Inayati Order Leaders Training Module on Meditation, Online

Date: Saturday & Sunday, December 7-8^th, 2019

Time:  9 am – 5 pm, Pacific Time (Lunch break from 12:30 to 2 pm)

Where:  Zoom

Early Registration: $130 anytime prior to November 22 at midnight, Pacific Time.

Regular Registration: $150 when received on November 23 or later.  Scholarships and discounts are readily available.

To register & make a payment:

1. By PayPal by following this link:  www.paypal.me/Aqdas
2. By Check, including name, Sufi name, address, phone number, email.
   Mail to Aqdasi Newmark, 230 Granelli Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019.

Your name will be added to the course list, and you’ll be sent an email when your registration is complete.

About 2 weeks prior to the Training, you’ll receive an email with information about the Meditation weekend, online adab, and making your computer a sacred space.

A complete class list and the Inayati Order Leaders Training in Meditation manual will be emailed to you the week prior to the course, Insha’Allah.

To confirm registration or ask questions, kindly email Aqdasi at aqdasn1@gmail.com  or call 520-300-0086

Meditation is …a training of the mind not in activity, but in passivity, the training of the mind to receive some inspiration, power or blessing from within. 

Meditation is more important and less difficult (than concentration and contemplation). The mystical temperament is a meditative temperament…Therefore 

meditation is considered by the Sufis the thing of the greatest importance in spiritual attainment.” – Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan 

You are warmly invited to attend the Inayati Order Online Leaders Training Module on Meditation.  This weekend offers comprehensive, interactive, and experiential teaching to enhance your ‘meditative temperament’ within a retreat-like atmosphere.  Diverse meditations of contemporary and ancient Sufis will be guided. The training culminates with current meditations of Pir Zia and the profound practice of Shaghal.

During the weekend, one meets and joins in with an online community of friends.  There will be time for dyads to share from the heart in a safe environment as well as for group subhat. The Inayati Order Meditation Module Manual for Leaders, for reference, home study, and an resource for teaching and guiding murids is provided, as well as a Certificate of Completion.

Pir Zia encourages all candidates for leadership positions to attend the Leadership Training Modules. Completion of these Modules is a requirement for appointment as a Representative in the Esoteric School of the Inayati Order; and, existing Coordinators and Representatives are encouraged to undertake this course of study as continuing education.  This module is open to those in leadership roles, or training for leadership, in the other 5 activities of the Inayati Order, or in leadership roles in one of the member organizations of the Federation of the Sufi Message.  Advanced murids are welcome to attend with their guide’s recommendation.

BIOGRAPHY

Aqdasi Newmark is an Inayati Order senior teacher and Retreat Guide. She is one of the developers of the Leaders Training Modules, teaches Online Inayati Esoteric classes, and mentors Retreat Guides, Coordinators, and Representatives. She has served as a mentor for Suluk classes and on the Steering Committee for the Online Suluk Class Nasim. Recently, Aqdasi helped to update the Esoteric School Leadership Training, compiling a detailed Mentor and Advisor Reference for current practices. With her partner, Hadi Newmark, she coordinates the Inayati Order Center in Half Moon Bay, CA. Aqdasi holds a doctorate in psychology and is a lifelong psychotherapist.