Sufism Symposium 2011

By Hamed Ross/IAS, *Sufism Symposium 2011* - International Association of Sufism - CA, USA; Monday, May 16, 2011

Come and join Sufis from around the globe for a weekend of conversation, panel discussions and workshops on Meditation, Heart and Matter, Transformation and Imagination, Stillness and Dancing, Sufi music and Poetry Reading, and more.

Location
Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA
Guzman Lecture Hall

Pricing and Registration

Before June 1st, 2011
Entire Event: $110
One Day Only: $65
June 1 and after:
Entire Event: $130
One Day Only: $75
 

Saturday June 11, 2011
Mind and Heart: A Sufi Perspective

Opening Prayers and Invocations

Presenters:
David Escobar; Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman; Swami Vedananda; Seido Lee De Barros.

Panel Discussion and Workshop Presenter:
Nahid Angha, Ph.D.; Gul Ashki and Kaan; Nevit Ergin, MD; Mary ann D. Fadae; Reverend Canon Charles P. Gibbs; Sonia Leon Gilbert; Taman Khan; Pir Shabda Khan; David katz,MD; Shah Nazar Seyed Dr. Ali Kianfar; Sheikhul Islam Alhaj Shah Sufi Mainuddin Ahmed; Shahzada-e-Gausul Azam Shah Sufi Alhaj Syed Saifuddin Ahmed Al Hasni Wal Hussaini Maizbhandari; Musa Muhaiyaddeen (E. L. Levin); Abullahi El-Okene; Bahman A.K. Shirazi, PhD; Nick Yiangou.

Saturday Evening Music:
Taneen Sufi Music Ensemble; Riffat Sultana.

Sunday June 12, 2011
The Art of Balance in Spirituality and Psychology
Workshops and Practices

Keynote Address
Spiritual Competency in the 21st CenturyDavid Lukoff, PhD

Panel and Workshop
Finding the Rhythm Within: The art of balance in spirituality and psychology
Sarah Hastings; Helge Osterhold, MFT, Ph.D. Boe Elizabeth Roberts, MA, MFTI; Pamela Ashkenazy, MS, MFTI.

Keynote
The Logos of Unity: Philosophy and Spiritual Practice in the Sufi Way of Life
Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.

40 Days Workshop

[Biographies]

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The 2011 Sufism Symposium is presented by the International Association of Sufism in cooperation with Expressions, a program of the Humanities Department of Dominican University of California.