Spiritual Resilience
A Six-Week Series w/ Amida & Jacob
Tuesdays, March 4th to April 8th, 5:00 – 6:15 pm PT, 8:00 – 9:15 pm ET
In a world of growing personal and global challenges, the need for resilience has never been greater. Join us for a transformative six-week course that draws from the profound teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and Pir Zia Inayat Khan. Together, we will explore practical ways to cultivate spiritual strength, respond to adversity with wisdom, and align our hearts with divine guidance.
Each session blends timeless Sufi wisdom with actionable practices, offering participants tools to navigate uncertainty, deepen their spiritual connection, and bring light to the world.
Whether you are new to this path or a seasoned traveler, this course is designed to support you in building resilience for today’s challenges and beyond.
Week 1: Finding Ground Amid Uncertainty
Discover practices to anchor yourself in self-awareness and the divine flow, building a strong foundation for resilience.
Week 2: The Master Temperament – Cultivating Sovereignty
Learn how self-mastery and discipline can help you maintain balance and strength in the face of trials.
Week 3: The Saint Temperament – Strength in Love and Compassion
Open your heart to the transformative power of love and compassion, finding connection and grace in adversity.
Week 4: The Prophetic Temperament – Vision in Uncertainty
Cultivate trust in the divine plan and the courage to move forward with purpose amid life’s uncertainties.
Week 5: Transforming Adversity into Wisdom
Turn pain into growth and challenges into wisdom through the alchemy of surrender and insight.
Week 6: Living as the Resilient Soul
Integrate the teachings of the Master, Saint, and Prophet into your daily life, embodying spiritual resilience for the journey ahead.
Embark on this journey to discover the resilience of your heart, mind, and spirit. Together, we will explore the timeless teachings of the Inayatiyya tradition and create a toolkit for navigating life’s challenges with strength, grace, and purpose.
Amida Cary and Jacob Dominicus, Inner School Vice Presidents for North America & Oceania, are our faculty.
This course is held Tuesdays, March 4th to April 8th from 5-6:15 pm Pacific Time, 8-9:15 pm Eastern Time. This series is in English only.
There are two tuition options: $72 ($12/class) or $48 ($8/class). If you miss a class, video will be made available a day or two after each session.
If you have questions about this program, please email us at 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.
