Presenters

This is a listing of all presenters who come to the abode

Shanti Shivani

Shanti Shivani (aka Frances Maffey) is a singer/nada yogini/sound healer, internationally acclaimed seminar leader and recording artist. She is one of the few Western pioneers bringing the...read on

Dan Hegerich

Dan Hegerich is a Holistic Lifestyle Consultant, Optimal Life Coach, writer and educator sharing his earned wisdom and knowledge gained in the trenches of disease, professional and personal...read on

Mother Clare Watts

Mother Clare Watts is an extraordinary contemporary mystic, well versed in many spiritual traditions, who teaches from the true heart of the Christian message.

Shakti Durga

Shakti Durga is a former lawyer, a mother, author, musician and a highly intuitive world-class spiritual teacher. She provides a deep experience of the subtle spiritual energies that create...read on

Yaqin Aubert

Yaqin Joseph Aubert was initiated into the Sufi path by Pir Vilayat in 1972. He is a founding member and former director of the Abode of the Message Sufi community, and Mt Road Children’s...read on

Devi Tide is the Kefayat of the Sufi Healing Order North America. She has long experience in the healing arts and as a teacher both of healing and the esoteric sciences. She brings qualities...read on

Gayatri Hull

Gayatri Hull has been a practicing healer and a certified Raphaelite Work practitioner for many years. She is a representative and guide in the Sufi Order and a certified retreat guide and a...read on

Himayat Inayati, M.S., Th.D.

Himayat Inayati, M.S., Th.D. is a traveler on the path of the heart. He has been a member of the Sufi Order International since 1972, receiving the sacred transmission of Pir Vilayat Inayat...read on

Miki Kashtan

Miki Kashtan is a co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication. She leads workshops and intensive retreats in Nonviolent Communication and offers mediation, meeting facilitation,...read on

Aziza Scott

Aziza Scott, M. ED., has been a student of the retreat process for over twenty years and serves as the head of the Esoteric School and as Director of the Retreat Guide Training Program of...read on

Muinuddin Smith

Muinuddin Charles Smith is a senior teacher and retreat guide within the Sufi Order International and the Ziraat tradition. He is co-founder and facilitator of the Light of Guidance Center...read on

Rochelle Rice

Rochelle Rice, MA, is the President of In Fitness & In Health and the creator of the Plus-Size Exercise Technique. In researching fitness programs for women of size, it became evident that...read on

Sharifa Norton

Sharifa Felicia Norton is a senior teacher and retreat guide within the Sufi Order International, serves as the head of Ziraat for the Sufi Order in North America (www.ziraat.org) and is on...read on

Master Wang Haijun

About Master Wang Haijun
One of the only outsiders to be traditionally trained in Chen Village/Chenjiaogou), Master Wang was adopted into Grandmaster Chen Zhengleis family at age 9. ...read on

BayNVC

NVC can dramatically improve our relationships by helping us focus our attention on
1) Empathic understanding of others without compromising our own values, and
2) Expressing our real...read on

Suluk Academy

The Suluk Academy’s Core Courses are spiritual training programs offered by the Sufi Order International (SOI). The Academy provides an opportunity for initiates of the SOI and other Sufi...read on

Seven Pillars

Seven Pillars is dedicated to the fostering of beauty and depth in human culture. We seek to cultivate awareness of the unity of existence and the qualities of heart that naturally arise...read on

Sufi Order International

The human soul is continually seeking to realize its true being and fulfill its purpose in life. This can be seen not only in each individual’s yearning to realize to the fullest the...read on

SpiritFire

SpiritFire Festival is a five day (Wednesday - Sunday) intensive retreat-style gathering. We celebrate life and spirit through the pathways of music, movement, voice, Seva, and the...read on

Taj Inayat

Taj Inayat is the Vice president of the Sufi Order and Co-founder of Sufi Retreats. She is adept at working with the inner worlds, and guides many people in how to access their inner deepest...read on

Sufi Healing Order

The Sufi Healing Order is an international organization dedicated to nurturing and developing spiritual healing in our time. The group and its practices are rooted in the teachings of Sufism...read on