2 December 2025
Sharing Sacred Places
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 3:00 – 4:15 PM EST / 9:00 – 10:15 PM CET
Come along for the journey! As a special gift for everyone who has donated to the Inayatiyya in 2025, we invite you to an online gathering on the theme of Sharing Sacred Places. This year, our speakers will guide us along paths meaningful to them, offering personal reflections, memories, and poems about landscapes that have shaped their inner travels and become waypoints of the heart. From karsts and swales to cirques and summits, from liminal spaces to intimate corners of memory, close friends and special guests will lead us through spaces both wild and tender.
Today, on Giving Tuesday, we ask you to help us preserve this sacred place – a place where breath moves, hearts soften, and seekers come to rest before the next crossing.
All gifts made by midnight tonight, December 2nd, include an invitation and bring us closer to our 2025 goal.
Invitation Details
Please note that this event does not require registration. Donors will automatically receive the Zoom link on the morning of Wednesday, December 3, the day of the event.
Unsure why you should give? Here’s one reason: every contribution strengthens the need-based scholarships that ensure financial barriers never stand in the way of participation.
Each year, we provide substantial financial assistance to make our programs accessible to as many companions on the path as possible. In addition to limited-income ticket options and regional discounts, we award a significant number of need-based scholarships. In 2025, about 11% of program registrations received need-based scholarships, totaling $86,247.60 in support – this doesn’t even include those using limited-income tickets.
As a non-profit, we must balance our commitment to accessibility with the realities of operational costs, which are rarely fully covered by program revenue alone. Your contributions play a vital role in our annual budget, helping us achieve our dual goals of financial accessibility and organizational sustainability.
If you are able to give, no matter the amount, your support makes a tangible difference. And if you’ve never contributed before, there’s no better time to join in making our programs accessible to all.
Any related questions can be sent to astana@inayatiyya.org.
With gratitude on the path,
Josh & Tajalli
on behalf of the Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2025 Committee
Nazish Riaz, Board Chair | Ambreen Coombs, Treasurer | Nilufar Maryam Hasnaa, Board Member | Mika’il Petin, Executive Director | Tajalli Roselli, Astana Staff | Josh Octaviani, Astana Staff
Image credit: Harald Sohlberg, Winter Night in the Mountains (1914). National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
The Inayatiyya is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization (Tax ID #23-7159641). Your donation may be fully deductible for tax purposes per United States IRS guidelines. Please note that donations made by check must be received by Friday, December 26th to be considered as within 2025. If you would like to make a donation by mail, please send it to Inayatiyya, 112 E Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
