Coordinator Training

If you are a Murid in the Inayatiyya who feels called to lead classes, meditations and prayers, becoming a Coordinator will develop your experience with the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan so that you can confidently share them with others. It will also support you in working with the administrative side of the Inayatiyya, helping you to start or contribute to a local Center.

How to Become a Coordinator

Applications are now open for the 2026 Inner School Coordinator Training for North America and Oceania. To become a Coordinator, please read through the information below. For more information contact [email protected].

About the Program

This transformative 10-month journey builds upon the foundation laid in Suluk Academy, focusing specifically on developing the student’s capacity as a teacher, and laying the foundations to potentially become a Guide/Representative. Through monthly virtual weekend intensives, regular small group practice, and personalized mentorship from experienced Representatives, participants will develop both the inner qualities and practical skills needed to share our lineage’s teachings with authenticity and impact.

Key Details

• Program Dates:
  • Session I: January 10 – 11
  • Session II: February 7 – 8
  • Session III: March 7 – 8 
  • Session IV: April 11 – 12 
  • Session V: May 2 – 3
  • Session VI: June 6 – 7
  • Session VII: August 22 – 23
  • Session VIII: September 26 – 27
  • Session IX: October 31 – 1
  • Session X: December 12 – 13
• Format: 10 monthly weekend intensives (virtual), bi-weekly small group sessions, one-on-one mentoring (virtual)
• Tuition:  $2,800 (National discounts based on currency valuation and some personal partial scholarships available. )
• Application Deadline: Sept 19th, 2025

Application Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the program include: 

• Successful completion of Suluk Academy or Suluk for Centers 
• Recommendation from your Guide in the Inner School  
• Second recommendation from a teacher in the Inner School 
• Dedication to spreading the Message through teaching and opening an Inayatiyya Study Circle  

Application Process

• Fill out an application here. 
• All application materials are due by Friday, September 19th 2025,

For more information contact [email protected].

Faculty

Amida Cary is Director of the Inayatiyya’s Retreat Concentration in North America and its Retreat Guide Training Program, working in concert with an international network of experienced retreat guides and trainee mentors. Her primary focus is encouraging all involved to enter the transformative depths of the retreat process. Amida is an experienced retreat guide herself and has worked closely with Pir Vilayat, Aziza Scott, and Pir Zia. She is a founder of Suluk Academy and has served as Suluk faculty. Amida lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jacob Miraj Dominicus helps people deepen their meditative practice. Jacob has been a murid of the Inayatiyya since 1997, served on the Inayati Order Board of Trustees under Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat Khan, and helped start Suluk Academy serving as its inaugural administrator. In 2007, he graduated from Suluk’s Kafur class. Since 2015 Jacob has co-led retreats with Gulrukh Patel at the Zenith Institute in Switzerland. He currently serves as the co-Madar-ul-Muham of Inayatiyya Inner School (Oceania and North America). Professionally, he consults with corporate teams and teaches meditation. Jacob holds a B.A. from NYU in Organizational Behavior, Narrative Theory, and Mysticism and has been a Visiting Scholar at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Communications Program (ITP). He lives in Los Angeles, where he studies the Chinese martial arts of Xingyi and Bagua and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats.

Nizam un Nisa Ayeda Husain is a Murshida, Cheraga, Guide, Representative and Facilitator of the Anjumani-Islam group in the Inayatiyya. A student of classical Chishti Sufism since 1988 and a devoted follower of the Inayatiyya since 2004, she has led Inayatiyya centers in Lahore, in Dubai and now in Oakville, Ontario where she lives. A journalist and editor by profession with an MA in Journalism/Near Eastern Studies from NYU, Nizam un Nisa is a Knight of Purity, graduate of the first European Suluk class and has mentored numerous Suluk classes. She has led Sufi retreats, taught Sufi meditation to Buddhist monks in Tokyo and been invited to the UN as part of an international delegation of spiritual leaders. She is currently working on setting the Urdu poetry of Hazrat Inayat Khan to music.

Suhrawardi Gebel is Chancellor of the Knighthood of Purity, a member of the Esoteric Training Committee of the Inayatiyya Inner School, a grandfather, a gardener, and author of two books, Root Speaks to Bud and Nature’s Hidden Dimension. He enjoys mentoring retreat guides and leaders in the Inner School. He also mentors Cherags for the Universal Worship. He lives in Boulder, Colorado at the intersection of the great Western prairie with the foothills of the Rocky Mountain range.