Esoteric Teacher
Taj Inayat
Taj Inayat is the spiritual director of the Hurqalya Center and an initiate since 1967 in the Sufi Order International, now the Inayatiyya Order, a mystical and ecumenical fellowship rooted in the visionary legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Three years after initiation she met Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, head of the Order, and became his spiritual partner. They collaborated […]
Taj Inayat Group Retreat, Tasting God: A Weekend Seminar/Sohbet,
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Pir Zia, also known as Sarafil Bawal is the first son of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Taj Inayat, born in 1971 in Novato, California. He grew up in California, New York, and New Mexico. Pir Vilayat made it clear to Zia at an early age that he wished him to continue his lineage. He prepared him by […]
Eve Ilsen
Eve Ilsen is a psychotherapist, singer and storyteller. Her studies and work have taken her from somatic psychology in California and Denmark to flying to rural villages in Alaska to Jerusalem and her studies there of the imaginal world with Mme. Colette Aboulker-Muscat. For twenty-seven years she partnered in teaching with her late husband, Rabbi Zalman […]
Wahida Ashki Janice Young
Wahida Ashki Young is a Suluk Academy graduate and an ordained Cheraga in the Inayati Order and coordinator of the Universal Worship at the Abode. She is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and taught T’ai chi for 10 years. She has long been a student of Feng Shui. Wahida previously served in […]
Yaqin Joseph Aubert
Yaqin Joseph Aubert has been studying in Sufism for more than 40 years and is a senior teacher in the Inayatiyya Order, as well as the Order’s Vice President for North America. He was a student of Pir Zia’s father, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. Yaqin is a Cherag (minister) in the Universal Worship and has […]
Deepa Gulrukh Patel
Deepa Gulrukh Patel is a Sufi teacher in the Inayati Order, which she also serves in her capacity as International Coordinator and Executive Director for the Zenith Institute, a four-week Sufi meditation camp in the Swiss Alps, where she guides retreats for young adults. She is also the Chair of Tamasha Theatre Company and the […]
Aziza Scott
Aziza Scott, M. ED., has guided retreats for many years as the head of the Inayati Order's International Esoteric School. She is Emeritus at this time. She is one of the core faculty of the Suluk Academy in North America with Pir Zia Inayat-Khan and has a retreat center in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. She […]
Amin Dawdy
Producer-director Amin Dawdy has had a distinguished career as a motion picture producer, journalist, and businessman. As a student of the Sufi Inayat Khan, he is now the Writer-Director-Producer of My Heart’s Song, a documentary motion picture about the early days of the poet and influential musician who has helped shape 21st century culture. “My […]