History & Related Practices

Dhikr

Also known as: Zikr, Sufi remembrance

German: Dhikr (Sufismus), Sufi-Gottesgedenken

The repeated remembrance of God through names, phrases or prayers in Islamic and especially Sufi practice, sometimes coordinated with breath and movement. It is a religious practice with its own meaning and is not simply a breathing technique.

Chanting, singing and breathing →