ALCHEMY OF THE HEART:  Individually Guided Sufi Retreats

with Saki Lee

I wandered in the pursuit of my own self. I was the traveller, and I am the destination.”– Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan - 

Retreat is a journey from the world of appearances to the world of Reality. 

It is a return journey to the homeland of your soul.

The Sufi alchemical retreat is a contemplative experience.  It is a complete break from the routine of everyday life for a focused period of:

• Reflection and meditation
• Sufi practices with breath, magnetism, light, zhikr, wazifa, contemplation and meditation
• walking practices
• Inner and Outer Silence

The retreat process revitalizes and heals us, giving us new insight into life, and awakens and empowers our higher self.

The alchemical retreat process had been developed by Sufi mystic Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan as an effective way of creating a genuine spiritual transformation.  Saki has focused on this particular transmission of Pir Vilayat's legacy since 1990.  She serves as a senior teacher and guide in the Sufi Order International, is a faculty member of Suluk Academy, a school for spiritual studies based on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, and is a member of Pir Zia's advisory body for the Esoteric School. 

Individual retreats are guided by Saki Lee, Ph.D.  throughout the year in the Lightsong Garden Retreat House, as well as at the annual summer camp of Zenith Institute in Switzerland, Lioba Monastary by Egmond aan Zee in Holland,  and Cala Jami in Sardinia.   This is considered an advanced spiritual training, and prospective retreatants will need to have an interview with Saki beforehand. 

To contact Saki please write:  lightsong@gmail.com