Boston, MA Classes and Events
Gathering in Spiritual Friendship
In Jamaica Plain (Boston)
Saturday Nov. 8th, 2025, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
At long last we will meet in person to meditate and be present together in spiritual friendship!
During the morning we will participate together in practices of breath, Divine names, and Zikr, while sharing the wisdom teachings of the Inayatiyya. This will be followed by lunch and social time together.
Attendance is limited so please respond by Nov. 1st to save your space. We will then send an email with information about finding the location, parking and lunch choices. The center is offering to provide vegetarian wraps for lunch or you may bring your own bag lunch.
RSVP Contact: Naima at inayatiorder?RSVP for Jamaica Plain Gathering
Note: please add the contact email address to the address book or contacts list in your email program to facilitate our response to you.
Whether you are an old or new friend we look forward to seeing you!
Yaqin Aubert is a senior teacher and mentor in the Inayatiyya, a mystical and ecumenical lineage rooted in the legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan. He has taught in the Suluk Academy, a school of contemplative Sufi studies. Yaqin is a certified retreat guide, guiding individual and group retreats. He is a Siraj in the Universal Worship, which honors the unity of religious ideals. He is a storyteller and lives in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts.
Naima Brown teaches online internationally offering Meditation Classes and Retreats. She guides both group and individual retreats and is a mentor for the pioneering Sophic Whorl Retreat Guide Training. She served as Vice President of the Inayatiyya Inner school and was a founding mentor of Suluk Academy, a school of spiritual study. She is one of the Senior teachers and a Cherag of the Universal Worship for the local Greater Boston Inayatiyya Center.
Ongoing Gatha Classes
with Rahmana Santorelli
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at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (North America)
Note: No classes will be held during June 2025
The Gathas were originally oral lectures that Hazrat Inayat Khan gave to his murids in the early 1920s. They contain foundational teachings that cover several topics. These lectures offer us the opportunity to consider, and live life, with an open mind and a compassionate heart. Meeting with others as a community, allows us to gain insight into Murshid’s wisdom and sense his presence. We will partake in meditative practices of the Inayatiyya as a way of making Murshid's profound teachings relevant to us on our journey. There will be an opportunity to share heart-felt reflections in the form of sohbet.
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The Githas
with Aqil Brown
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Sep. 9th and 23rd, Oct. 7th and 21st, Nov. 4th and 18th, Dec. 2nd and 16th, 2025
The Githa papers are a course of study given by Hazrat Inayat Khan for the murid who is ready to prepare for the realization of the soul. The murid, having awakened, now journeys into that vision of a new world of spirit. The task before the murid is to develop an intuitive and natural awareness of the expansive levels on which the soul experiences life. The mind and emotions are attuned to allow the finer vibrations to be felt. The cause and effect of impressions and intentions are watched. The inner and outer life are brought into harmony. One's motivation is sought out at its roots. One's purpose is found in the re-homing of the soul in this life and in preparing it for the next.
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