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Devotion in Motion 🌀
Founder @lilatheseries
Co-Creator @dance.beyond
Sufi Whirling @sema.collective

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Meet Amira Radwan & Omar Aena 🌙✨🌀

We’re honored to welcome the founders of LILA to ACACIA, where psych3delic science meets Arab culture.

LILA is a sacred arts organization dedicated to creating pathways to the divine through global devotional music and dance. As students of the Sufi path and practitioners of Sema whirling, Amira and Omar root their work in the living transmission of sacred tradition, approached with reverence, curiosity, and devotion.

At ACACIA, they join @dreeemy for our panel:
🥁 Rhythm, Ritual & Release Across Ancient & Modern Dancefloors
🕑 2 PM

📍 @micasabk , Bushwick
🗓 Friday, October 23
☀️ Day-to-night: talks, ritual, live music & DJ sets from SWANA voices and artists

🎟 Tickets at the link in bio

Presented by the @arabpsychedelicsociety × @brooklynpsychedelicsociety

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ART IS REVOLUTION — A SACRED RECAP.

We are making art inside a polycrisis. None of it pauses while we create.

Together with @the.beyond.academy, we explored embodied liberation, consciousness, and conscious creatorship for our times through movement, music, somatics, and leadership.

With special guests Emma Trainor, Emilie, Drëëmy, Omar, and Lyssia, each conversation opened new pathways into revolutionary principles, collective liberation, and the power of creating with intention.

Creativity isn’t about transcending the moment. It’s about meeting it head-on, heart open.

It’s been our time.
#ArtIsRevolution #ArtAsRevolution #TheBeyondAcademy #ConsciousCreatorship

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“O attained ones, grace is from you, I am orphaned and estranged… I have thrown myself upon your mercy. Have compassion on this state of mine, weeping and weeping, I have come into the sacred circle (meydan).” Şah Hatayi (1487–1524), Persian ruler and mystical poet whose verses continue to echo through the sacred music and spiritual traditions of Anatolia.

A glimpse into our recent journey through the ancient lands of Mesopotamia, following the threads of an ancient wisdom that continues to breathe through sacred places, music, prayer, and the hearts of those who keep these traditions alive.

This December, we invite you to continue the journey with LILA in Konya, Türkiye, for the 753rd Şeb-i Arus, the annual commemoration of Rumi’s “Wedding Night.”

📅 December 12–18, 2026

We’ll explore the living traditions of Sufism in the city where Rumi’s legacy continues to inspire seekers from around the world, in the company of living Sufi masters and musicians who carry these traditions forward.

✨Comment KONYA to receive the itinerary and registration details.✨

Footage by @ali_44_ila and song by @aynaaynahuu

#şebiarus #sebiarus #Konya #rumi #sufipath

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Şeb-i Arus - the Wedding Night 🤍

Every December, Konya fills with dervishes and pilgrims from around the world to honor the night Mevlana Rumi returned to the Beloved. He asked that his passing not be mourned, but celebrated as a reunion.

This year, LILA is gathering there for our first Şeb-i Arus retreat.
🗓 December 12–18
📍 Think Hotel, in the heart of Konya, Türkiye

For seven days we'll stay rooted in one place, hosting our own gatherings and workshops while joining the sema ceremonies, music, and remembrance unfolding across the city all week.

We'll be in the company of our elders Cem Baba and Sharif Baba, our sisters Ayna Ayna, and a global family of seekers.

✨Space is limited. If you feel the call comment KONYA to receive more information and reserve your place.✨

#SebiArus #ŞebiArus #Konya #Rumi #sufi

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MONTCLAIR!!!
You showed up in a REMARKABLE way for our first two dances… so for dances #3 we are sharing this absolute GEM of a DJ & human with you all.

@omaraena is the founder of @dance.beyond & @lilatheseries 💃

Omar bridges traditional songs of the past with the electronic pulse of the present, weaving live oud into his DJ sets to create an ecstatic soundscape that spans cultures and awakens spirit. Guided by his Middle Eastern heritage and the Sufi path, he curates a journey from slow, grounded rhythms through ecstatic peaks and into the soft stillness that follows.

Each set is a living prayer: a dance of liberation, unity and remembrance.

Warm-up will be led by yours truly 🙏
Closing Ceremony is to be announced 👀

Our in-house herbalist @thepeoplesherbalist_ will also be serving up herbal elixirs at the Hydration Station 🍹

We CANNOT WAIT for this dance. We know tickets are going to sell out QUICKLY and there will be NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR! 🎟️

Link in bio for more info & registration 🔗

#montclairdance #montclairecstaticdance #ecstaticdancenj #ecstaticdance

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🍂🖤 AUTUMN ALCHEMY: MEET OUR DJ, OMAR AENA 🖤🍂

What happens when ancient rhythms meet the pulse of the present? When music becomes a prayer, and the dance floor becomes a place to remember who we are? ✨🌍

We’re excited to welcome Omar Aena to the decks for our Halloween Ecstatic Dance! 🎶

🌙 Meet Omar

Omar is a cultural storyteller, community weaver, and DJ whose sets create portals between worlds. Rooted in his Middle Eastern heritage and the Sufi path, he weaves traditional songs with electronic soundscapes to create a journey that moves through cultures, emotions, and states of being.

As the founder of Dance Beyond NYC and creator of the LILA Series, which explores devotional music from around the world, Omar brings a deep intention to every dance floor he enters.

His sets unfold like a living prayer — beginning with slow, grounding rhythms, building toward ecstatic peaks, and eventually guiding us back into softness and stillness. 💫

And at AUTUMN ALCHEMY, what better way to celebrate Halloween than by letting the music carry us beyond the familiar? 🍁🌀

Come release, surrender, explore, and let yourself be moved. No choreography. No expectations. Just you, the music, and the magic of moving together.

🎭 Costumes encouraged and welcomed, but not mandatory. All bodies welcome.

📍 The Angel, Nyack
🗓️ Saturday, October 31, 6:30pm
🎟️ Tickets: Link in our bio

Learn more about Omar: omaraena.com

#AutumnAlchemy #EcstaticDanceNyack #communitystrong #DanceBeyond #nyackny

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A vibrant meeting of movement and percussion ✨
We love how this dancer plays with different styles, drawing primarily from the rich dance traditions of Rajasthan, India. A beautiful fusion woven together by the group @kirtaniyasofficial.

Dancer: @malinitaneja, Drummer: @vijaykrsna
🎥 Filmed by: @placestofilm in Vindravan

#rajasthanidance #indianfolkdance #dancefusion #worlddance #culturalheritage

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We've just returned from eleven days in southeastern Türkiye with a group of travelers from around the world, led by our guides Cem Baba, Sherif Baba, and the women of Ayna Ayna.

We traveled through the lands of ancient Mesopotamia, where many faiths have lived side by side for centuries. We prayed in monasteries, mosques, and the shrines of prophets and saints, watched the sun rise over a mountaintop of fallen stone gods, and stood where humans first gathered to worship more than 11,000 years ago. Each evening we came together in music, zikr, and sema. This land keeps inviting us back.

✨We return to Konya for Şeb-i Arus, the anniversary of Rumi’s passing, from December 12–18. Comment "Konya" to get on the waiting list if you'd like more info on how to join us. ✨

#sufijourney #şebiarus #sebiarus #sufitradition #rumi

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Tucked away in a riad, in the heart of the Old Medina of Fez, gathered with beautiful friends @omaraena

It's company like this that keeps us in remembrance of Him - a gathering becomes a garden and a doorway to the Beloved.

الحمد لله على نعمة الصحبة والمحبة 🤍

Alhamdulillah for the blessing of companionship and love.

#fes #fesriad #dhikr

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In this clip from Glen's free intro session, Glen explains the idea of delight and the light that fills the body, mind and soul when stepping into a rhythm practice.

Tomorrow we begin Rhythms of the Mystics! A few spots are still open if you'd like to join us. Over 6 Saturdays on Zoom, Glen Velez will lead a journey into the world of frame drums and rhythm practice.

Drop a comment with RHYTHM or send a DM to claim your spot! ✨

#framedrum #glenvelez #drummersofinstagram #sacredrhythm #drummerworld

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A conversation with @omaraena and @dreeemy on this season at @the.beyond.academy ✨

Here's what's coming up:

🌀 ART AS (R)EVOLUTION
This Sunday, 12-2pm
with DREEEMY & special guests
A community series exploring embodied liberation and conscious creatorship for OUR times.

🎶 SONIC ALCHEMY
November 7 - December 19
with DREEEMY, Captures, Porangui & OVEOUS
A 7-week immersive journey into creating your unique sonic signature. A living portal for emerging sound alchemists and conscious producers ready to craft music that awakens, liberates, and remembers.

Visit @the.beyond.academy for more info.

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Ney; asırlardır gönül dünyasında huzurun, tefekkürün ve zarafetin sembolü olan kadim bir sanattır. Bu tarihi mekânda böyle anlamlı bir buluşmaya vesile olmak bizim için kıymetli bir hatıra oldu.@omaraena
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#reels #kesfet #mardin #kesfet #nature

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