OCCUPY YOUR HEART (NW Sufi Movement)

A Group for All Who Want to Learn Practical Sufi Spiritual Practices for Difficult Times

Wednesdays weekly
7:00-8:30 pm
Friends Meeting House
4312 SE Stark St., Room 12
Portland, OR 97215
Sliding Scale Donation
(No one turned away for lack of funds)

In this group you’ll learn time-tested Sufi & related spiritual practices designed to give you immediately useful ways to deal with stress and discover your true nature. 

* Concentration & Meditation
* Breath Practices
* Sufi Dancing & Dances of Universal Peace
* Gentle Yoga stretching
* Chanting & Wazifa (repetition of the 99 sacred names)
* Zikr & other practices using rhythm & sound to unify heart, breath, movement, thought, & emotion

People of all faiths or none are welcome. You never need to give up your existing faith or skepticism to benefit from these practices.  All are welcome.  The Spiritual Director of this group will be Murshida Rani McLaughlin, Ph.D, LCSW (see her bio at the bottom of this page).  “Toward the One, the perfection of love, harmony, & beauty, the only being, untied with all the illuminated souls, who form the embodiment of the Master, the Spirit of Guidance.” —Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

INFO/RSVP:  Murshida Rani McLaughlin (503) 245-9311
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Murshida Rani McLaughlin, LCSW & PhD, has been studying Sufi practices for more than 20 years, been a senior teacher (Murshida) in the International Sufi Movement for XX years, and is the coordinator of Sufi Movement activities in Oregon & Washington.  She is the spiritual director for the Occupy Your Heart Group, and will be the Spiritual Director of the 2013 Northwest Sufi Camp.  She also is a licensed psychotherapist in Portland, OR, and former Associate Professor of World Religions at Lewis and Clark College.

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