The Foundations of Healing - Part II: An Introduction to the Teachings of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

The Foundations of Healing is a three-part course that serves as a doorway into Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Sufi teachings on healing. In this second part, we will delve into practices of Divine healing and transformation that live within each of us. By developing one’s capacity through the exploration of the heart and the breath, transformation can be found within the body, mind, heart, and soul. 

The three sections are not sequential and can be taken effectively in any order.

The course is based on the newly developed Essential Healing Manual, an introduction to the foundations of healing in the Inayatiyya Healing Activity. Our gift to you will be a digital copy of the Essential Healing Manual, which will include the teachings from the topics introduced and much more.

DATES & THEMES

February 15th—Healing with Light

• Presenters: Dr. Raqib Kogan, Ron Hakku Rivard, and Avalon Gallien
• Behind the whole of creation, behind the whole of manifestation, if there is any subtle trace of life that can be found, it is motion, it is movement, it is vibration. This motion has two aspects. And this is because we have developed two principal faculties, sight and hearing. … audible… or visible… it is motion, it is movement, it is vibration, it is one and the same thing. Is there anything that unites these two things? Yes, there is. It is harmony. Harmony is the relation between color and color … sound and sound … color and sound. We have made a distinction between visible and audible, but in reality to those who meditate, who concentrate, who enter within themselves—those who trace the origin of life begin to see that behind these outer five senses one sense is hidden. And this one sense is capable of doing everything that we seem to do or experience. What we call beauty is the harmony of all one experiences. What after all is music? What we call music is the harmony of the audible notes; but in reality there is music in color, there is music in lines, there is music in the forest where there is a variety of trees and plants; and there is harmony in how they correspond with each other. The more widely one observes nature, the more it appeals to one's soul. Why? Because there is a music there; and the wider one's outlook on life becomes, the deeper one's understanding of life, the more music one can listen to, the music which answers the whole universe. —Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

March 15th—Magnetism 

• Presenters: Sitara Mitten-Lewis, Sarmad Tide and Ushi Darana Burgess.
• The secret of all magnetism is life and this secret lies in the breath. — Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan

April 12th—The Healing Power of Nature

• Presenters: Jessica Bromby, Mahbano Scase & Nur Alima Smith
• The purpose of the Healing Activity is to awaken humanity to the power of the Divine Spirit to heal. — Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
• There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.” (The Third Sufi Thought) 

May 10th—Healing Retreat

• Retreat Guide: Kafayat Devi Tide. 
• Our spring series will culminate in a healing retreat, tying together the teachings and practices of the fall and spring Foundations of Healing course. 

DETAILS

Classes are on Saturdays, February 15th, March 15th, April 12th and May 10th from 3-4:30 pm Eastern time, 9-10:30 pm Central European Time.  

This course is open to ashiqs, murids and all with a sincere interest. Come to all or any part of the series. 

The Foundations of Healing series requires advanced registration and provides video recordings if you are unable to attend every class. A suggested tuition of $48 ($12 per class) is recommended for the whole course. There is also a limited income/student tuition rate of $32 ($8/class). Please see the sidebar to register.

If you have questions about the content of the course, please email healing@inayatiyya.org. Questions about registration, payments, and logistical details may be sent to astana@inayatiyya.org.