Workshop Leaders for 2026
We will add workshop leaders for 2026 as they are confirmed so check back here in the months leading up to camp for more information.
Alina Gote [DUP]
Having been brought up and immersed in the Dance and Sufi family in Germany since birth, she now walks the path of a Dance Leader and a Sufi Mureed (student), following her own inner search for authenticity and meaning since her teen years. She has been invited to lead dances at events and camps in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Alina has been part of the team which are supporting, guiding dances and holding space for the youth at German dance camp for three years.
Jilani [DUP]
I am so very happy to be coming back to Sacred Arts Camp after being away for two years! In that time much has happened for me. As a Dances of Universal Peace Mentor, an initiator in the Sufi Ruhaniat International and a SoulWork practitioner I have travelled widely. I have led retreats and trainings in India, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Morocco, Turkey and across Europe and the UK. I found myself making new friends wherever I went, and feeling so enriched by my experiences travelling with my viola and guitar. In 2023 I also started Sufi Camp, a new small retreat-camp in Wales at the end of August, which has run very successfully for three years now.
In my internal life I have also been on a deep journey during those years, as I became aware of and explored my neurodivergence, eventually being diagnosed with ADHD last June. This has brought me much understanding and insight into some of the difficulties I’ve struggled with in life, often perhaps unseen but sometimes very visibly.
As well as sharing Dances and music at camp, I’m also going to be sharing some of my journey as someone with late diagnosed ADHD in a workshop.
I can’t wait to see you all! You can find out more about me and what I share from my website:
Dakini [DUP]
Born in Estonia, Dakini started leading regular dance groups in Eastern Europe 30 years ago, initiated a dance camp in Estonia (2001), and following a move to Scotland in late 1990-s, began leading dance and sufi events worldwide, started a Sufi camp in Scotland (2012) and co-founded a Buddhist retreat centre in Findhorn, Scotland (2005).
Now based in the North West of England, she serves the international dance family as a senior mentor, a Sheikha (sufi teacher), as well as a newly appointed member of the DUP International Ethics Council.
Having worked professionally with children and teenagers all her life, she loves to spark the enthusiasm for the dances and Sufi path in younger people, and has supported and held teenagers at dance camps in UK and New Zealand for many years.
Tom [DUP]
I love the way the dances bring people together to open our hearts and creating a space where prayers can flow, for peace, and for healing of the earth.
I lead dances regularly in York where I live and sometimes with friends further afield around the North.
I love the morning dance session at Sacred Arts Camp, where the richness of our community’s dance leaders shines.
It will be my privilege to look after this session and I look forward to spending time in the field with friends old and new.
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Click here to see the workshop leaders for 2025 to give you an idea what to expect as we add more workshop leaders to this page.
"The camp leaders and loyal campers are amazing people, they run the camp like the most nurturing home with open arms to newcomers like me. Many people came and
chatted or just smiled to me over the course of the week and by the end
of it I felt we had become part of an amazing family." - Emma
