Gleaning the Harvest - An Autumn Retreat

Gleaning the Harvest:
An Autumn Retreat
November 11th – 13th, 2021 via Zoom
8 am to 4:15 pm San Francisco time, 11 am to 7:15 pm New York Time, each day.

Inayatiyya Retreats invites you to join us for a special three-day retreat led by Amida Cary, Mary Risala Laird, and friends. This retreat will explore the process of transformation contained within the perennial spiritual teachings and practices of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and their contemporary expression by Pir Zia.

The retreat experientially explores the soul’s journey and the stages of alchemy that support its unfoldment in life.

To register, if you are a US resident, please send your full name, email address, location, and a check made payable to Peralta Avenue Sufi Center, 638 Peralta Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707. Others please contact retreats@inayatiyya.org

The cost is $150-$225 on a sliding scale. Upon registration, a Zoom link and further details will be sent to you. Please register by November 8th.

The soul manifests in the world in order that it may experience the different phases of manifestation, and yet not lose its way by regaining its original freedom, in addition to the experience and knowledge it has gained in the world. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

Gleaning the Harvest Schedule

San Francisco Time (PST)
8:00 am – 9:15 am Group Meditation
Morning Break
10:00 am – 11:15 am Group Meditation
Lunch Break
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Group Meditation
Afternoon Break
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Zikr

New York Time (EDT)
11:00 am – 12:15 am Group Meditation
Morning Break
1:00 am – 11:15 am Group Meditation
Lunch Break
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Group Meditation
Afternoon Break
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Zikr
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Amida Cary is Director of the Inayatiyya’s Retreat Concentration in North America and its Retreat Guide Training Program, working in concert with an international network of experienced retreat guides and trainee mentors. Her primary focus is encouraging all involved to enter the transformative depths of the retreat process. Amida is an experienced retreat guide herself and has worked closely with Pir Vilayat, Aziza Scott, and Pir Zia. She is a founder of Suluk Academy and has served as Suluk faculty. Amida lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Risala Mary Laird is a senior teacher in the Inayatiyya and has been a retreat guide since 1984. She teaches in her home, Peralta Ave. Sufi Center, with her husband Wali. She continues working on her painting, printing and book-binding in Berkeley, California.