# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sufi Whirling Workshop with Anna Whirling and Dervish Aziz
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Learn the practice of Sufi whirling, using body movements and chanting to open the heart.

In this workshop we will be doing movement exercises and begin learning the practice of Sufi whirling.

This is a physical practice that uses body movements and chanting to open the heart, and experience the Unity of Love in the human body.

This workshop is open to all levels of experience. Come with an open heart, comfortable clothing, and socks

Aziz Abbatiello was raised in an American Mevlevi family. He has walked the path of the mystics following in the tradition of the Sufi. He was initiated as Semazen in 1996, and has made Sema with several Sufi groups in America and abroad.

Anna Whirling is from Ukraine. In the beginning of the war, she moved to Turkey and then to the United States. Anna has practiced whirling since her childhood. She has performed on stage for 20 years.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/sufi-whirling-workshop-with-anna-whirling-and-dervish-aziz/200029728058332
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://momence.com/l/WQh29R7R?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=berkeley-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Alembic
- **lat**: 37.854107094724
- **long**: -122.2934609279
- **full address**: The Alembic, 815 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710-2754, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Alembic (https://allevents.in/org/the-alembic/19241479)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Alembic, 815 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710-2754, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Alembic
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sufi Whirling Workshop with Anna Whirling and Dervish Aziz ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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