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
Registration will open June 5th. NOTE: Priority for this retreat will be for people currently living in Canada first.
People currently living in Canada receive priority registration for this retreat. This policy supports the intentional weaving of connections between murids and ashiqs across Canada, while also considering the current barriers to accessing US-based retreats that exist for many in Canada.
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!
- Payment plans that let you pay over 4 monthly payments will be available for people who register by June 20th.
- If you are living in Canada and would need financial assistance to attend, some scholarships and discounts are available. Please apply for assistance by June 20th. Apply here.
CONTACT & MORE INFO
To stay in the loop on this and other events in Canada, sign up for the Inayatiyya Canada email list here.
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 the author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org
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Shams al HaqqShams al Haqq is classically trained in Sama. He has extensively studied the turn, sama meditation, as well as mysticism and Persian mystical poetry of Sufism and Irfan. He curated and has taken part in many spiritual music Ceremonies and sama presentations. He serves the Sufi communities in Canada, presenting some of their work through Rumi Canada. He is also a student within the Inayatiyya & graduate of Suluk Academy. He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada & holds monthly sessions for Sama / inner listening meditation.
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Nizam un Nisa Ayeda HusainNizam un Nisa is a Shaykha, Cheraga, Guide, Representative and Facilitator of the Anjumani-Islam group in the Inayatiyya. A student of classical Chishti Sufism since 1988 and a devoted follower of the Inayatiyya since 2004, she has led Inayatiyya centers in Lahore, in Dubai and now in Oakville, Ontario where she lives. A journalist and editor by profession with an MA in Journalism/Near Eastern Studies from NYU, Nizam un Nisa is a graduate of the first European Suluk class, Knight of Purity, and mentor to the Naubahar Suluk class. She has led Sufi retreats, taught Sufi meditation to Buddhist monks in Tokyo and been invited to the UN as part of an international delegation of spiritual leaders. She is currently working on setting the Urdu poetry of Hazrat Inayat Khan to music.