Free Intro: Seven Supports for Meditation
w/ Amida Cary & Jacob Miraj Dominicus
Sunday, March 26th, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm EST (New York); 8:00 – 9:15 pm CET (Paris)
Join us for a free introduction to the upcoming Six Week Course Seven Supports for Meditation with Inner School Vice Presidents Amida Cary & Jacob Miraj Dominicus.
This free intro will provide a preview of the full six week course, which will explore Hazrat Inayat Khan’s guidance on pursuing and reaching spiritual goals through the focus on seven qualities that directly support the cultivation and maintenance of a high-quality meditation practice: Desire, Renunciation, Receptivity, Commitment, Reverence, Intelligence, and Trust.
More information about the full course can be found here.
Free Intro to the Seven Supports for Meditation will be held Sunday, March 26th from 2:00 – 3:15 pm New York Time and 8:00 – 9:15 pm Central Europe Time.
This program is open and free to the public and all are welcome to attend. Pre-registration is required. Please see the sidebar for more information.
If you have questions about the content of the course, please email innerschool@inayatiyya.org. Questions about registration or logistical details may be sent to astana@inayatiyya.org.
Speakers
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Amida CaryAmida Cary is Director of the Inayatiyya’s Retreat Concentration in North America and its Retreat Guide Training Program, working in concert with an international network of experienced retreat guides and trainee mentors. Her primary focus is encouraging all involved to enter the transformative depths of the retreat process. Amida is an experienced retreat guide herself and has worked closely with Pir Vilayat, Aziza Scott, and Pir Zia. She is a founder of Suluk Academy and has served as Suluk faculty. Amida lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Jacob Miraj DominicusJacob Miraj Dominicus helps people deepen their meditative practice. Jacob has been a murid of the Inayatiyya since 1997, served on the Inayati Order Board of Trustees under Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat Khan, and helped start Suluk Academy serving as its inaugural administrator. In 2007, he graduated from Suluk’s Kafur class. Since 2015 Jacob has co-led retreats with Gulrukh Patel at the Zenith Institute in Switzerland. He currently serves as the co-Madar-ul-Muham of Inayatiyya Inner School (Oceania and North America). Professionally, he consults with corporate teams and teaches meditation. Jacob holds a B.A. from NYU in Organizational Behavior, Narrative Theory, and Mysticism and has been a Visiting Scholar at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Communications Program (ITP). He lives in Los Angeles, where he studies the Chinese martial arts of Xingyi and Bagua and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats.