Feeding the Birds
A Weekly Community Meditation on Chabutra
Fall Practice: Elemental Breath Purification
Wednesdays, 7:30 am ET
Feeding the Birds is a weekly online gathering for shared meditation, practice, and silence.The name comes from Pir Zia’s description of Chabutra. In South Asia, a chabutra is a terrace or platform where people gather and pigeons are fed. He describes our virtual Chabutra as a place where we come together to “feed the birds of our spiritual aspiration.”Each Wednesday, we gather for a brief musical attunement and welcome, followed by the Elemental Purification Breaths from Nature Meditations with Pir Zia Inayat Khan, and conclude together in silence.Throughout the Fall season, we will gather each Wednesday morning to practice the Elemental Breath Purification, guided by a 2021 recording of Pir Zia Inayat Khan. Returning to the same practice each week offers an opportunity to deepen our familiarity with it and support the development of a regular personal practice.
Whether you are new to Inayatiyya practice or looking to deepen an existing practice, you are warmly invited to join us.
Details
Sessions take place every Wednesday at 7:30 am ET (New York) / 1:30 pm CEST and last approximately 30 minutes.
Participants remain muted throughout the practice, and sessions are not recorded. This gathering is free and open to the community. The meditations are hosted in the ‘Inayatiyya Community’ under the ‘Community Area’. Details and the Zoom link can be found in the ‘Inayatiyya Community’ under ‘Events’.
For questions about the practice or spiritual guidance: innerschool@inayatiyya.org
For general questions: astana@inayatiyya.org