Miriam Peretz
Imagine transforming your movements into sacred rituals, where each breath and motion aligns your intentions and prayers, honoring your body as the holy temple it is — where every gesture becomes a pathway to inner peace, clarity, and spiritual alignment...
Discover the transformative fusion of devotional whirling, Sufi rituals, breath, and dance — awakening profound love, unity, and a deep connection with all of creation.
You may be wondering how to live a more soulful life attuned to the wisdom of your heart...
Many spiritual seekers are finding a path to wholeness through the ancient practices of sacred dance, Sufi mystical whirling, and the power of their breath, says Miriam Peretz, internationally celebrated dance instructor and performer.
Turning toward the heart as the center of our being is a powerful theme in Sufi ritual — and Indigenous cultures throughout time have used movement and dance to sanctify the body, connecting the human spirit to the divine.
The child of two mystics, Miriam is on a lifelong journey to connect with the Divine through embodiment. Her love of dance has taken her throughout the Middle East and Central Asia as she studied with many prominent mentors. Miriam is a student of Hilal Sala, a teacher of the Mevlevi Order of America, and Dr. Ibrahim Baba Farajaje, a Sheikh from the Chishti lineage.
Miriam ultimately found her spiritual home in Central Asian dance, Sufi whirling, and sacred circle dances, many of which are rooted in Shamanic wisdom traditions...
When you integrate intentional breath with movement to deepen the healing potential of dance, you can ease the pain of fragmentation, alienation, and loneliness. You can open and embrace your broken heart as an opportunity to expand your capacity to love.
Miriam beautifully weaves together movement and ritual to create safe, communal spaces for healing and empowered embodiment. Through these sacred practices, you’ll connect to the deepest parts of yourself — finding emotional release, peace, and a profound sense of vitality and wellbeing.
You’re invited to experience these timeless modalities in action during our brand-new event as Miriam shares how your movement can transform your consciousness — and bring profound healing to your body, mind, and soul — when you focus your intention and prayer, allowing them to guide you.
As she’ll explain, the art of creating a sacred dance practice aligns your intentions and prayers with your breath and movement — sanctifying your body as the holy temple of your soul.
During a guided 3-part embodiment practice, you’ll bring more presence and gratitude into each moment as you focus on purifying and cleansing your organs — and honoring the four directions through the ancient practice of bowing.
Join us as Miriam shares sacred dance and whirling as expressions of profound gratitude, the embodiment of divine feminine spirituality, and pathways to lasting transformation.
In this hour-long free online event, you’ll discover:
- How your movements can have a profound impact on your sense of wholeness — and transform your body into a sacred vessel of healing and growth when you focus on intention and prayer through the embodied intention of sacred dance
- A guided 3-part embodiment practice to bring more presence and gratitude into each moment, focus on purifying and cleansing the organs, and honoring the four directions through the ancient practice of bowing
- The ancient practice of whirling and its profound ability to connect you with the deepest parts of yourself as part of the entire Universe
- How Miriam’s gratitude breathing in Sufi dance connects your breath and intention to bless and empower the body and awaken your heart
- A guided prayer-formance to awaken the heart, drawing you into the experience of unity and equanimity, where you’ll allow the sense of isolation and separateness to dissolve as you make space for an experience of unity and equanimity
When you join us, you’ll also hear about the chance to delve deeper into sacred dance, whirling, and breath in Miriam’s new 7-week course. Miriam will guide you on a healing journey as you incorporate poetry, prayer, and embodied spirituality.
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About Miriam Peretz
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Miriam Peretz is an internationally celebrated performing artist, ritualist, and movement educator whose work is dedicated to creating transformational experiences for her students around the world. Over the past 20 years, she has offered dance intensives and trainings in locations such as the Bay Area, Hawaii, Europe, the Middle East, and South America, cultivating a global community of dancers.
Rooted in a deep spiritual lineage, Miriam’s journey into the sacred arts began in her family of origin, where she was exposed to a variety of mystical traditions, including Kabbalah and Sufism. A disciple of the beloved Sufi Sheikh Ibrahim Baba Farajaje, former provost of Starr King School of the Ministry, Miriam’s own spiritual path was profoundly shaped by her initiation into the Mevlevi Order of Sufism as a whirling dervish.
Drawing on the divine feminine wisdom of embodied spirituality, Miriam integrates indigenous dance traditions from around the world into her teachings. Her work spans a wide range of cultures and practices, incorporating elements from North African, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian dance forms. As a contemporary pioneer of sacred dance, Miriam has inspired teachers and practitioners globally to use movement and ritual as tools for creating inclusive community spaces for facilitating embodied, non-denominational prayer.
Miriam holds an MFA from Mills College of California, where she studied contemporary dance, pedagogy, and a range of somatic practices. Her thesis, Dance Art Sanctuary: A Holistic Approach to Dance Practice & Pedagogy, included a collaborative study with renowned dance therapist Dr. Ilene Serlin. In this work, Miriam explored the intersection of indigenous sacred dance practices and contemporary therapeutic dance applications, bridging the spiritual and the healing aspects of movement.
Miriam’s studies have included travel throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, where she immersed herself in ancient forms of dance and ritual many of which are rooted in shamanic wisdom traditions. During this time, she also studied percussion and music theory at the Oriental School of Music & Dance in Jerusalem, deepening her understanding of the relationship between music, movement, and ritual.
Miriam is the founder of the Nava Dance Collective, an international community of dancers based in the Bay Area. Through this collective, she teaches weekly classes and nurtures a vibrant community of students. Miriam’s choreographic work has also extended to numerous interfaith collaboration projects and theater productions, both locally and internationally, where she has used dance as a means to bridge cultural and spiritual divides, creating spaces for authentic connection through ritual and movement.
