2025 Classes, Events and Retreats
With Saki and friends
2025 ONLINE CLASSES:
THE ALCHEMY OF LOVE – WALKING WITH THE MYSTICS: A CLOSED MONTHLY SERIES (September 2025- June 2026): Click here for more information and to register
MONDAY MORNINGS: WEEKLY ONLINE SEASONS OF THE BREATH – HEALING CLASSES with Breath, Sound, Movement and Meditation. Click here for more information
MONTHLY THURSDAY EVENING SUFI MEDITATION CLASSES ON ZOOM – from 20:00 – 21:30 CET: SEPTEMBER 25, OCTOBER 30, NOVEMBER 27 2025. Please write to us for the ZOOM link: lightsong@gmail.com
THE MYSTICISM OF SOUND, OCTOBER 21 20:00 – 21:30 CET: with Saki and Inayatiyya friends. write us for the ZOOM link: lightsong@gmail.com
SATURDAY DECEMBER 27 AT 7:30 – 8:30: A SPECIAL MORNING MEDITATION with Saki on ZOOM for the New Year! – write for the ZOOM link: lightsong@gmail.com!
2025 IN PERSON SUFI CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND RETREATS:
SEPTEMBER 20, 16:00 – 19:00: Autumn Equinox Sufi class with Saki and friends at Sufi Center Den Haag, Anna Paulownastraat 78, nr. The Peace Palace, followed by vegetarian potluck dinner together. A special meeting place in the meditation room where Murshid Inayat Khan met with his mureeds. Places are limited and you must register before coming! lightsong@gmail.com
OCTOBER 25, 16:00 – 19:00: Monthly Sufi class with Saki and friends at Sufi Center Den Haag, Anna Paulownastraat 78, nr. The Peace Palace, followed by vegetarian potluck dinner together. A special meeting place in the meditation room where Murshid Inayat Khan met with his mureeds. Places are limited and you must register before coming! lightsong@gmail.com
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 15:00 – 19:30: Celebrating Shaikh ul Mashaikh’s 98th birthday! at Sufi Center Den Haag, Anna Paulownastraat 78, nr the Peace Palace. Welcome! Music and poetry with Sipko den Boer and Cenghiz Arslanpay; Ilahi and zikr with Mehmet and Ali Ungan, followed by a potluck dinner. Come and join us and wish Shaikh ul mashaikh a wonderful year ahead!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22, 16:00 – 19:00: Monthly Sufi class with Saki and friends at Sufi Center Den Haag, Anna Paulownastraat 78, nr. The Peace Palace, followed by vegetarian potluck dinner together. A special meeting place in the meditation room where Murshid Inayat Khan met with his mureeds. Places are limited and you must register before coming! lightsong@gmail.com. sorry, due to personal circumstances we had to cancel this class.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 21: ANNUAL WINTER RETREAT with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond, Holland. Go to link here for more information and to register, write to Joshua at lightsong@gmail.com. SORRY! full!
2026 retreats and gatherings
IN PERSON RETREATS AND GATHERINGS:
JANUARY 10 – 17, 2026: THE ALCHEMY OF SPIRITUAL ELDERING: A 7 DAY RETREAT AT BEAUTIFUL OCEAN FRONT RESORT NEAR PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO! Space is lilmited (1 place left) https://www.hearttraveler.com/ for more information click here.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7: CELEBRATING THE URS OF HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN, 14:30 – 15:45 meditation; 15:45 – 16:30 tea and coffee; 16:30 – 17:30 Classical Indian music concert with Satyakam Mokhamsing on violin; (tentative: 17:45 – 19:00 potluck meal together)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28: A SUFI CLASS with theme to be updated, 16:00 – 17:30, followed by potluck together. In the sitting room Anna Paulownastraat 78, Den Haag – limited space so you need to pre-register.
MARCH 20 – 22, 2026: SPRING EQUINOX SUFI RETREAT at the Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning, Warton nr. Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9SE, ENGLAND – information write to Kim Malika: kimrose04@icloud.com space is limited!
SATURDAY MARCH 28: A SUFI CLASS with theme to be updated, 16:00 – 17:30, followed by potluck together. In the sitting room Anna Paulownastraat 78, Den Haag – limited space so you need to pre-register.
APRIL 23 – 30, 2026: 7 days INDIVIDUAL ALCHEMICAL SUFI RETREATS with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen, Holland. Near beautiful dunes, forest and beaches. Limited spaces available so don’t hesitate before signing up! For more information and to register click here
THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026: ASCENSION DAY PILGRIMAGE WALK from Den Haag Sufi Center to Katwijk aan Zee Murad Hassil Sufi Temple, with Kadir, Sipko and Saki. write us for more information: lightsong@gmail.com
SATURDAY MAY 23: A SUFI CLASS with theme to be updated, 16:00 – 17:30, followed by potluck together. In the sitting room Anna Paulownastraat 78, Den Haag – limited space so you need to pre-register – lightsong@gmail.co
SUNDAY MAY 31: FRIENDSHIP DAY with the friends of the Inayatiyya, Sufi Temple Murad Hassil, Katwijk aan Zee. more info follows. write to
JUNE 29 – JULY 2, 2026: THE ALCHEMY OF SPIRITUAL ELDERING, a popular retreat with Saki. At Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen, near dunes, sea and forests. Optional added 3 day individual retreat July 2 – 5 (space is limited) For more information and to register click here
AUGUST 21 – 23 2026: PIR ZIA IN THE NETHERLANDS! FRIDAY EVENING: open talk Anna Paulownastraat 78, Den Haag; SATURDAY – SUNDAY: a retreat at the Sufi Temple Murad Hassil in Katwijk. Start planning your accomodations early!! as places in Katwijk get filled quickly! for info: https://inayatiyya.nl/
SEPTEMBER 4-6, 2026: A HEALING RETREAT with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen – with time for walks by the dunes and seaside. More information soon!
DECEMBER 18 – 20, 2026: ANNUAL WINTER RETREAT with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen – a very popular Christmas retreat. Inquire early as space is limited. More information soon!
2026 ONLINE CLASSES AND EVENTS
JANUARY 23-25, 2026: Inayatiyya leaders training with Pir Zia and others, by invitation only.
JANUARY 26, 2026: MONDAY MORNINGS: WEEKLY ONLINE SEASONS OF THE BREATH – HEALING CLASS series with Breath, Movement and Meditation. Click here for more information JANUARY 26, FEBRUARY 2, 9, 16, 23; MARCH 2, 9, 16 2026 – WINTER SERIES
THURSDAY JANUARY 29, Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY MAY 28 Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
THURSDAY JUNE 25. Monthly ZOOM Sufi gathering – The Alchemy of Love, 20:00 – 21:30 – Music, Sufi practices, meditation and sacred poetry. Write for the ZOOM link
2027 IN THE PLANNING: A LAST TRIP TO INDIA – FOR MURSHID’S 100TH URS, BARODA AND KERALA!
FEBRUARY 2 – 19 (FINAL DATES STILL TO BE FIXED!)
Saki will make one last trip to India and bring a maximum of 8 mureeds with her. There will be a careful pre-India screening to see who will harmonize with this group. Write to us at lightsong@gmail.com