Emerald Earth

with Kainat Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith

May 1 - 3, 2026

Date and Time Details: May 1st - May 3rd

Location: The Abode

Address: 5 Abode Road, New Lebanon, NY, USA

  • Fattah - Private Double Twin – $447.00
  • Fattah - Private Full Bed – $447.00
  • Fattah Communal Housing – $317.00
  • Quddus - Private Full Bed – $467.00
  • Quddus Rooms - Private Twin Bed – $417.00
  • Commuter (Full weekend access + meals) – $227.00

We will gather in retreat within the renewing energy of the Spring in the
beautiful nature of the Abode in the Berkshire mountains. We will attune to
the sacred manuscript of Nature, to seeing with the eyes of Sophia, the
creative feminine, to the sacred wisdom of the earth, and to the alchemical
and Ziraat teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Throughout the weekend we
will deepen our intimacy with the elements as archangelic presences,
experience meditations in Nature, and enhance and restore our sacred
connection with the living Universe. We will engage with the element and
astrological walks/dances.

We will share Sufi and Buddhist practices for purifying the mirror of the
heart and cultivating the natural self, exploring the alchemy of the soul’s
journey, and orienting more clearly to our unfolding purpose. Through
retreat we touch upon our essential self, fresh and spontaneous, and affirm
our rootedness in the sacredness of life. This in turn, fulfills a deep calling
of the soul; bridging our inner awakening with our sacred task of
participating in an earth of beauty.

This retreat is open to all, those experienced or new to spiritual practice.

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Basic Information

Dates: May 1st – May 3rd

Check In: Friday, May 1st, 3pm – 6pm

Check Out: Sunday, May 3rd, 1:30pm – 3pm

Meals:  All Packages Include Buffet Meals (2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunch, 2 Dinners), cooked by our chef and team, sourcing local, seasonal and organic ingredient when we can.

Full Schedule: To be released two weeks prior to program start

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About the Teachers

Kainat Felicia Norton

Kainat Felicia Norton is a lover of Nature. She is a senior teacher, retreat guide, interfaith minister, and guide in the Inayati Sufi Order. She is emerita Vice President of Ziraat, an activity devoted to joining inner cultivation and sacred ecology. She has served on the faculty of Suluk Academy. She performs internationally touring solo […]

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Muinuddin Charles Smith

Muinuddin Charles Smith, PhD, is a senior teacher, retreat guide, interfaith minister and teacher of Ziraat in the Inayati Sufi Order. He is Professor Emeritus of leadership and sustainability studies at Hofstra University, and served as the Chair of Spirituality and Systems Interest Muinuddin Charles Smith also co-author of the book An Emerald Earth Cultivating […]

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