I am born a Muslim and come from a family with a religious background. Two years ago I joined the London group as a Sufi aspirant. On the Sufi path we are given practices that will help us to identify…

I grew up in a non-practicing Muslim family, but I always had an inclination towards religion and spirituality. I started praying and fasting at the age of 9 or 10, and I’ve always enjoyed the company of religious people. I…

A five year old, staring deep into the night sky, amazed by the heavenly lights, wondering about someone up there – a being full of love. This was me, and like every other child I too had an innocent heart,…

Like many people who turn towards spirituality, I have been seeking something deeper in life since I was a teenager. Along the way there have been many wrong turns and dead ends. In my mid teens I was drawn to…

For some time now I have been doing Sufi practices that have slowly but completely reshaped my relationship to the world and everything in it. When I first began these practices, they felt like food. A daily nourishment, somehow very…

I grew up in a community where religion plays a minor role. In childhood I rarely went to the church, in most cases it was only during the big religious celebrations. Those rare visits to the church did not bring…

It is a privilege to be a part of such an amazing spiritual group. I am a born Muslim, but I always struggled with the cultural pressure. Culture is far more predominant than the religion from where I come from.…

As a young kid, perhaps from the age of seven or eight years, I remember being drawn to places of worship, reading scripture and finding solitude as my preferred place of happiness. My prayers used to be long, immersed in…

If you had met me three years ago, I would have come across as quite a different person. I was constantly stressed, easily irritable and practically the walking definition of an anxiety zombie. In short, you really would not want…

I was brought up in the Russian Orthodox Christian faith. From an early age I was encouraged to learn prayers and regularly participate in church services and ceremonies. Growing up I had a copy of a children’s bible and was…