Support camp and Sufi-community

In the mornings we'll do something good to ourselves with creative body work (like in the last work camp you are welcome to share with us some beautiful body practises that you know) and Sufi meditation.

During some hours in the morning we'll be busy on the piece of land, for instance create paths, create something with wood and nature stones, cut wood ... The rest of the day we'll relax, go for nature walks, to the beach and on the mountains, meditate, make music, sing, dance, remember the One, celebrate life and our community, sit at the fire underneath the starry sky, share stories and impressions and have a lot of joy together.

Rüdiger (see picture above, right hand) will create an atmosphere of spirituality and lightness, where everyone will find his or her own space. Since the beginning of Cala Jami, Rüdiger has always been supporting the project. Among other activities, he is a dancer and an artist.

Roshan will join the work camp in the second week.

Healing Retreat

with Ralph Sirkar and Linde Rabia Erdmann

Healing and transformation through immersion into silence, through breath, touch and presence.

This retreat is as well for those of you who wish to get to know the Raphaelite work as for those of you who wish to deepen their experience with this work.
The retreat conduces to a deeper realisation and unfoldment of the healing energies within us, on the physical plane as well as on the planes of the heart and the soul.
All that which ist holy helps us to heal - to become whole again - and helps us to get in resonance with the healing energy of the soul.
The genuine life at Cala Jami amidst impressive nature scenery will support the process.

This will be a group retreat, but you are also welcome to go into individual retreat under Sirkar's guidance.

For further information see the info-box below.

Linde Rabia and Ralph Sirkar Erdmann have been active for more than 30 years in the domain meditation and psychotherapy. In their work they unite traditional healing methods and modern therapeutic methods.
Since 1985 they are familiar with the Sufi work. They hold various functions in the Esoteric school and in the Healing Order of the Sufi Order International, for instance as retreat guides and conductors. Coming into touch with the Raphaelite Work has been of great significance for them during the last years. Sirkar ist an authorized Raphaelite retreat guide. www.raphaelheilarbeit.de

Yoga, meditation and the five elements

June 4 - 8, 2012 with Saroj Virginie Boudier and Siddiq Winfried Henkes

For further information see the info-box below.

'Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to everyone, hear me.  Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunsets. Make my hands respect the things you have made, and make my ears sharp so I may hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may understand what you have taught my people and the lessons you have hidden in each leaf and each rock.' (Native American prayer)

For further information see the info-box below.

Soothe your soul

June 17 - 22, 2012 

• Excursions to ancient places of power (meditation with Roshan) and magnificent beaches (with picnic)
• Beautiful nature walks, partly in silence and with meditation
• Discover Sardinian villages and market places
• Daily morning meditation with Roshan

September 2 - 7, 2012 with Aeostra Beatrice Balke and Pari Schneider

Upon each of us, life has inflicted wounds. Therefore we will take the time to retreat into a protected space, in order to activate the inner healer on the planes of the soul, and thus take the required steps towards self healing.

We will focus upon concrete problems with our health, our relationships, our job-related and financial issues.

During this process, we clearify and support the energy flow from our higher self into our personality, thus we improve our receptivity towards the divine impulses for our individual path of life.

1. We get into contact with the greatness and power of our true nature, and widen or loosen the limitations of consciousness.
2. We recognize and understand the causative conditioning and traumata, in order to correct and rewrite them, thus supporting our healing process and bringing forward spiritual awakening.
3. We surrender to the transforming power of our deep longing, thus allowing it to guide us towards fullfilment, towards our destination.

September 30 - October 5, 2012

English speaking retreatguide: Roshan

When the lips are closed, then the heart begins to speak; when the heart is silent, then the soul blazes up, bursting into flame, and this illuminates the whole of life. It is this idea which demonstrates to the mystic the great importance of silence. Hazrat Inayat Khan
The individual retreat is for those who have already got in touch with spiritual practises. The retreatant retires from the world, remains in silence, meditates, gets in contact with nature, including his/her own nature. An individual retreat, especially in a powerful nature environment, is a unique opportunity for deep personal transformation. During the retreat process, the retreatant passes different stages: the stage of dissolving (awakening beyond the world) and the stage of rebirth (awakening in the world). Our retreat guides have undergone intense trainings in the Esoteric School of the Sufi Order International. The focus has been on maturing one's intuition. For a certain time each day, retreat guide and retreatant sit and meditate silently together, then the guide suggests  exercises which match the retreatant's personal situation and stage of the retreat process. The retreat guide leads the retreatant consciously and conscientiously through this unique process. Also at other times it is possible to go on individual retreat at Cala Jami.
For further information see the info-box below.

Journey into Light   -   Sufi Retreat

Munir especially works with the following Sufi techniques:

• breath and light
• the subtle centers of our being
• Wazaif: concentration and invocation of the “most beautiful names of God”
• Zhikr („remembrance“), the Sufi prayer that unites body, mind, heart and soul

During the alchemical retreat process we travel into the inner worlds of light and truth. On our way we might be confronted with our shadows and self-illusion. This is welcome: to face all facets of life, to become deeply aware of reality and to accept it as it is, gives life to a process that may – if it is the will of God – cause a deep awakening, which lasts longer than one week of retreat.

During the morning sessions we will meditate together. In the afternoon everybody will spend most of the time with individual training outside, in the powerful nature. In the evening we meet for Zhikr.

It is also possible to go into an individual retreat during this week, and to be personally guided by Munir.

Usually in the end of october/ the beginning of november the weather is still mild and comfortable. At night it might get cold. There are warm blankets available. The meditation tent is easily heatable.

Munir Voss studied philosophy, physics, psycology and astrology and started to meditate in 1970.

Zhikr Allah - Dance of the Whirling Dervishes

October 15 - 19, 2012
A week of remembrance and prayer in movement with Fatimabi Monika Grieger

Someone asked, "What is Sufism?"
Rumi answered, "To find joy in the heart when sorrows arrive."

Fatimabi will lead us into the world of the Sufi mystics, a world of love, devotion and ecstasy,into deep meditation and into the whirling of the dervishes, the prayer in movement.

Where can we find God if not in the hearts of the lovers? We are love, lover and beloved. In the depth of our heart we find our home, our temple, the presence ot the One.
We dance inwardly and outwardly with our bodies, hearts and souls. In deep respect of the beauty of the Sufi path and the beauty of every seeker on that path, Fatimabi will sustain us on our way of awakening and realization.

In the Sufi tradition, dreams are known as marvellous guides on our path. For some afternoons we'll share dream work, Fatimabi guiding us with intuition and clarity. During other days, in the afternoons we'll have trips to some poweful ancient places and to the beautiful beaches.

For further information see the info-box below.