The Mirror of Soul

February 5-10 2006

Unfold your own myth with Rumi’s poetry and storytelling. Rumi invites us to listen to and reflect the song of the Soul.

The purpose of this workshop is to present the teachings and wisdom of Jalal Al Din Rumi, the 13th century Sufi mystic poet. His teachings profoundly change us from the inside out and provide a key to interfaith understanding that can ultimately unite humanity on a global scale. He is a healer for our time. 

Rumi’s poetry can be an enormously powerful tool of self-discovery and healing as an individual explores his or her world within. The wisdom of Rumi’s teaching is hidden in the verses of his poetry. Teachings from the Mathnawi, Rumi’s masterpiece, invite individuals to discover the hidden dimensions of their being and inner strength. His poetry and stories take us from the path of duality to the path of unity of body, mind and soul, leading us step by step to meet the Divine within ourselves — a journey toward Enlightenment.

Open your heart to 5 days of listening, chanting, dancing and reflecting on the Divine within the ocean of Rumi’s poetry.

For more information and for reservations, contact Esalen at www.esalen.org

Note: Workshop description will not be in the Esalen catalog until August. If you are interested in reserving before that date, you are welcome to download an Esalen reservation form off the above site, or to pull one out of an old catalog, and send or fax it in to Esalen, along with payment before August. They keep a file of those reservation requests in the office and process them on a first-sent-first-served basis. However, you will not get any response from Esalen about your request until August.