July Moon Workshop: Whirling Magic with Nawal
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Whirling Magic: a Journey in to transcendental states.
Rooted in the rich tradition of Egyptian Tanoura folklore yet offered here as a universal, non-religious practice, this master class invites you into one of humanity’s most ancient movement rituals. Whirling is not simply spinning — it is an art of organization, a discipline of the body finding its home along the vertical axis. In this space, all are welcome, regardless of background or belief, to experience the profound intelligence this practice carries within its turns.
There is a paradox at the heart of whirling: the more the body moves, the more still the inner world becomes. At the center of this stillness lives the spine — the Sushumna, the central axis, the body’s own antenna. As we organize ourselves along this vertical channel, the brain’s signal travels downward through the crystalline medium of cerebrospinal fluid, illuminating the cord that connects crown to root. This is not metaphor — it is physiology meeting mystery. The vertical axis has always been our access point to the flow state, to expanded consciousness, to that deeper current of aliveness that runs through us when we get out of our own way.
This class is a fully embodied, experiential journey through breath work, intentional movement, and the conscious organization of the body in space. You will not just learn to whirl — you will feel what it means to expand from the inside out, to discover stillness within action, and to use your own body as a gateway to personal transformation. Come ready to move, to breathe, and to be surprised by what becomes possible when you simply turn.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
This workshop will surprise you.
Come with curiosity. Leave your self-consciousness at the door. Give yourself permission to play. Some of the most profound discoveries in this practice arrive when we stop trying to perform and remember how to explore.
A Sense of Wonder & Play: Whirling has a way of dissolving adult armor. Expect to laugh, wobble, and delight in something that feels both ancient and completely new.
Alignment on the Vertical Axis: We work methodically with the body's architecture, learning how to stack, organize, and surrender along the central channel so the turn can do its work.
Vestibular Conditioning: You'll learn how your inner ear and nervous system respond to sustained rotation and, crucially, how to recognize the early signs of dizziness and move through them rather than resist them. This is a skill, and it is teachable.
The Transcendental Turn: When alignment meets breath and sustained movement, something shifts. Extended whirling can open a genuinely psychedelic state—not chemically, but physiologically. A natural altered state, available within your own body.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Nawal El Tememi
Nawal El Tememi is a movement artist, performance ritualist, embodiment coach, and Registered Yoga School director with over sixteen years of international teaching and performance experience. Her work centers on sacred whirling as a disciplined embodied practice of presence, focus, transcendence, and devotional movement.
She has taught and performed across Europe, the Middle East, and North America, including extensive work throughout California, Dubai, Cairo, Tuscany, and Scandinavia. Integrating somatic awareness, breathwork, nervous system regulation, and grounded technical precision, Nawal approaches whirling as both an artistic medium and a transformative methodology — one that cultivates resilience, inner alignment, expanded perception, and embodied intelligence.
Alongside her performance work, she facilitates immersive workshops, trains yoga teachers, and guides individuals through embodiment-based coaching frameworks that support personal empowerment and conscious relational presence. She recently presented whirling as a transcendental medium at the Occulture Esoteric Conference and continues to develop interdisciplinary performance-ritual experiences internationally.
Her recent performance art explorations combine sacred whirling with the act of “gridding” — spontaneous pop-up ritual performances enacted within public spaces around the world. These site-responsive activations investigate the relationship between movement, stillness, architecture, energetic presence, and what she refers to as “anchoring into the verticality grid”: a living axis between body, earth, and the transcendent.
Whirling Magic: a Journey in to transcendental states.
Rooted in the rich tradition of Egyptian Tanoura folklore yet offered here as a universal, non-religious practice, this master class invites you into one of humanity’s most ancient movement rituals. Whirling is not simply spinning — it is an art of organization, a discipline of the body finding its home along the vertical axis. In this space, all are welcome, regardless of background or belief, to experience the profound intelligence this practice carries within its turns.
There is a paradox at the heart of whirling: the more the body moves, the more still the inner world becomes. At the center of this stillness lives the spine — the Sushumna, the central axis, the body’s own antenna. As we organize ourselves along this vertical channel, the brain’s signal travels downward through the crystalline medium of cerebrospinal fluid, illuminating the cord that connects crown to root. This is not metaphor — it is physiology meeting mystery. The vertical axis has always been our access point to the flow state, to expanded consciousness, to that deeper current of aliveness that runs through us when we get out of our own way.
This class is a fully embodied, experiential journey through breath work, intentional movement, and the conscious organization of the body in space. You will not just learn to whirl — you will feel what it means to expand from the inside out, to discover stillness within action, and to use your own body as a gateway to personal transformation. Come ready to move, to breathe, and to be surprised by what becomes possible when you simply turn.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
This workshop will surprise you.
Come with curiosity. Leave your self-consciousness at the door. Give yourself permission to play. Some of the most profound discoveries in this practice arrive when we stop trying to perform and remember how to explore.
A Sense of Wonder & Play: Whirling has a way of dissolving adult armor. Expect to laugh, wobble, and delight in something that feels both ancient and completely new.
Alignment on the Vertical Axis: We work methodically with the body's architecture, learning how to stack, organize, and surrender along the central channel so the turn can do its work.
Vestibular Conditioning: You'll learn how your inner ear and nervous system respond to sustained rotation and, crucially, how to recognize the early signs of dizziness and move through them rather than resist them. This is a skill, and it is teachable.
The Transcendental Turn: When alignment meets breath and sustained movement, something shifts. Extended whirling can open a genuinely psychedelic state—not chemically, but physiologically. A natural altered state, available within your own body.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Nawal El Tememi
Nawal El Tememi is a movement artist, performance ritualist, embodiment coach, and Registered Yoga School director with over sixteen years of international teaching and performance experience. Her work centers on sacred whirling as a disciplined embodied practice of presence, focus, transcendence, and devotional movement.
She has taught and performed across Europe, the Middle East, and North America, including extensive work throughout California, Dubai, Cairo, Tuscany, and Scandinavia. Integrating somatic awareness, breathwork, nervous system regulation, and grounded technical precision, Nawal approaches whirling as both an artistic medium and a transformative methodology — one that cultivates resilience, inner alignment, expanded perception, and embodied intelligence.
Alongside her performance work, she facilitates immersive workshops, trains yoga teachers, and guides individuals through embodiment-based coaching frameworks that support personal empowerment and conscious relational presence. She recently presented whirling as a transcendental medium at the Occulture Esoteric Conference and continues to develop interdisciplinary performance-ritual experiences internationally.
Her recent performance art explorations combine sacred whirling with the act of “gridding” — spontaneous pop-up ritual performances enacted within public spaces around the world. These site-responsive activations investigate the relationship between movement, stillness, architecture, energetic presence, and what she refers to as “anchoring into the verticality grid”: a living axis between body, earth, and the transcendent.
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Where is it happening?
COSM Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, 51 Deer Hill Rd, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-3934, United States
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