The 2010 Middle East Festival Retreat/Workshop Events
- Date: 20 Feb '10 - 18 Mar '10
- Price: See below for details
Event Details
Day Workshop: The History and Themes of Egyptian CinemaFacilitator: Dr Walter Armbrust, Albert Hourani Fellow, St. Antony's College; University Lecturer, University of Oxford.
Venue:Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 20 February 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £10. (Free for students).
Two-Day Non-Residential Retreat: Always Coming Home: Healing, Empowerment and Freedom Through the Christian and Sufi Spiritual Traditions
Facilitators: Rev Prof Stephen G. Wright and Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz (Saadi Shakur Chishti).
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Friday 5 March - Saturday 6 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £40/£30 (Concessions) for both days, or £20/£15 for first day.
Two Afternoon Workshops: Healing Words: Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace
Two workshops, Sunday 7 March and Sunday 14 March 2010.
Facilitator: Michael Williams, Ph.D..
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Sunday 7 March and Sunday 14 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 3pm-3.15pm. Workshop: 3.15pm-5.45pm.
Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions) per workshop.
Day Workshop: Céile Dé - The Spouses of God
Facilitator: Fionntulach, Order of Céili Dé.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Monday 8 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: Speak from the Heart - How to Deepen Communication that Leads to Healing and Well-being
Facilitator: Vérène Nicolas.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Tuesday 9 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20. Places are limited to 15 participants. Please book early.
Day Workshop: Contemplation and Social Action - finding balance in our lives
Facilitator: Jane Ozanne.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Wednesday 10 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: Towards a Sustainable Culture of Peace - Connecting to the Source in the midst of Conflict
Facilitator: Lee Gershuny, Ph.D..
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Thursday 11 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Follow-up workshop series of evening workshops : 6.30pm-9pm, 7, 14, 21, 28 April and 5 May 2010.
Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions) for each Evening Workshop. £50/£40 (Concessions) for the whole series of workshops.
Day Workshop: Chanting in Daily Life as a Pathway to Peace
Facilitator: Madhuram, Yoga in Daily Life - Scotland.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Friday 12 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: Health, Well-being and Healing Through Spiritual Dance and Movement
Facilitators: Sarah Bonner-Morgan (Wu Chi to T'ai Chi and back again - Yin and Yang in everyday life); Audicia Lynne Morley (The Planetary Dance, Earth Run. A community dance of planetary healing); Jenny Williams (Is this how Jesus danced? Moving and singing with the Aramaic words of Jesus); and Linda Wyman (An introduction to the Alexander Technique).
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Saturday 13 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Evening Workshop: Health and Happiness
Facilitator: Dushyant Savadia.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Saturday 13 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 5.30pm-6pm. Workshop: 6pm-9pm.
Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: A Beginner's Guide to Beginner's Mind and Heart: Interspiritual Meditation in the Sufi, Christian and Buddhist Traditions
Facilitator: Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti (Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz).
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Monday 15 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: The Path of Love
Facilitator: Rabbi Shefa Gold.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Tuesday 16 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Day Workshop: The Tao of Movement, Stillness, Breath and Sound
Facilitator: Muriel Kirton, M.A., M. Ed..
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Wednesday 17 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
Follow-up workshop series of evening workshops : 6.30pm-9pm, 8, 15, 22, 29 April and 6 May 2010.
Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions) for each Evening Workshop. £50/£40 (Concessions) for the whole series of workshops
Day Workshop: The Colours of Grief: Transformation and Healing in Times of Loss and Change
Facilitators: Lilli Anathal Conradt and Susanne Olbrich.
Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Date: Thursday 18 March 2010.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions).
