The Foundations of Healing - Part I

The Foundations of Healing – Part I
An Introduction to the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Second Saturdays, February-May, 2026
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (New York) / 9:00–10:30 pm CET (Paris) / 9:00 – 10:30 am (Auckland)

The Foundations of Healing is a doorway into Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Sufi teachings on healing. 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 course is based on the newly developed Essentials of 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 Essentials of Healing Manual, which will include the teachings from the topics introduced and much more.

Dates and Themes

February 14: Sacred Instrument of the Body and its Relationship with the Divine

Presenters: Shafayat Sitara Mitten-Lewis, Shafayat Sarmad Tide, Shafayat Ushi Darana Burgess

The human body is a vehicle of the spirit, a finished vehicle which experiences all the different aspects of creation….  There are faculties of the soul which express themselves through certain centers in the body of the human being. As there are parts of lands to which water never reaches — and therefore they never become fertile soil -- so it is with these centers when the breath never reaches them. They are intuitive, they are full of peace and balance, they are the centers of illumination, yet never have they been awakened, for we have breathed only in those parts of the body by which we can eat, and live, and perform action. One is only half alive, if one’s existence is compared with the fullness of life that can be obtained by spiritual development. One is interested in all that brings beauty and joy, and yet [one] does not know the source of all such things in oneself. – Hazrat Inayat Khan. 

March 14: Breath and Divine Power 

Presenters: Shafayat Jalila Chris Botsford, Shafayat Avalon Gallien, Shafayat Samuel Vilayat

One is never separated from God; … with every breath man touches God. One is linked with God by the current of breath…In so far as our soul is in the spirit of God, it is the ray of the divine sun, while the other end of it is what we call breath…  The action of breath in our body is limited; but in reality this current, this breath, connects the body with the divine Spirit, connecting God and man in one current.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan 

April 11: The Heart that Heals

Presenters: Shafayat and Co-VP of Healing Activity Dr. Raqib Kogan, Shafayat Jessica Bromby, Haqiqa Naomi Rose

If the doors of the heart are open, the heart proves to be larger than the whole cosmos.”– Hazrat Inayat Khan

 A Flexible Heart:

As long as the heart is closed, one cannot show that nobleness, that goodness which is hidden in one’s heart. The psychology of the heart is such that once one begins to know it, one realizes that life is a continual phenomenon. Then every moment of life becomes a miracle; a searchlight is thrown upon human nature and all things become so clear that one does not ask for any greater phenomenon or miracle; it is a miracle in itself.– Hazrat Inayat Khan

May 9th- Healing Retreat

This retreat will be led by Kafayat Devi Tide. It will tie together the teachings  and practices of the Spring Foundations of Healing Sessions.

Details

Classes are on Saturdays, February 14, March 14, April 11, and May 9 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.