TOWARD THE ONE, THE PERFECTION OF LOVE, HARMONY, AND BEAUTY, THE ONLY BEING, UNITED WITH ALL THE ILLUMINATED SOULS, WHO FORM THE EMBODIMENT OF THE MASTER, THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE.

~ Presenting the 2024 Ruhaniat Jamiat Aam Annual Retreat ~

in concert with the Madison Sufi Community


Embracing Life, Unfolding the Path

April 25 - 28 ~ Madison, Wisconsin

with Pir Shabda Kahn, Amina Meyer, Murshid Allaudin Ottinger


The Madison Sufi community is pleased to host the 2024 Sufi Ruhaniat International Jamiat Aam. “Al Jami” means to gather, to bring together. “Aam” means open to all. The Jamiat Aam is an opportunity to draw our community together. We welcome our friends from near and far, including all seekers, mureeds, Dancers, and mystics.


We will gather together starting on Thursday April 25th mid-afternoon at Holy Wisdom Monastery and close at 12:30 pm on Sunday, April 28th.


Please join us for these treasure-filled days and evenings of dance, zikr, teachings and practice, meditation, music, and communion with sangha.

Register Here

registration closes on April 5th for this in-person retreat


Retreat Details

Pir Shabda Kahn

Amina Meyer

Murshid Allaudin Ottinger

Pir Shabda Kahn brings gentleness and humor in transmitting the rich lineage of Sufism since 1969. He has been the Pir - spiritual director - of the Sufi Ruhaniat International since 2001. This universal Sufi lineage traces from Hazrat Inayat Khan and Murshid Samuel Lewis...read more


Amina Meyer is a life-long student of Sufism, ontology (the study of being), and thought work. She is a teacher of the Walks, a meditation taught by Murshid Samuel Lewis to develop one’s embodied presence...read more


Murshid Allaudin Ottinger is an internationally renowned leader of the Dances of Universal Peace and has facilitated camps, seminars and retreats around the world since 1979...read more

About Holy Wisdom Monastery:

In addition to the beautiful facilities and campus of our retreat site, you are welcome to explore 130 acres of wooded trails, restored prairie, gardens and orchards, and take a moment to pause at the vistas overlooking Lake Mendota and Madison. We can bask in the blessing of joining together as a community while being immersed in a wondrous natural setting.