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Morocco 2016

Update as of 22 Sep 2016

The Retreat is Full

* * * WAIT LIST: For any hoping to register * * *
Please contact Jane Bayley, the registrar, to be put on the Wait List.
In the event of any cancellations, Wait Listed people will be given the first option
to take the open retreat space, according to their order on the Wait List.

Caravan of the Heart

An Inner and Outer Journey of Discovery, Deepening, and Reconnection

photo: Dromedary Herd on the highway near Tata, Morocco
Berber dromedary herd on the highway, near Tata, on the way back to La Maison Anglaise from an overnight at the Akka Nait Sidi desert camp, March 2015
View of the snow-capped Atlas mountains from La Maison Anglaise's rooftop terrace, March 2015
12-days of Embodied Spiritual Practice
combined with various
Moroccan Cultural Experiences
Dances of Universal Peace
Wazifa Practice
(Mantra) • Zikr (Remembrance)
Practices with Breath, Light, Presence, and Gratitude
Walking & Seated Meditations • Sohbet
(Heartful Conversation)

We'll have daily before-breakfast and after-dinner Dance and practice sessions, plus either mid-morning or afternoon sessions, depending on the schedule for the cultural experiences and the excursions.

For questions about the retreat program, about us, or about our work, you can email us at jilanicordelia@gmail.com, and muiz@sonic.net. For registration/booking details, click the "Booking" tab above.

6 – 17 December 2016

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Jilani Cordelia
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Muiz
Led by

Jilani Cordelia Prescott
and Muiz Brinkerhoff

at La Maison Anglaise Guest House
Taroudant, Morocco

(in the Sous Valley between the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains)

£ 895 GBP

for shared twin/double room (+ £ 390 supplement for a private room)
  • The Retreat Fee includes:
    • Retreat tuition
    • 11 nights shared accommodations in twin/double rooms at La Maison Anglaise, an eco-friendly, comfortable and secure Moroccan guest house in Taroudant. (Because the number of retreat participants is limited to the accomodations at La Maison Anglaise, the supplement for a private room is £ 390 GBP.)
    • All meals (vegetarian) included except for 1 lunch. A meat/fish option for the evening meal is available for a 20Dh (MAD Moroccan Dirham) supplement (approx  £ 1.40 GBP, € 1.75 EUR, $2 USD) payable on site.
    • 4 cultural experiences,
    • 3 short excursions,
    • A 4-day, 3-night journey into southern Morocco's high desert, using La Maison Anglaise's 2 comfortable passenger vans, driven by 2 friendly employees who are excellent and safe drivers and very knowledgable tour guides. We'll spend:
      • map: the route for the desert
										 journey
        Map of the route for the desert journey
        2-nights at Campement Akka Nait Sidi a luxury desert camp (European-style flush toilets, sinks, and showers in the bath house) located in the Tissint region (274km from La Maison Anglaise in Taroudant), sleeping in 2-person, traditional Berber tents, on foam mattresses in wooden bed frames, under Berber woven woolen blankets)
      • 1 night at Kasbah Tizourgane, a 13th century, walled hill fort, renovated as a 15-room guest house, outside of Tafraoute in the Ait Baha region (227 km from the desert camp).
  • Check out the 3 websites: the info about La Maison Anglaise, the photo slideshow of Kasbah Tizourgane, and the video at Campement Akka Nait Sidi (the desert camp).