Speakers

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  Wali Via
  

  Wali Via

  Wali Via has been following the Sufi path since 1978 and serves a number of roles within the Inayatiyya, including as the current Vice President of Ziraat in North America. Wali has spent his adult life farming organically and biodynamically at a commercial scale. He is now retired from farming, though the farm continues on in good hands (wintergreenfarm.com). He spends as much time as he can in the wilderness, hiking, backpacking, climbing mountains, and kayaking, and playing with his grandchildren. Wali is dedicated to providing opportunities for people to deepen their spiritual lives including their relationship with the natural world to foster the Earth’s healing.

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  Jamia Haqq
  

  Jamia Haqq

  Jamia Haqq (Eila Paul) of Tainui descent has been walking a spiritual path all her life. Introduced to the Inayatiyya in 1997 she was soon initiated by the late Murshida Halima McEwan at the Sharda Centre, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Through her Maori heritage, having a strong connection with nature drew her to the Inayatiyya’s annual Summer Camp in Switzerland in 2002, where she was initiated into Ziraat by Pir Zia. In the last 15 years she has been a trustee, and at times custodian and kaitiaki/guardian, of the Sharda Centre, caring for the beautiful natural native forest, stream and visitors with an outward expression of her inner path.

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  Shakur Don Johnson
  

  Shakur Don Johnson

  Shakur Don Johnson is part of the Ziraat Council of the Inayatiyya. Shakur was initiated into Ziraat in 1979 by Pir Vilayat Khan. He has been actively involved in Ziraat doing monthly Ziraat classes and Lodges for 42 years. He is the Head of Ziraat at the Abode of the Message. His talent is in service to Ziraat and the Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan in projects that increase the connection to our planet, and bring us together in celebrating connection and respect for the Earth.

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  Alexia Allen
  

  Alexia Allen

  Alexia Allen is made out of Hawthorn Farm, where she eats and works. Together with her husband and a multi-generational “farmily,” she orchestrates goats and gardens to sustain the household. The biggest test of this was in 2017, when she and her husband, Hamid Daniel Kirchhof, spent the entire year eating only hand-harvested food, most of it local. The journey for joyful food ecology continues! What does your sunlight taste like?

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  Aziza Charlotte Barker-Stanton
  

  Aziza Charlotte Barker-Stanton

  Aziza Charlotte Barker-Stanton has been involved with the Sufi path since
  taking bayat in the Healing Order with Himayat Inayati in 1980 and with Pir Vilayat Khan in 1982. Shahabuddin Less is her longtime guide. She is a grateful graduate of the Andalib Suluk class of 2009-2011, is a Healing Conductor, Ziraat Farmer and Knight of Purity, and is the Inayatiyya North America’s Midsouth Regional Representative. Aziza also serves on the Ziraat & Knighthood Councils. Aziza lives with her husband and partner of 23 years in Texas on lands of the Lipan Apaches and Mayans in the Rio Grande Valley on the Gulf Coast bordering Mexico. She has a healing practice at her center, Laguna Madre Yoga, Meditation & Dance Center on South Padre Island where she teaches yoga and practices Therapeutic Bodywork.

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  Saraswati Andrea Burke
  

  Saraswati Andrea Burke

  Saraswati Andrea Burke has followed the Sufi path since first attending the Dances of Universal Peace in 1984. She took bayat with Pir Vilayat in 1986 and is grateful to have received guidance from leaders in both the Ruhaniat and Inayatiyya Sufi Orders. Murshid Wali Meyer has been her teacher in the Ruhaniat and Khalifa Kalama Reuter her Dance mentor. Devi Tide is her guide in the Inner School of the Inayatiyya tariqa and as a member of the Suluk Global Online class called Na-Koja-Abad. Saraswati is a Ziraat initiate, a certified leader for the Dances of Universal Peace and a Cherag. Saraswati lives with her husband, Junaid, on the Southern Oregon Coast. They have three children and one grandchild. Saraswati has served children and educators as a Teacher-Librarian and Information Technology Specialist. She is a yoga Instructor for children, a school garden coordinator, and steward of bees and native plants.

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  Mariam Mary Neil
  

  Mariam Mary Neil

  Mariam Mary Neil was Initiated by Pir Zia in 2016 and given the name Mariam by him.
  She is currently engaged with the online Suluk program. Within the Inayatiyya, she is a Coordinator, Cherag, and Healing Conductor. Mariam is involved with the Inner School, Healing Activity, Ziraat, Dances of Universal Peace, and the fledgling Music Activity in Australia. She is the mother of four and a grandmother of four, as well. She lives alone in close proximity to some Aussie bush. Her interests include music, gardening, poetry, and walking in nature.