New Year’s Retreat 2025
Find Your Path to Freedom & Celebrate the New Year in Community
Discovering Mystical Freedom New Year's Retreat
December 29th, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Inspired by the Mystical Freedom of Noor-un-Nisa, Sufi Mystic & WWII Spy
Led by Susanna and Puran Bair
The Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
What happens when you are raised in a family of Sufi leaders spreading the wisdom of mysticism and meditation throughout the west at the turn of the 20th century, but during your young adult years, two world wars break out?
Our sharings and meditations in this retreat will dive into the roots of mysticism as they relate to freedom, exploring concepts such as the limitations of identity, freedom through the examination of our desires, and ecstatic spiritual practice as a method for experiencing freedom. The retreat will help you define your path in the new year and bring you closer to your heart and your mystical freedom.
“When once the inner sense has broken the walls around it, it breathes the freedom and happiness which is the soul’s own property, and which the soul then attains. Every step forward gives you a certain amount of freedom of action, and as you go further and further on the path of truth, the freedom becomes greater at every step.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan
Activities:Â
Morning meditations & presentations
Group discussions
Silent group
New Year’s celebration
New Year guidance
Evening Programs:
Cocoa ceremony
Whirling
Zikr practice
Dancing
Initiations
New Years Retreat will be held at The Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Located at 5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85253.
The closest Airport to fly into is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. I have linked their webpage for taxis and scheduled rides.
Additionally, you can order an Uber via your cell phone. A rough estimate for an Uber ride is anywhere from $20-$60.
You will have access to your room starting at 4pm Local time. If you get there before they have a waiting room you can hang out in as well as a small coffee building.
Dinner will be at 6pm with the introductions to the retreat beginning at 7 p.m.
Both options include 5 nights with 3 daily meals (dinner only on day of arrival and breakfast & lunch on day of departure) and tuition ($800 value).Â
Double Occupancy: $1,625
Single Occupancy: $1,900
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