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 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. Each program is
full with 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. **** **
** This module is also 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. Sufi Way, and Fraternity of Light). Advanced murids are welcome to attend with their guide’s recommendation.**
Time: 10 am – 5:30 pm
Where: Private Home in Denver
Early Registration: $130 prior to September 30, 2019
Regular Registration: $150 when received on October 1, 2019 or later. Box
lunch is included.
Please include Full name, Sufi name, address, email address, phone number.
Checks should be made out to Inayati Order Denver/Boulder
Mail to Julie Wheeless
7250 West 46th Pl
Wheat Ridge CO 80033
303-210-6340
Address and hotel/Airbnb info will be sent on receipt of registration information.
For Registration, please also email Juliewheeless@gmail.com to
let her know you’ve mailed the registration material.
The Inayati Order Leaders Training in Sacred Sound manual for reference, home study, and a resource for teaching and guiding murids will be available via a Dropbox link for participants to download after the module.
For questions about the program, please email Alia at
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.