The Inayati Order Leaders’ Training Module on **Sacred Sound will be offered in person in Denver on Saturday & Sunday, November 16 and 17, 2019 **
Presenters: Mahdiah Jacobs Kahn and Alia Yager, Senior Teachers in The Inayati Order.
Music and sacred sound were essential in Pir-o-Murshid’s life as a sacred art and as a spiritual path to audition of sacred and inner sound and developing one’s capacity of hearing the Divine Voice “which constantly cometh from within”. The format for the
weekend is interactive and experiential in a retreat-like atmosphere. Practices of Murshid, Pir Vilayat, and Pir Zia are included. The program is full of teachings, practices, meditations, and includes dyads, sobhet, questions and answers.
Pir Zia encourages all candidates for leadership positions to attend the Leadership Training Modules. Completion of these Modules is a requirement for appointment as a Representative in the Esoteric School of the Inayati Order; and existing Coordinators and
Representatives are encouraged to undertake this course of study as continuing education. T** his module is open to those in leadership roles, or training for leadership, in the other 5 activities of the Inayati Order, or in leadership roles in one of the
member organizations of the Federation of the Sufi Message, (including Ruhaniat, Sufi Movement, Inayati-Maimuni, Sufi Way, and Fraternity of Light). Advanced murids are welcome to attend with their guide’s recommendation.**
**Time: 10 am – 5:30 pm (Box Lunch Included) Where: Private Home in Denver Early Registration: $130 prior to September 30, 2019 Regular Registration: $150 when received on October 1, 2019 or later **
TO REGISTER AND MAKE PAYMENT: Please write, include your full name, Sufi name, address, email address, phone number along with your check.
**Checks are payable to: The Inayati Order Denver and Boulder **
**Mail to: **
**Julie Wheeless **
**7250 West 46th Place **
**Wheat Ridge CO 80033 **
**303-210-6340 **
For Registration, please also email Juliewheeless@gmail.com to advise you’ve mailed the registration information
Address and potential hotel/Airbnb/accommodation information will be sent on receipt of registration information.
The Inayati Order Leaders Training in Sacred Sound manual for reference, home study, and a resource for teaching and guiding murids is provided and will be available after the event via a Dropbox link for participants to download.
**For questions about the program, please email Alia at eileendyager@gmail.com **
PRESENTERS: Mahdiah Esther Jacobs-Kahn, LCSW is a senior teacher and retreat guide in the Inayati Order and a Shafayat in the Sufi Healing Order. She has been involved in the appointing and training of leaders for the past 25 years as both an Advisor
and a Mentor. She was on the committee that designed the Sacred Sound Module and has worked extensively with sound. She has a certificate in Sound Healing from the California Institute for Integral Studies. Mahdiah is an experienced psychotherapist and a teacher
of the Diamond Logos work.
Alia Eileen Yager, MD is a senior teacher and guide in the Inayati Order and a Shafayat in the Sufi Healing Order. She is a former chair of the Leaders’ Training Committee and helped develop the Breath and Meditation modules. She also was the first
chair of the Centers Committee, served on the Sufi Order Board of Trustees and received the Golden Heart Award in 2009. Professionally Alia is an almost-retired academic pediatrician running Integrative Pain Management Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
She also presents meditation and stress reduction workshops at the U of CO Medical Campus.