2025 – 2026 Online and In-Person Classes, Events and Retreats
With Saki and friends
ONLINE:
THE HEART IS ITS OWN MEDICINE – WALKING THE MYSTICAL PATH, A CLOSED MONTHLY SERIES: From end of September 2024 – June 2025 is now concluded…. Click here for more information for the new series THE ALCHEMY OF LOVE to start in September 2025
MONDAY MORNINGS: WEEKLY ONLINE SEASONS OF THE BREATH – HEALING CLASSES – SUMMER SERIES with Breath, Sound, Movement and Meditation. MAY 19 – JULY 7 at 10:00 CET on Monday morning Click here for more information and to read our blog.
MONTHLY THURSDAY EVENING SUFI MEDITATION CLASSES ON ZOOM – from 20:00 – 21:30 CET. come and join our monthly classes with an international community of Sufi friends. With music, prayers, Sufi practices and zhikr. DATES: FEBRUARY 27, MARCH 27, APRIL 24, MAY 22, JUNE 19 Please write to us for the ZOOM link: lightsong@gmail.com
IN PERSON CLASSES:
2025 IN PERSON SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLASSES WITH POTLUCK MEAL AT THE END, from 16:00 – 19:00: We meet in the beautiful small meditation room of the Den Haag Sufi center, where Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan had met on some occasions with his own mureeds. Each month a different theme. This is an intimate group that is limited in numbers due to space. Followed by a potluck sharing (bring ready to serve foods). You need to sign up ahead of time: lightsong@gmail.com DATES: NO CLASSES IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY DUE TO TRIP TO INDIA; MARCH 1, APRIL 5, MAY 3, JUNE 7; SEPTEMBER 20, OCTOBER 25, NOVEMBER 22 2025
2025 SPECIAL EVENTS AND RETREATS:
FEBRUARY 2 – 19, 2025: JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE WITH SAKI – India pilgrimage to the Urs of Hazrat Inayat Khan, to Baroda birthplace of Murshid and music school Gayanshala, retreat house in Pushkar, Ajmer and the dargah of Moinuddin Chishti, and Jaipur, This group is already full!
MARCH 21 – 23, 2025: LET LOVE GUIDE YOUR SOUL, with Saki at the Bernardine Cistercians monastery in Hyning, UK Followed by 4 days of individual retreat for a very limited number of participants. To see venue go to: www.bernardine.org; for information write to Malika: kimrose04@icloud.com
MAY 4, 2025 15:00: MUSIC OF LIFE: Concert with Sinan on Ney, with poetry reading with Armaiti; Sufi House Haarlem; flyer available lightsong@gmail.com
THURSDAY MAY 8 – THURSDAY MAY 15 2025: 7 days individually guided Alchemical Sufi retreats with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen, Holland. For more information on 2026 in person individual retreats click here
SUNDAY MAY 25, 10:00 – 17:00 Inayatiyya NL Friendship Day at the Sufi temple in Katwijk Flyer available – lightsong@gmail.com All are welcome!
SAKI AT ZENITH SUMMER CAMP – BAD BEVENSEN GERMANY – JULY 27 – AUGUST 16, 2015
JULY 27 – AUGUST 2: during Pir Zia’s retreat camp Saki will lead early morning meditations daily at 6:30 and give qigong movement and breathwork classes daily at 14:00
AUGUST 3-9: Saki will guide individual retreats this week. Contact her at lightsong@gmail.com before registering with Zenith. FULL
AUGUST 10-16: Saki will guide individual retreats this week. Contact her at lightsong@gmail.com before registering with Zenith. 2 PLACES LEFT
AUGUST 22 Friday evening from 20:00 – 21:30 with Pir Zia at Sufi Center Den Haag Anna Paulownastraat 78, NL near the Peace Palace (The 4 Archangels) 10,- entrance at door
AUGUST 23 – 24: a weekend retreat with Pir Zia at the Sufi Temple Murad Hassil in Katwijk aan Zee, NL (Night, Dawn and the Body of Light) write for flyer: lightsong@gmail.com. see Inayatiyya NL/BE website for information and to register: https://inayatiyya.nl
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 21 20:00 – 21:30: The Mysticism of Sound, an Online class with Saki and Inayatiyya friends. write us for the ZOOM link: 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
FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 21: ANNUAL WINTER RETREAT with Saki in Lioba Monastery, Egmond, Holland. Go to link here for more information and to register, write to Joshua at lightsong@gmail.com
2026 retreats and gatherings
with Saki and friends
NEW! JANUARY 10 – 17, 2026: 7 DAY RETREAT AT BEAUTIFUL OCEAN FRONT RESORT NEAR PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO! The Alchemy of Spiritual Eldering – information soon on website: https://www.hearttraveler.com/
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
APRIL 23 – 30, 2026: 7 days individually guided 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
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. For more information and to register click here