Emerald Earth Retreat:
April 12-14, 2024
with Kainat Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith
We will gather within the renewing energy of spring surrounded by Nature at the Abode in the Berkshires. In this weekend retreat we will attune to the sacred manuscript of Nature, to seeing with the eyes of Sophia, the creative feminine, the sacred wisdom of the earth, and to the alchemical and Ziraat teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Throughout the weekend we will deepen our intimacy with the elements as archangelic presences, experience meditations in Nature, and enhance and restore our sacred connection with the living Universe. We will also learn the element and astrological walks/dances.
We will share in Sufi and Buddhist practices for purifying the mirror of the heart and cultivating the natural self, exploring the alchemy of the soul’s journey, and orienting more clearly to our unfolding purpose. Through retreat we touch upon our essential self, fresh and spontaneous, and affirm our rootedness in the sacredness of life. This in turn, fulfills a deep calling of the soul; bridging our inner awakening with our sacred task of participating in an earth of beauty.
This retreat is open to all, those experienced or new to spiritual practice.
Retreat Schedule:
Friday Arrivals 3-6pm
sessions throughout the weekend
Universal Worship Service Open to all ~ Sunday 11-12:15
Sunday Brunch 12:30pm
Retreat Concludes after Brunch 2:00pm
Kainat Felicia Norton is a lover of Nature. She served as Vice President of Ziraat, an activity devoted to joining inner cultivation and sacred ecology, for eighteen years (2003-2021) and is now Emerita. She is a senior teacher, retreat guide, and interfaith minister in the Inayati Sufi Order. She taught on the faculty of Suluk Academy. She toured the one woman show Noor, based on the life of Noor Inayat Khan, to Edinburgh, London, UK, NYC, and France. She enjoys teaching creative movement at Third Street Music School in NYC.
Muinuddin Charles Smith, PhD, is a senior teacher, retreat guide, interfaith minister and teacher of Ziraat in the Inayati Sufi Order. He is Professor Emeritus of leadership and sustainability studies at Hofstra University, and served as the Chair of Spirituality and Systems Interest Group of the International Society of Systems Sciences.
