Amida Cary is a Representative of the Sufi Order International, under the direction of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and works closely with his continuously developing presentation of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings and spiritual practice. She has been a traveler on the Sufi path, a practitioner of the retreat process, and a Sufi Order guide for over twenty years. Through the kaleidoscopic roles of human relationship she tries to bring her spiritual ideas and practice into life.

Amida had been active in service and healing work, particularly Amnesty International, and as a painter and writer. She is currently involved in education as a teacher of young children, developer of curriculum, and as a faculty member of the Institute of Sufi Studies at the Abode of the Message in upstate New York. Her deep commitment to and abiding interest in the retreat process expresses itself as a retreatant, guide, and mentor. She and her husband currently reside in Annapolis, Maryland, where they have a retreat center.

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