Inayatiyya Canada Gathering
w/ Pir Zia Inayat Khan
October 23rd – 26th, 2025 / Niagara Falls, Canada
Full moon, where will you be going from here?
Into retreat.
Why do you take a retreat after fullness?
To make myself an empty vessel in order to be filled again.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
Over three days, we will live in a spiritual community, and attune to the Sufi Message of love, harmony and beauty as originally taught by Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan. In the mornings we will be in silence with teachings led by Pir Zia. In the afternoons we expand out into spiritual discourse, and Pir Zia will be joined by other Canadian Inayatiyya teachers. Evenings will be for music, sama and zikr— in sacred remembrance of the One.
The retreat will begin with dinner at 5:30pm on Thursday October 23rd and end on Sunday October 26th after lunch at 12:45pm.
It will be live in-person only, we are unable to offer a hybrid / zoom option at this time.
REGISTRATION
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Registration is almost full. Once full, a waitlist will be taken.
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Priority will be given to people currently living in Canada, due to barriers many there face to traveling to the USA currently.
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On August 1st, if spaces are left, registration will open up to folks coming from other countries. Please check back then!
RETREAT PRICING
- Shared Accommodation with 2 Twin Beds: CA$780 per person
- Private Room Queen: CA$895 per person
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Benevolent Giving Suite – 1 Queen Bed & small sitting area (for those able to support others on the path): CA$1,100 per person
RETREAT PRICING FAQs
- Ticket price includes all meals from Thursday dinner to Sunday lunch and 3 nights accommodation. The retreat will held at the Mt.Carmel Spiritual Centre.
- All rooms have a bathroom.
- The three “Benevolent Giving Suites” are larger rooms with a queen bed, bathroom and sitting area. They are priced higher for folks with financial means to spend bit more which supports the retreat!
CONTACT & MORE INFO
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If you have registered for the retreat, you will receive an email from the organizers by July 15th with more details including transportation, rideshare and other important info.
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If for some reason you don’t receive that email, feel free to reach out to organizers after July 15th.
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To stay in the loop on this and other events in Canada, sign up for the Inayatiyya Canada email list here.
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Contact the organizers at canada@inayatiyya.org
Speakers
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Pir Zia Inayat KhanPir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice.
He is author of Tears from the Mother of the Sun with visual artist Amruta Patil, Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. -
Shams al Haqq FarzadShams al Haqq Farzad is classically trained in the practice of sama. He has extensively studied Sufi whirling, sama meditation, as well as mysticism and Persian mystical poetry of Sufism. He curated and has taken part in many spiritual music ceremonies and sama presentations with organizations such as the Aga Khan Museum. Farzad serves the Sufi communities in Canada, presenting some of their work through Rumi Canada. He is also a student within the Inayatiyya and a graduate of Sulūk Academy.
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Nizam un Nisa Ayeda HusainNizam un Nisa Ayeda Husain is a senior teacher and guide in the Inayatiyya. A long-time journalist specializing in Sufism with a double masters in journalism and Near Eastern studies from NYU, she teaches Sufi meditation, chanting, and philosophy with a special emphasis on Rumi’s poetry as a means of healing and evolving. Ayeda has run Sufi centers in her hometown of Lahore, Pakistan; in Dubai, where she once lived; and in Oakville, Ontario where she lives and works. She has led spiritual retreats worldwide, taught Sufi meditation to Buddhist monks in Tokyo, and has been invited to the United Nations as part of an international delegation of spiritual leaders.