The Inayatiyya of Greater Boston are a collaborative of teaching centers of the Inayatiyya in the south eastern New England area. The Inayatiyya is an interfaith organization supporting the path to self realization of its members, and the spreading of love, harmony, and beauty to humanity as a whole.
New Year's Eve Universal Worship
As the sun sets on the passing year
Wednesday, Dec. 31st, 2025 4:00 - 6:00 PM, EST
On Zoom
Gather at 3:45 PM. Service includes readings from the world’s religions and opportunity to share your own short reading, poem, or reflection about the passing and incoming years.
Email Azimat Sally Schreiber-Cohn omasea35#comcastn for Zoom Link.
RSVP by Dec. 28th.
Information: Azimat 781-990-3776
Living from the Soul
A Retreat with Yaqin Aubert and Naima Brown
Saturday, Jan. 10th - Sunday Jan. 11th, 2026 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST On Zoom
Pir Vilayat once said: "Put your soul in charge of your life!" What does it mean to live from the soul? How does this help us in our everyday life? How does the nectar of the soul renew us? We will share teachings and practices from the Inayatiyya on Breath, Divine Names, Zikr, and Light. We will also explore Pir Zia's current teachings on the Sophic Whorl.
We look forward to gathering again for our online annual Winter Renewal retreat.
All are welcome! Ashiqs, Murids, experienced and new travelers on the path ...
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Yaqin Aubert is a senior teacher and mentor in the Inayatiyya, a mystical and ecumenical lineage rooted in the legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan. He has taught in the Suluk Academy, a school of contemplative Sufi studies. Yaqin is a certified retreat guide, guiding individual and group retreats. He is a Siraj in the Universal Worship, which honors the unity of religious ideals. He is a storyteller and lives in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts.
Naima Brown teaches online internationally offering Meditation Classes and Retreats. She guides both group and individual retreats and is a mentor for the pioneering Sophic Whorl Retreat Guide Training. She served as Vice President of the Inayatiyya Inner school and was a founding mentor of Suluk Academy, a school of spiritual study. She is one of the Senior teachers and a Cherag of the Universal Worship for the local Greater Boston Inayatiyya Center.Ongoing Gatha Classes
with Rahmana Santorelli
The 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month
at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (North America)
The Gathas were originally oral lectures that Hazrat Inayat Khan gave to his murids in the early 1920s. They contain foundational teachings that cover several topics. These lectures offer us the opportunity to consider, and live life, with an open mind and a compassionate heart. Meeting with others as a community, allows us to gain insight into Murshid’s wisdom and sense his presence. We will partake in meditative practices of the Inayatiyya as a way of making Murshid's profound teachings relevant to us on our journey. There will be an opportunity to share heart-felt reflections in the form of sohbet.
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The Githas
with Aqil Brown
Tuesdays: Sep. 9th and 23rd, Oct. 7th and 21st, Nov. 4th and 18th, Dec. 2nd and 16th, 2025
The Githa papers are a course of study given by Hazrat Inayat Khan for the murid who is ready to prepare for the realization of the soul. The murid, having awakened, now journeys into that vision of a new world of spirit. The task before the murid is to develop an intuitive and natural awareness of the expansive levels on which the soul experiences life. The mind and emotions are attuned to allow the finer vibrations to be felt. The cause and effect of impressions and intentions are watched. The inner and outer life are brought into harmony. One's motivation is sought out at its roots. One's purpose is found in the re-homing of the soul in this life and in preparing it for the next.
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Sufi Evenings in Marblehead (via Zoom)
In Depth Meditations on the Teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, including relevance to everyday life.
Begins on Mon. Sept. 29, and continues on the 4th Monday of the month through May, 2026, 7:30 PM, Eastern Time
Co-Facilitated by Azimat Sally Schreiber-Cohn and Qalbi Melissa Tucker, with reflections, music or meditations guided by Banafsha Jane McKenna, Qudsiya Carol Rodrigue, Umma Nancy Ramsden, Deya Susan Seigel or others.
Please email Azimat omasea35#comcastn for Zoom link.
For other information, call Azimat 781-990-3776 or email Qalbi at melissatucker38#gmailc
The Inayatiyya - A Sufi Path of Spiritual Liberty
The work of the Inayatiyya is founded upon the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and his successors Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat-Khan. Hazrat Inayat Khan brought the spiritual heritage of Sufism from India to the Western nations of Europe and the Americas, adapting it to the conditions of those cultures. His successors have continued to adapt the presentation of Sufism to ever-changing modern conditions, while strongly holding the connection to the living essence that they represent. It is not just a philosophy, but a practice of working with the self to realize all the dimensions of one's being, come to a fuller understanding and joy, and to communicate that in everyday life.
"Thus the ultimate purpose for which the soul is seeking every moment of our life, is our spiritual purpose. And you may ask how to attain to that purpose. The answer is that what you are seeking for is within yourself. Instead of looking outside, you must look within. The way to proceed to accomplish this is for some moments to suspend all your senses such as sight, hearing, smell, touch, in order to put a screen before the outside life; and by concentration and by developing that meditative quality you will sooner or later get in touch with the inner self which is more communicative, which speaks more loudly than all the noises of this world; and this gives joy, creates peace, and produces in you a self-sufficient spirit, a spirit of independence, of true liberty."
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
More information about the Inayatiyya worldwide can be found at https://inayatiyya.org/