Author Archives: Cordelia Jilani Prescott

About Cordelia Jilani Prescott

Jilani has been playing viola for the Dances of Universal Peace since 1997, and leading Dances since 2005, becoming certified as a Dance Leader in May 2008. Sufism is her spiritual path, along with motherhood (she has three sons) and music. She has worked as a musician and teacher since 1989 and spent several years training as a healer. She brings these skills to her Dance leading, with a teaching style that is light and down-to-earth, but powerful. She has led Dances throughout the UK since 2005, and has travelled internationally to share Dances in Europe, Morocco and the USA. In addition she runs regular groups and retreats at her home, the Heart Centre, a small retreat centre near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. Jilani loves to work with trainee Dance Leaders, and especially with young people, helping them to fulfill their potential as leaders and musicians with the dances. She also works with her own Sufi students, and currently leads a monthly Zikr and weekly Ruhaniat-style Sufi classes on Zoom, as well as occasional longer retreats.

DUP – Opening Ceremony of XR October Rebellion (6th October, London, UK)

Dances of Universal Peace at the opening ceremony of the XR October Rebellion

(Climate Crisis – Tell the Truth)

Jilani has been invited to lead a Dance as part of the Extinction Rebellion opening ceremony in Parliament Square, London on the 6th October, from 4pm.

It would be wonderful to have as many Dancers as possible to support this. There are likely to be several hundred people at least at the ceremony, most of whom have never experienced the Dances before. Please come and be part of the circles to help hold the energy! We would be so grateful to have your support.

The theme of the ceremony is Beacons of Truth: how can we fearlessly speak our truth and find the trust, courage and willingness to be powerful in our truth telling.

Let’s come together as a Dance community in London at this crucial time, to demonstrate the power of peace!

In the words of Murshid Sam –

“I’d like to go to a peace demonstration where the demonstrators demonstrate peace.”

New Dance Leader Training and Development Programme 2017 – 2018

by Jilani Cordelia Prescott and Christina Gulzar Lausevic.

We feel greatly honoured to offer the next opportunity in the UK to embark on a Dance Leader Training and Development programme. We want to first acknowledge Philip Tansen O’Donohoe, who has offered several Dance Leader Trainings in the UK in recent years, and whose support and blessing we are grateful to have.
Gulzar leading a danceIn this article, we want to share our inspiration for offering this programme at this time. We hope that you might pass it on to others whom you know who might be drawn to this path, or who want to deepen in the sacred path of Dance Leading. We also want to address some of the practical concerns people may have around Dance Leading which may be holding them back when their heart is saying “Yes”. Continue reading →

Unicorn Dancing Spirit Youth Camp 2014

Calling all young people in the UK and beyond!

Announcing a brand new Dances of Universal Peace camp in the UK, dedicated to young dancers and dance leaders! Your sheer enthusiasm has kindled an infectious spark of inspiration for this new venture to happen and we invite you to support the camp and make it your own. Bookings are open, on the Unicorn Camps website www.unicorncamps.com and people have started to book in already, so don’t miss out – book your place today! Continue reading →

Young Dancers at Unicorn

Young Dancers at Unicorn Dancing Spirit Camp 2013

by Jilani Cordelia Prescott

It was once again my great pleasure and privilege to be part of the team working with the young people who are interested in Dance-leading, at the Unicorn Dancing Spirit Camp in August this year. I continue to be so impressed with the maturity of these young Dance leaders, and they continue to develop in skill and attunement in a very noticeable way. Continue reading →