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Guided by Christina Gulzar Lausevic and Jilani Cordelia Prescott

A two year course including four residential retreats in beautiful and comfortable venues

This programme is for mentored leaders of the Dances of Universal Peace, and also for those new to the path of Dance Leading. 

We invite you to embark on this deeply enriching and exciting journey with us, not only on your path as a Dance Leader, but also as an opportunity for profound personal development, spiritual growth and self-discovery. Jilani and Gulzar are currently the only mentors offering a Dance Leader training course in the UK. After running our highly successful course in 2017/18 and again in 2020/21 we are delighted to be able to offer this opportunity for a third time in 2024. 

YOUR GUIDES

ASPECTS OF DANCE-LEADING TO BE STUDIED

• Breath Practices
• Voice Work
• The Sacred Phrase
• Leadership Skills
• Developing Magnetism
• Spiritual Walks 
• Dance Repertoire
• Musicianship
• Confidence
• The Dances as a Healing Practice
• Energetic Holding Skills 
• History and Background of the Dances 

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME?

We will guide and support you on this journey every step of the way. Included in this 2 year training are: 

Four residential training retreats, including 16 nights full board accommodation. The retreats are held in comfortable and beautiful venues with expansive grounds. We will have sole use of these country houses for our own group. 
Between these live trainings, you will be supported in your unfolding development with regular group video conference calls (16 calls, or 24 hours in total). 

As a Dance Leader, you will: 

• Find and develop your unique voice as an expression of your heart and soul
• Expand your Dance repertoire and deepen in the spiritual traditions and practices of the world
• Develop an understanding of the power of sacred mantra and the energetic and healing effects of sound 
• Develop your musicianship and learn how to embody a greater sense of rhythm
• Explore how different Dances support our grounding and expansion in different ways
• Understand group harmonisation and how you can use this to support healing and transformation
• Expand your energetic range so that you can embody different qualities, elements and polarities at will
• Develop your capacity to speak to peoples’ hearts and open them with your words
• Allow your gift to flow through you from a place of empowered surrender and magnetic presence
• Discover practical marketing tools to help you to take your transmission of the Dances out into the world 
• Explore how to adapt the Dances for various situations and needs, to support a wide range of communities

Many Dance Leaders, even those who have already completed a training, still feel held back in their leading, or in putting themselves out there in their communities. In this particular training, with its added focus on supporting you with personal development as well as leadership ability, we aim to help you from the start to discover and overcome potential obstacles to being a successful and magnetic Dance Leader. 
Both Jilani and Gulzar are trained and very experienced teachers and guides, and a particular skill they share is to see your gifts and to let these unfold joyfully and with ease. 

We will help you to be the best Dance Leader you can possibly be. 

PRACTICAL DETAILS

Residential Retreats in two beautiful country house retreat centres, in Northumberland and Cheshire, both easily accessible by air, rail and road. 

• 10th – 14th April 2025 Shepherds Dene, Northumberland (pictured above right)
• 16th – 20th October 2025 Wistaston Hall (pictured above left and centre)
• 1st – 5th May 2026 Shepherds Dene
• October 2026 Wistaston Hall

16 conference calls with the whole group via Zoom or similar interface 

APPLYING FOR A PLACE

The first step is to fill in the form to apply for a place by clicking on this link: https://forms.gle/LwJfHhN2vefzNZ5p8

Please also let us know when you have completed the form. If you are successful we will offer you a place and send you payment details.

Prices

Investment:  £3670

Reduced price for full payment received by 18th October 2024:  £3470

Supplement for a guaranteed single room on all retreats: please add £240

Subsidised price for people who have completed a training with us before: Deduct £200

Deposit to secure your place: £400 (non-refundable – this is less than what we need to pay the venues to book your place)

Absolute deadline for all bookings: 5th February 2025

We prefer people to pay in full if they are able to do so, due to the high non-refundable deposits we have to pay to the venues.  If you need to set up an instalment plan, please contact us as soon as you can.  We will work to find a suitable arrangement for you and for us, taking into account our fixed expenses and costs.

Bursaries:  We hope to be able to offer some generous bursaries to those who would really need one in order to attend. Please contact us to discuss your needs.  And if anyone would like to donate to our bursary fund, to support someone else attending, it would help immensely – please let us know.

For more information, click on the links to contact Jilani or Gulzar

TESTIMONIALS

I really value and honour the visible and invisible work you’ve been doing, inviting me in a very sensitive way to explore some paths where I wouldn’t have been by myself. I felt really safe and joyful about the way you’ve been holding the group and all the training.Thank you. (Solène Garrin – France)

Your capacity of listening and channelling all the situations was impeccable. Keep going please! Congratulations!  (Juan Nuraddin – Spain)

I grew up so much! Thank you!!!!!  I’m so grateful…(Paloma – Belgium)

Jilani and Gulzar know what they are doing. You can trust them. (Sarah McCulloch – UK)

“Wow! No words! It was amazing”

“A very sensitive way to explore some paths where I wouldn’t have been by myself.”

“I would highly recommend this pair of very gifted and experienced dance leaders. Thank you so much.” 

“Beautiful holding of a very diverse group.”

“I have attended two training courses before, and on this one my heart has felt safe enough to open fully to feel joy and pain, and to connect with the Divine within.”

“Gulzar and Jilani create a safe, warm, heart-centred, non-judgemental space in which to overcome fears about leading dances.”

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International Camp in France 3-9 September 2024

An event organized by the Papillons Voyageurs association.

Papillons Voyageurs is a French association whose purpose is to open

spaces for sharing, learning and putting ourselves into action, through the

co-creation of transformative experiences at the service of life.

Based on the 7 petals of the permaculture flower, with a predilection for

agroecology, eco-construction and living together, we participate through

our light and colorful wingbeats in what we perceive as a global evolution of

humanity.

GUIDES OF THE DANCES

J I L A N I C O R D E L I A P R E S C O T T

A dedicated musician and guide, she has been combining music, meditation, and Sufi practices

since 1997 to promote inner peace and healing. She organizes retreats and workshops at the Heart

Centre near Hebden Bridge, where she resides. With an approach that is both accessible and

grounded, she helps young and aspiring leaders realize their potential. Her work focuses on

personal and collective growth, bringing joy, unity, and deep connection to participants through

practices that celebrate life, music, and simplicity of heart.

>> https://www.jilanicordelia.com/ <<

M A L I K A E L E N A S A L A Z A R

Colombian by birth, initiated in the lineage of Sufi Ruhaniat International. With formal studies in

music, literature, transpersonal psychology and anthropology. She is certified in Kundalini Yoga,

Universal Peace Dances (DPU) mentor, flutist, performer and singer of sacred music from various

mystical philosophies. Malika leads meditation sessions with mantras and has explored a path to healing through her voice and transpersonal psychology.

>> Listen on Spotify <<

HOSTING PLACE

Les Damias is a hamlet in Éourres, a village of initiatives… a little remote, at the

end of a green valley, a haven of peace and nature! At an altitude of 1000m, the

winter is harsh, the spring late, the summer full of sun and the autumn is adorned

with a thousand colors. Each season has its charms: spring and autumn ideal for

hiking or relaxing stays, summer for welcoming families and seminars, and winter…

for rest.

Les Damias is a collective farm which cultivates, with minimal mechanization, its

own fruits and vegetables for personal consumption while offering a quality table

d’hôtes. It also practices conscious sourcing of foodstuffs not produced by the farm

and favors local producers (flour, cheese, beer, etc.). Food is one of the pillars of

Damias and we will have the pleasure of tasting the buffets prepared by their

kitchen team every day. The products, served generously, will be local, organic and

mostly from their vegetable garden, served generously!

LOGISTICS

By car

Via Lachau or Barret sur Méouge (Col d’Araud), direction Eourres. Do not go up to the village of

Eourres, follow the direction of Les Peyres/Les Damias. Cross the hamlet of Peyres and

continue the asphalt road to the end.

Public transportation

By Sisteron or Carpentras stations (shuttle from Aix TGV) or Laragne. From Carpentras, Sisteron

or Laragne, from Monday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., a Drôme taxi (Transdrôme

service) can pick you up and drop you off in Lachau where we will pick you up (Let us know in

advance, €5 contribution requested).

Accommodation and equipment list

A list of equipment will be sent to those registered at the beginning of August in order to make

their stay as pleasant as possible and to give them the latest practical information related to

the course.

Any other question ?

Please write us to ensemble@papillons-voyageurs.net and we will be pleased to answer you !

RESERVATION

60 places are available for this camp, taken in order of validated registrations. We have 20

campsite places and 40 lodge places. The food offered includes lunch/dinner and as often in

peace dances, breakfasts are freely managed by the participants.

CAMP PRICE – Package

The balance allowing the sustainability of the

event and the following ones

280,00€

ACCOMMODATION IN GITE- Per night 40,00€

Allow 5 nights on site. Shared rooms

CAMPING OR VEHICLE – Per night 10,00€ Allow 5 nights on site

Prepare your camping/truck equipment

FOOD – Per day 30,00€

Allow 5 days of camp

Organic/local buffet for lunch and dinner

Confirm your reservation

Places are limited to 60 people and will be allocated in order of registration. We ask you to pay

a deposit of €250 to reserve your place, regardless of the option you choose. Please make this

payment by check or bank transfer to the account of the PAPILLONS VOYAGEURS association:

Mail address : Papillons Voyageurs, 62 rue du Coulet, 04240 Annot

Any place confirmed by email will be held for 10 days, if payment of the deposit is not

made within this period, we will release this place again. In the event of cancellation by you

up to 1 month before the course, €200 will be refunded to you, less than 15 days before half

of your deposit, less than a week before we will keep your deposit. In the event of

cancellation due to Papillons Voyageurs, you will be refunded 100%.

Membership of the Papillons Voyageurs association

The team

Vanessa Languasco & Michael Gauthier

Co-founders of the association and certified

trainers Gaïa Education, members of GEN

Email ensemble@papillons-voyageurs.net

Website https://www.papillons-voyageurs.net/

Phones +33 6 38 89 57 13 – +33 7 85 86 97 01