2024- 2025 Online classes and In-Person Events and Retreats
With Saki and friends
MONDAY MORNINGS: WEEKLY ONLINE SEASONS OF THE BREATH – HEALING CLASSES FOR THE LATE SUMMER AND THE AUTUMN – with Breath, Sound, Movement and Meditation. Start: September 2 at 10:00 CET. 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: SEPTEMBER 26, OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 28, DECEMBER 19 2024. Please write to us for the ZOOM link: lightsong@gmail.com
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). please sign up ahead of time: lightsong@gmail.com DATES: SEPTEMBER 14, (NO CLASS IN OCTOBER DUE TO TRAVELS), NOVEMBER 23, AND DECEMBER 21.
THE MUSIC OF LIFE: CONNECTING HEARTS: SUNDAY DECEMBER 8, 16:00 – 17:30: This concert features Siddarth Kishna and his family performing north Indian classical music – not to be missed as they have been featured in the prestigious Concertgebouw in Amsterdam this year! At the Sufi Huis in Haarlem. entree: €15,- Flyer is available soon! write us: lightsong@gmail.com
THURSDAY MAY 29, 202510:00 – 17:30 – our annual Ascension Day Pilgrimage walk from Sufi Center Den Haag through city, forest, dunes and seaside to Universel Sufi Temple Katwijk, jointly led by Kadir, Saki and Sipko. limited to 25 participants! write lightsong@gmail.com
ALCHEMICAL SUFI RETREATS GUIDED BY SAKI:
ZENITH SUMMER PROGRAMME: This year there is (sadly) no annual camp in the Swiss Alps of the Ticino area where we have been for over 30 years. Instead there will be a programme offered for two weeks at Caduceus Center, Bad Bevensen, Germany. Write to Zenith Institute for more updated information and to register: isha@zenithinstitute.com
JULY 29 – AUGUST 3: A SEMINAR WITH PIR ZIA INAYAT KHAN AT CADUCEUS, BAD BEVENSEN GERMANY
AUGUST 5 – 10: GROUP RETREAT WITH SAKI AT CADUCEUS, BAD BEVENSEN GERMANY. to register click here
AUGUST 5 – 10: SEMINAR WITH ATUM O’KANE AT CADUCEUS, BAD BEVENSEN GERMANY
AUGUST 24 – 25, A WEEKEND RETREAT AT THE SUFI TEMPLE IN KATWIJK WITH PIR ZIA, PRECEDED BY AN OPEN LECTURE AT THE ANNA PAULOWNASTRAAT SUFI CENTER IN DEN HAAG ON FRIDAY AUGUST 23. Please mark these dates early in looking for nearby accommodations as the place gets quite filled up in advance! more information will be forthcoming! email: info@inayatiyya.nl
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 – SUNDAY OCTOBER 27: A GROUP RETREAT with Saki in Copenhagen, DENMARK. NOTE THESE DATES! more info is forthcoming! write to: Jamila, e-mail: piajohanne@gmail.com
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 – SUNDAY 15, ANNUAL WINTER RETREAT with Saki in Lioba Monastery, Egmond, Holland. NOTE THESE DATES! More information is forthcoming! write to Joshua at lightsong@gmail.com
2025 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, and visit to Tiger Sanctuary and Kids in Nature Hope project in Sawai. This group is already full!
MARCH 21 – 23, 2025: NEW BEGINNINGS, A SPRING RETREAT 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
THURSDAY MAY 8 – THURSDAY MAY 15 2025: 7 days individually guided Alchemical Sufi retreats with Saki at Lioba Monastery, Egmond Binnen, Holland. The group fills up quickly. Sign up early to avoid disappointment! For more information on future in person individual retreats click here