Anna Less — Sarasota, FL
	Dr. Anna Less has been a spiritual teacher for over 30 years. She is one of the only Westerners in the world to hold a Ph.D. in Traditional Chinese Medicine, granted by the government of China. As an internationally known practitioner and teacher of spirituality and healing, she shares a deep understanding of the esoteric principles needed to awaken the mind.
	Aziza Scott — Middlefield, MA
	413.623.5987 Aziza|azizascott#aolc
	Aziza Scott has been a student of the retreat process for 30 years and serves as the head of the Esoteric School, as Director of the Retreat Guide Training Program of the Sufi Order International, and as a Core Faculty member of Suluk Academy, working closely with Pir Zia Inayat-Khan. She has many years of experience leading individual and group retreats and conducting workshops in the US, Europe and India. Aziza lives and guide retreats in Middlefield, MA.
	Devi Tide — New Lebanon, NY
	518.794.0096 Devi|devi#sufihealingordero
	Devi heads the activities of the Sufi Healing Order in North America. She is a Sufi Order Retreat Guide, a Shafayat in the Healing Order, and guides workshops and retreats all over the world.
	Gayan Macher — Fairfax, CA
	415.482.0110 Gayan|GayanM#comcastn
	Gayan is a companion and guide to those called to the courageous path of Love. He has been a student of the universal Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan for over 30 years. He co-created Sufi Retreats, a process of transformation integrating mysticism with modern psychology. Gayan helped shape the training curriculum in the Sufi Order, and is a lead teacher in Suluk Academy. Professionally, he consults to corporations about the art and practice of human relations. Gayan is also a singer/song-writer.
	Hafizullah Chishti — Seattle, WA
	908.328.9903 Hafizullah|hafizullah
	Hafizullāh has walked, stumbled, crawled, and danced the Sufi path since 1976. He is a Sufi Order International Senior Teacher, Retreat Guide, is active in developing core curriculum for the Order, and is an active mentor for Coordinators and Guides/Representatives in training. He teaches “the Turn” of the Dervishes and has a special interest in the interface between psychology and spirituality, and in how establishing a spiritual basis for one’s life is the most pragmatic approach to living with authenticity, inner freedom, and dignity in today’s world. His passion is sharing in sacred space and spiritual practice with those who are awakening.
	Ishi Nili Newmark —Half Moon Bay, CA
	520.300.0086 Ishi Nili|ishinewmark#gmailc
	Ishi Nili Newmark has been a mureed since 1976 and served as a Representative, SW Regional Representative, Retreat Guide, and Mentor for Suluk Academy. She has been a full time psychologist in private practice for over 30 years. Ishi Nili is part of the team that is developing training modules for Leaders; and she mentors Coordinators and Representatives in training. She is available to teach the Leaders Training Modules on Breath, Concentration, or other upcoming modules. Her retreats and workshops highlight illumination, integration, and the application of psychology and spirituality to life's struggles and challenges.
	Mahdiah Jacobs Kahn — Mill Valley, CA
	415.383.3548 Mahdiah|mahdiah#comcastn
	Mahdiah Jacobs Kahn is a Senior teacher and Retreat Guide in the Sufi Order International. She is a Shafiyat in the Sufi Healing Order and a teacher of the Rafaelite Work. Mahdiah is an active Cheraga and a Farmer in Ziraat. She is a longtime student of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.
	Mu‘inuddin Smith — New York, NY
	212.477.6085 Mu‘inuddin|muinuddin#verizonn
	Mu‘inuddin Smith is a long-time student of the Sufi and Buddhist meditative traditions, and of the sacred teachings called “Ziraat” given by Hazrat Inayat Khan. He serves as a senior teacher and retreat guide within the Sufi Order International. For a PDF (57Kb) of Mu‘iuddin’s 2010 teaching schedule with Sharifa Norton, click here.
	Saki Lee — Voorburg, Holland
	tel. 00-31-70-3867800 Saki Lee|saqi.lee#planet.nl
	Saki Lee has been a student of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan since 1973. She serves as a retreat guide and personal guide to many mureeds in Europe, and considers this a most sacred privilege. Saki also serves as the head of the Esoteric School for the Netherlands, a member of the European Esoteric Training Committee, and one of the vice presidents for Kinship. Music is her bliss. Click here to download Saki’s 2007–2008 schedule in PDF.
	Sarmad Tide — Seattle WA
	518.794.0096 Sarmad|sarmad
	Shahabuddin Less — Sarasota, FL
	941.349.7717 Shahabuddin|unerring99#gmailc
	Shahabuddin Less has been studying and teaching the Sufi Message of Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan for nearly forty years. He is a direct student of Pir Vilayat Khan and Murshid Samuel Lewis. He also studied with Murshid Shamcher and Mother Krishnbai, and has absorbed teachings from many schools of mysticism throughout the world. He lives in Sarasota, Florida, where he serves as director of Rising Tide International, an organization promoting spirituality and the arts, which he founded.
	Sharifa Norton — New York, NY
	212.477.6085 Sharifa|sharifanur#earthlinkn
	Sharifa serves as head of Ziraat in the Sufi Order International in North America (www.Ziraat.org). She is a long time student of the Sufi and Buddhist meditative traditions, and of the sacred teachings called Ziraat given by Hazrat Inayat Khan. She guides workshops and retreats and serves as a senior teacher and retreat guide within the Sufi Order International. Ziraat teachings bring us greater awareness of the dynamic process unfolding throughout this life, unveiling the light of the soul and our divine essence. These teachings can open us fully to our kinship with the sacredness of all life and to our own unique contribution to an earth of awakening. For a PDF (57Kb) of Sharifa’s 2010 teaching schedule with Mu‘iuddin Smith, click here.
	Taj Inayat — Mill Valley, CA
	707.981.7375 Taj|Hurkalya#aolc
	Taj Inayat is the Vice-President of the Sufi Order International, and the long time spiritual companion of Pir Vilayat. She is a co-founder of Sufi Retreats, a process of unfoldment based on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and the insights of modern psychology. In addition to her work as a Traveling Teacher, Taj Inayat also offers personal sessions in Spiritual Counseling, conducts online classes, and guides personal retreats at her center or remotely via telephone.
	Tasnim Fernandez — Burbank, CA
	818.841.3246 Tasnim|tasnimf#aolc
	Reverend Tasnim Hermila Fernandez was initiated into the way of the Sufis by Hazrat Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan in June 1971 and serves the Sufi Order International as a Representative and Center Leader, a Healing Conductor, and as a minister (cherag) of the Universal Worship. She is a co-founder, with Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz, is the co-founder of the International Center for the Dances of Universal Peace, building upon the seminal work of Murshid Samuel Lewis.

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