,"
Pir Shabda's presentation;
photos and videos of Dances that
were led; "Website Wisdom
Farewell" from retiring DUPNA
board member Shivadam.
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September,
2015 Email Newsletter: The
Elements
September's
newsletter theme was "The
Elements" and featured an
article about the first ever
Rainbow Retreat at Khankah SAM
in San Francisco which was held
in June 2015.
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July, 2015
Email Newsletter:
Healing.pdf
...article on
Perry Wali Pike's "Gospel Zikr
Story"Â; report from June
Telecon on Leading Dances in
Unique and Unusual Venues;
Website Wisdom featuring
favorite online resources at the
NA website; Haiku and Dances on
Healing; gratitude for
donations; newly certified
leaders and Song of the Month:
Gospel Zikr; Video: "I am One"
Dances of Universal Peace at the
National Cathedral.
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May, 2015
Email Newsletter:
Ecstasy.pdf
featured
articles on "Seeds of Love: The
Birth of a New Dance Circle;"
Teleconference: A Connection and
Learning Opportunity; Website
Wisdom: Resources for Leaders
and Organizers; Haiku and Dances
on Ecstasy; gratitude for
donations; and Song of the
Month: Chidananda Rupa; Video:
Drink with the Beloved.
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March, 2015
Email Newsletter: Heart of
Winter.pdf
featured
articles on Leading the Dances
in San Quentin Prison;
Volunteers: The Heartbeat of the
Network; Upcoming Telecon on
Introducing the Dances to New
Populations; Haiku and Dances on
The Heart of Winter; gratitude
for donations; Song/Video of the
Month: May All Beings in All
Worlds Be Happy.
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January,
2015 Email Newsletter: New
Beginnings.pdf
featured articles: "Sufis to the
Desert: Dances at Burning Man";
Meditation on al-Khaliq; Jan.15
Celebration: Murshid SAM's Urs;
Parliament of World Religions;
Website Wisdom; Haiku and Dances
on New Beginnings; Thank you to
our Holiday Card volunteers;
gratitude for donations; Song of
the Month: Jaya Shiva Shankara;
Video: For the Beauty of the
Earth.
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Oct., 2014
Email Newsletter: Death And
Transformation.pdf
featured
articles: "How Dance Circles help
us Cultivate Courage and
Compassion in the Face of Change;"
"Death and Transformation to
Higher Ground;" Website Wisdom
with Shivadam; Haiku and Dances on
Death and Transformation;
gratitude for donations; Song of
the Month: Pieces of Cloud; Video:
Lightning Zikr aka Retreat Zikr.
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September,
2014 Email Newsletter:
Illumination.pdf
featured
articles on "Leading Dances with
People Dealing with Mental Health
Conditions;" Website Wisdom with
Shivadam; A Request for Holiday
Card Volunteers; Poems and Dances
on Illumination; Song of the
Month: Nembutsu Dance; Video:
Murshid SAM Dargah Blessing at
Lama Foundation.
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July, 2014
Email Newsletter:
Surrender.pdf
featured
articles: "On Surrender" written
by Shivadam Adam Burke;
"Celebrating 30 years of Dancing
in Seattle;" and Dances and Haiku
on Surrender; gratitude for
donations; Song of the Month: Zikr
of Surrender; Video: The Delirium
of the Senses.
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June, 2014
Email Newsletter: Tending the
Garden.pdf
featured
articles on Building Beloved
Community at the Canyonlands Dance
Camp; Cultivating Heaven on Earth
through sustainable living; Sowing
Seeds for the Future with the Sufi
Youth Jam, and a Call for
Volunteers to help coordinate the
2014 DUPNA holiday card; Song of
the Month: Om Tare; Video: My Lord
is a Rock.
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May, 2014
Email Newsletter: Joy.pdf
featured "How
the Dances have Changed my Life"
written from the perspective of a
new dancer; a report on the Sufi
Youth Jam, and Akhlak Allah, the
practice of experiencing the
presence of God as discussed by
Murshid Wali Ali Meyer; Song of
the Month: Ecstatic Zikr; Video:
The Kalama.
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April, 2014
Email Newsletter: Healing.pdf
featured
articles on the Physiological
Benefits of the Dances, Origin of
the dance: Ancestors, Sky People,
and a Farewell and Gratitude to
Yamuna Devi on her retirement from
the DUPNA Office Administrator
position; Song of the Month:
Medicine Buddha; Video: Only a
Heart with Wings Can Fly.
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March, 2014
Email Newsletter:
Mindfulness.pdf
featured
articles on the New Membership Fee
Structure for DUPNA, the Urs of
Hazrat Inayat Khan, the Sufi Youth
Jam, and "Open Hearts, Open Hands"
Dance Training article by Radha
Paula Neilson; Song of the Month:
Peaceful Steps; Video: May the
Blessings of God.
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February, 2014
Email Newsletter: Devotion.pdf
featured
articles on Learning to Play for
the Dances as a guitar player,
drummer, and melodic instrument
musician; DUPNA Now on Twitter;
and Taking the Dances into the
world; Song of the Month: Walk to
the Well; Video: Dhal Jalali Wal
Ikram.
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January, 2014
Email Newsletter: New
Beginnings.pdf
featured
articles on the history and
celebration of the Urs of Murshid
SAM and Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat
Inayat Khan; the Sufi Youth Jam
hosted by the SRI Youth Council in
Colorado in April 2014; Song of
the Month: We are the Rising Sun;
Video: For the Beauty of the
Earth.
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December, 2013
Email Newsletter:
Stillness.pdf
featured
articles about the Leaders Guild
Fee changes for Dance leaders;
"Changing the World Through the
Dances"Â as published in the
Elephant Journal by author Karen
Moon; and farewell letter from Sky
Majida on her resignation as
Volunteer Coordinator for DUPNA.
Song of the Month: 0th
Commandment; Video: Silence and
Light.
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November, 2013
Email Newsletter:
Gratitude.pdf
featured an
article about DanceSpotting: a new
modality for healing; an update on
the survey for young adult
leaders/dancers seeking input on a
gathering in 2015; and an
attunement to Ash-Shakur. Song of
the Month: Allah Ya Shakur: Zikr
of Gratitude; Video: Spirit of
Peace: Mir, Miru, Mir.
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October,
2013 Email Newsletter:
Harvest/Gathering In.pdf
featured an article
about leadership team, Peaceful
Sisters in Northern Michigan; a
survey for young adult
leaders/dancers seeking input on
a gathering in 2015; and an
update about those affected by
floods in Colorado. Song of the
Month: Ya Quddus, Ya Jami;
Video: Kyrie Eleison.
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