Brief history of physical education
A Brief Dance History
From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.
Samuel Lewis
The Dances were brought together in the late 1960's by Samuel L. Lewisalso known as Murshid Sam (1896-1971), a Sufi Murshid (teacher) and Rinzai Zen Master, who also studied deeply in the mystical traditions of Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity. From his rich life experiences, Lewis in his early 70's began to envision and create the Dances as a dynamic method to promote "Peace through the Arts". From the early days and his original body of about 50 dances, the collection has grown since his passing to more than 500 dances which celebrate the sacred heart of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Aramaic, Native American, Native African, Celtic, Goddess, Pagan and Universalist traditions. In this creation, Lewis was deeply influenced by his contact and spiritual apprenticeship with two people:Hazrat Inayat Khan, who first brought the message of universal Sufism to the West in 1910, and Ruth St. Denis, a feminist pioneer in the modern dance movement in America and Europe.
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) brought the Sufi Message of Love, Harmony and Beauty to Europe and the U.S. from India in the years 1910 – 1926 and his teachings have blossomed in a number of Western Sufi lineages. He was born into a family of musicians and through the guidance of the spiritual teachers of India with whom he was associated, he became the musician of the soul, for his work was mostly performed in the higher spheres, tuning people to their real pitch. Hazrat Inayat Khan called for the awakening of the individual as the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity in every
From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.
Samuel Lewis
The Dances were brought together in the late 1960's by Samuel L. Lewisalso known as Murshid Sam (1896-1971), a Sufi Murshid (teacher) and Rinzai Zen Master, who also studied deeply in the mystical traditions of Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity. From his rich life experiences, Lewis in his early 70's began to envision and create the Dances as a dynamic method to promote "Peace through the Arts". From the early days and his original body of about 50 dances, the collection has grown since his passing to more than 500 dances which celebrate the sacred heart of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Aramaic, Native American, Native African, Celtic, Goddess, Pagan and Universalist traditions. In this creation, Lewis was deeply influenced by his contact and spiritual apprenticeship with two people:Hazrat Inayat Khan, who first brought the message of universal Sufism to the West in 1910, and Ruth St. Denis, a feminist pioneer in the modern dance movement in America and Europe.
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) brought the Sufi Message of Love, Harmony and Beauty to Europe and the U.S. from India in the years 1910 – 1926 and his teachings have blossomed in a number of Western Sufi lineages. He was born into a family of musicians and through the guidance of the spiritual teachers of India with whom he was associated, he became the musician of the soul, for his work was mostly performed in the higher spheres, tuning people to their real pitch. Hazrat Inayat Khan called for the awakening of the individual as the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity in every