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Revive, Refresh, Renew!
DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE WEEKEND RETREAT, Oregon
Let your heart be filled with Joy!
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Breath and Walking Meditations
- Seated Silent Meditations
- Rest and Rejuvenation
Come be supported by the presence of other loving souls, singing and dancing for world peace and healing.
It is important to stay connected with others focusing on positivity, in these times of stress and fast changes.
April 2-4, 2027
Join us in co-creating nurturing, inspiring community!
2 days of community song and dance!
Vernonia, OR
Join us in Vernonia, OR
Nurture your Heart
Deepen into the Dances of Universal Peace, meditation, Sufi and other spiritual practices for a sweet and renewing weekend.
Each practice will be fully taught, no experience is necessary. If you cannot dance, sit and sing!
the program:
Dances of Universal Peace
Singing and chanting sacred, ancient phrases creates a heart opening, full body healing vibration, and when conscious movement is added it becomes a powerful spiritual practice.
All levels welcome, no previous dance experience necessary. In between the Dances we will sit in meditation.
Friday- Sunday
Come for the weekend, for time to enjoy community and Relax in the wooded countryside.
Guest Dance leaders and musicians are welcome!
You can join in creating shared Dance sessions. Bring your new dances! This is a co-created community event.
We have spaces in the early mornings for participants to lead morning practice/ yoga.
We will be providing wonderful mostly organic meals.
Everyone helps a little with clean up of our meeting spaces.
WE welcome you!
We welcome all people, regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, vaccination status or socioeconomics.
We strive to make this a safe and welcoming spot for all those in our community.
We are not set up to accept children at this event, so the minimum age is 14.
Timing & costs
Timing & costs
Friday Apr 2- Sunday Apr 4, arrive between 3:30 and 5:00 pm on Friday.
Leave after lunch on Sunday by 2:00 pm.
Program Cost two full days:
Program with food plan (6 meals):
Earlybird paid in full by December 1st: $300
Regular Indoors: $375- $500 sliding scale
Camping or RV: $325
Add housing cost to the above.
Private rooms or cabins are an extra $150.
Leave at Home: Alcohol or recreational drugs, valuables, pets of any kind or size.
Payments
Timing & costs
We ask that people give an amount that is both generous and joyful.
If you are unable to contribute at bottom of the sliding scale, please contact us – we may be able to work something out! We have a few openings for part time work trade.
Those of you who are able to pay at the higher end of the sliding scale enable us to hold this retreat in a spirit of generosity and inclusiveness.
Then we can give some discounts to others.
Work trade options:
Come help set up and tend the meeting space and pack up at the end for 4-6 hours, for an $100 discount.
The Site
Private Housing
Private Housing
Camp Cedar Ridge is a beautiful small retreat center, will be our base for meals, meetings, and lodging.
The eating area is down the hill from the meeting room.
Shuttles will be arranged.
Private Housing
Private Housing
Private Housing
You could rent a private room $150 per room for both the 2 nights.
These rooms have nearby bathrooms and electricity, with single bunk beds. The mattresses can be put on the floor to make a king bed for a couple.
RVs or camping
Private Housing
RVs or camping
You may also bring your own RV. No cost for RV camping.
We have limited hook ups.
Tent camping may be possible but not great because of rain. But there is a huge field to set up tents.
More details
travel
travel
travel
Airport Pickups: Please fill out the rides form to coordinate with other drivers and riders.
Arriving in the early afternoon is recommended. This provides a benefit to those who can arrive on the afternoon of the beginning of camp. If you arrive at an odd time, expect to get an Uber or Taxi.
Health
travel
travel
We will be taking steps to insure all of our health, including:
*Asking you to move in a relatively tight bubble at least 5 days beforehand:
*avoiding anyone who is sick.
*If you have any symptoms of illness, please do not come to the event.
*No vaccination required.
Foods
travel
Our menu is omnivore with focus on organic and humanely raised. We provide a rich variety of dishes to cover the various dietary needs of today's health issues, but we are not able to cater to all special diets.
Please list special requirements on the registration form and our kitchen coordinator will reach out to you as needed.
Personal Fo
Our menu is omnivore with focus on organic and humanely raised. We provide a rich variety of dishes to cover the various dietary needs of today's health issues, but we are not able to cater to all special diets.
Please list special requirements on the registration form and our kitchen coordinator will reach out to you as needed.
Personal Foods: There will be limited room for personal food in some coolers depending on your housing. Local people bring your own coolers if you do not buy the food plan.
Refunds & Sharing
Early Departure ETC
We can issue a refund or credit for a portion of your payment according to the following schedule.
If the world situation changes and we need to cancel the event at least one week before it starts, we will refund all money less our non-refundable expenses.
Payments are refundable up until March 1st, less a $50 cancellation fee.
Cancellat
We can issue a refund or credit for a portion of your payment according to the following schedule.
If the world situation changes and we need to cancel the event at least one week before it starts, we will refund all money less our non-refundable expenses.
Payments are refundable up until March 1st, less a $50 cancellation fee.
Cancellations after March 1st and before March 15 will be refunded 50%.
Final payment
Early Departure ETC
Early Departure ETC
is due by March 1st 2027, except the earlybird tickets, which are paid in full Dec 1st.
You can use Venmo, Credit cards or Checks. We prefer checks.
More payment info will be sent when you register.
No refunds after March 15th, except we will refund all your payment less $50 if we can fill your spot.You may transfer your ticket at any moment.
Early Departure ETC
Early Departure ETC
Early Departure ETC
Early Departure: If you can't stay for the entire time, Paradise retreat can still be a powerfully transformational experience. There is no discount for leaving early..
Community Service: Everyone contributes 1 hour of Seva service to help camp run smoothly. This can include tidying shared spaces, etc. Performing the service offers the o
Early Departure: If you can't stay for the entire time, Paradise retreat can still be a powerfully transformational experience. There is no discount for leaving early..
Community Service: Everyone contributes 1 hour of Seva service to help camp run smoothly. This can include tidying shared spaces, etc. Performing the service offers the opportunity to bond more deeply with each other as we share in the joy of co-creating community and making the retreat happen.
Elizabeth Dequine
Elizabeth is a Dance Leader and Mentor with the Dances of Universal Peace, offering her presence with deep joy, warmth, and an open heart.
She carries this love across many lands, leading Dance Leader Trainings and retreats in Guatemala, México, and throughout the United States, nurturing connection and awakening wherever she goes.
At home in the Seattle area, she tends her local community with care, weaving circles of remembrance, unity, and sacred song.
Zaynab Alys
Zaynab (aka Alys) Allwardt, is a Dances of Universal Peace (DUP) leader and mentor. She has led dances in the Pacific Northwest and internationally for more than 20 years, co-founded two DUP groups in the Portland area, and helped dance circles adapt to a Zoom format in the early days of the pandemic.
The motto “have Dances, will travel” is quite appropriate for Zaynab. Some of the places she’s taken the dances include: labyrinth events, a maximum-security prison, a high school peace fair, birthday parties, house blessings, memorial services, Christian church and interfaith services, DUP retreats and camps, and “pop-up” Dances at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 2018 and 2023.
A warm and welcoming dance leader, Zaynab says, “the Dances show that working for peace can also be ‘spiritual fun.’”
Zarifah Spain
Zarifah Spain has been on the path of Sufism since 1976, when she was initiated by Murshid Moineddin into what is now the Sufi Ruhaniat International.
She has been a leader and musician for Zikr and the Dances of Universal Peace since 2011 and has traveled extensively over the past three years, offering those skills at camps and retreats in the US and abroad