38 th Annua l
Mendocino Sufi Camp
Golden Gate Sufi Circle
P. O. Box 45
Cutten, CA 95534
Men doci no Sufi Ca mp
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Nonprofit Org.
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Permit #470
Santa Rosa CA
July 15 - 22, 2012
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Before-Camp Youth Retreat - July 10-14
Youth Programs at Camp
Sufi youth ages 18 - 29 gather together for their twelfth
retreat in the beauty of northern California’s redwoods
to dance, sing, pray, and play together. Guest teachers
Pir Shabda Kahn and Jamilah Furniss will help guide
retreatants in practice, contemplation, and the wealth of
Sufi lineage through the Dances of Universal Peace, zikr,
conversation, and music. More info: SufiYouth.com
Camp youth programs, codirected by Arifa Byron and Todd Mezzulo,
include a children’s camp (age 3 - 9), a tween camp (ages 10 - 13), and a
teen camp (ages 14 - 18). The two younger camps will offer arts, crafts,
games, sports, and community-building activities in a loving and joyful
atmosphere. The teen camp will offer all of the above plus options for
delving more deeply into mysticism, including the opportunity to attend
adult classes.
After-Camp Silent Retreat - July 22-26
Camp Environment
This year’s retreat, guided by Siddiq Kilkenny & Nurah
Garson, offers a time out, a pause, a time of reflection,
deepening, and awakening. We will share together in Sufi
practice, for the most part silent, through meditation, zikr,
prayer, looking and listening, smiling and being with each
other as a support to our inner life.
Mendocino Woodlands State Park, about thirty minutes inland from the
beautiful northern California coast, is a natural wonderland nestled in
700 acres of redwood trees, ferns, glades, and meadows alongside a gentle
(in summer!) river. Its rustic cabins and lodges were built during the
Great Depression, and are protected as a National Historic Landmark.
Registration Information
Online registration and a downloadable registration form are available at
web address below. If you need a reg form mailed to you, call the number below.
To reserve your space(s) at camp, send $100 minimum per person (checks
payable to “Golden Gate Sufi Circle”) with your completed registration form to
the return address above. Visa, MasterCard, and Discover accepted.
Showing up without registering: Please don’t!
Information, confirmation, and maps will be sent after receipt of your
registration and funds, beginning in June.
Accommodations are rustic, shared, four-bed cabins - or bring a tent to create
your own space. There is limited flat parking for vans but no space for RVs.
Registration closes Monday, July 9, at noon.
[email protected]
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A few partial scholarships are available for those in financial need; send request
letter (via email or postal mail) before April 1.
A $50 discount is available for seniors (65+), if financially necessary.
Please help make our lives easier by paying camp fees in full by July 1! 
Cancellations: before July 1, $50 per person cancellation fee; after July 1,
no refunds. Bounced check fee: $30.
Fees
* Part Time
Full Time
Adults
Young Adults (19-26)
Teens (14-18)
Tweens (10-13)
Children (3-9)
$ 625
$111/day
Silent Retreat
$ 350
$ 525
$ 96/day
$ 475
$ 90/day
Youth Retreat
$ 425
$ 81/day
(ages 18 - 29)
$ 375
$ 72/day
$ 220
*$50 early-bird discount before May 1 for full-time campers.
707.444.9399
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MendoSufiCamp.org
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Pir Shabda Kahn ~ The Paradox of the Spiritual Path
Richard & Madhura Cuadra ~ Nurturing the Resilient Heart
After-Camp Silent Retreat ~ Siddiq Kilkenny & Nurah Garson
Youth Program Directors ~ Arifa Byron & Todd Mezzulo
Tamam Kahn ~ The Joy of Writing … Let Your Inner Poet Thrive!
Camp Managers ~ Kabir & Jelehla Ziemba
Mary Kenney ~ Illumination, Intimacy, and Surrender … into the Heart of Islam
Sara Morgan ~ Being Yourself and YourSELF, Dissolving Awake, and Embodying Bodhicitta
Karma Yoga ~ Ayat Kindschi
Kitchen ~ Ulu Stewart
See more camp info, including b ios and ph otos of th e complete teach ing staff, at Me ndoSufiCamp.org
D e a r f r i e n d s o n t h e P a t h o f S e l f - D i s c o v e r y,
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we present to you Mendocino Sufi Camp 2012. Our sincere wish is that your experiences at
this year’s camp will support you in your spiritual unfoldment and bring you closer to your true Self.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan tells us that “it is the knowledge of self which blooms into the knowledge of God.” Because you are
reading this flyer right now, chances are you have a longing to know more about yourself, to explore the meaning of Life, and to deepen
your experience of the Divine.
The image of the Russian nesting dolls represents our ongoing journey of uncovering our deeper selves. And what an exciting journey this
perpetual discovery is - continually being surprised by seeing the unknown become known.
With 37 years of summer gatherings in our collective experience, Mendocino Sufi Camp has developed a
warmhearted, joyful, and playful family atmosphere while at the same time offering new and returning
participants an opportunity to deepen and enrich the spiritual dimension of life.
We look forward to being together in the redwoods this summer as we dance and sing together, share
scrumptious meals, and explore through the class offerings our next steps toward the One, toward the Real.
In Loving Service,
Shafee Ballinger and Khushi Tanveer, Spiritual Directors