Healing Sufi Chanting Traditions, Part 2

Nov 7, 2022

Healing Sufi Chanting Traditions, Part 2, is the 4th of 13 amazing classes in our special online series, “Healing Sounds of the Wisdom Traditions” with Yuval Ron. Experience Yuval’s transmission of the ecstatic and introspective practices of several varieties of...

Healing Sufi Chanting Traditions, Part 1

Nov 7, 2022

Third of 13 amazing classes in our special online series, “Healing Sounds of the Wisdom Traditions” with Yuval Ron. Experience Yuval’s transmission of the ecstatic and introspective practices of Sufism . This holistic practice of sacred chanting, transcendent...

Miracle After Miracle

Oct 11, 2014 | Academic Programs

Q&A with Peacemaking MA student Donna Jamila Crews Finney UOS: What first drew you to attending UOS (in its earlier incarnation)? Jamila: I was a social worker. In Austin, we were sending 7 or 8 people to school a year and they were coming back with years off...

How Divine Intervention Led to Sufi U

Oct 4, 2014 | Sufism

A Texas native, Mastura attended a workshop with Ibrahim Jaffe when he visited Austin in 1998. Mastura remembers thinking to herself, “This was nice, but I don’t feel inclined to join the school.” A few nights later, Mastura sat straight up in bed in...

Hearts on Board

Jul 29, 2014 | Sufism

As we celebrate the many blessings and gifts of Ramadan and return to a different pace in the world, we can all take a moment to treasure the wellspring of love and generosity flowing between ourselves and the Divine, and between all the beloved members of our...