The Music of the Heart – A musical Retreat
The Music of the Heart – A musical Retreat
Silent Retreat with Ophiel van Leer
Week 1B, July 23rd – 29th, 2023
What is the song that our heart wants to sing?
What is the music that lives within us, as underlying rhythms, as different melodies, as contrasting or sustaining harmonies?
In the course of this silent retreat we will explore dimensions of inner landscapes, more and more seeing ourselves as musicians of our own lives.
We will meditate with the aid of music and dive into Sufi practices which foster the inner journey of finding the realm of the soul.
We will allow the meditative attunement to open into intuitive improvisational singing and finding actual melodies, which express the different ideas and qualities found in silence.
Ophiel Maarten van Leer is a life-long musician, conductor and music teacher who came into contact with the Sufi Message at a young age. He aims to integrate his musical activities with his spiritual experience ever since.
Ophiel Maarten van Leer is a conductor, singer and music teacher with many years of experience in the fields of music and meditation. He is the Vice-President for Europe for the new Inayatiyya Music Activity. He comes from a musical family; His mother introduced him to the Sufi message. At 17, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan became his inspiring teacher. He studied conducting and school music-teaching in Utrecht. For many years he has led seminars in ensemble singing, musical improvisation and meditation. He teaches music at a Rudolf Steiner School and directs various choirs in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt, Germany.
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Ophiel Maarten van LeerOphiel Maarten van Leer is a conductor, singer and music teacher with many years of experience in the fields of music and meditation. He is the Vice-President for Europe for the new Inayatiyya Music Activity. He comes from a musical family; His mother introduced him to the Sufi message. At 17, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan became his inspiring teacher. He studied conducting and school music-teaching in Utrecht. For many years he has led seminars in ensemble singing, musical improvisation and meditation. He teaches music at a Rudolf Steiner School and directs various choirs in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt, Germany.