Through Love to Perfection - Sufi Paths of Consciousness and Healing
The Sufi teachings are a process on the path of self-knowledge. Self-knowledge, respectively self-discovery, means to open to the deeper levels of our being and thus to walk the path of self-healing, the path of becoming whole, of self-acceptance in all its facets. This process leads to a conscious embedding to life, in the inner and outer nature of the cosmos and in the oneness of all being.
The heart, as the center and mediator between polarities, the obvious and the hidden, between the above and the below, between heaven and earth, plays an essential role in the Sufi tradition. It is a process that is accompanied and supported by general spiritual explanations, traditional Sufi methods, meditations, forms of healing, cosmology, the realm of dreams, breathing techniques and movement flows.
Join us for this special journey Through Love to Perfection
with Fawzia Al-Rawi
~ Event Details ~
This offering includes FIVE MODULES presented from FEBRUARY to OCTOBER 2026
EACH MODULE Consists of 2 CLASSES.
Each class is held on a Saturday from 10:00am – 4:00pm Central Time.
The whole program consists of 10 Saturdays, 6 hours each day.
Plus live Question & Answer time with Fawzia. (See dates below per module.)
The classes are pre-recorded and will be shown at the scheduled dates and times.
We will also provide private access to the recordings you registered for, after each class is aired live on its scheduled date. Note that the live replay will be in video format, though the recordings available to participants after the scheduled date will be audio only. If you miss a class, you will be able to listen to it afterwards.
You have the option to either watch on-line via Zoom or in-person at the Sufi Center Minnesota Center.
Registration is per Module, but we recommend the whole journey!
These classes are not recommended for beginners.
If you are a beginner, we encourage you to sign up for University of Sufism Foundations classes, or Level 1 classes.
Program Description
MODULE 1 :: February 14 & 28
Live Question & Answer with Fawzia
Friday, March 6th 2026 at 1pm Central Time
(Anticipate a 60-90 minute class. Online or in-person.)
THE PATH OF ONENESS TAWHID
HOW TO TRANSFORM EGO-CONSCIOUSNESS TO UNIVERSAL-CONSCIOUSNESS.
THE CONCEPT OF THE MAQAMAT AND HALS IN SUFISM.
THE POWER OF LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE
Understanding and Healing:
AN-NAFS AL-AMMARA BIS-SU’ (THE COMMANDING SELF):
Its traps and deceptions, its qualities, desires and emotions, the healing Divine Names and its transformation.
Understanding and Healing:
AN-NAFS AL-LAWWAMA (THE REGRETFUL, THE BLAMING SELF):
Its traps and deceptions, its qualities and emotions, the healing Divine Names and its transformation.
MODULE 2 :: March 21 & April 11
Live Question & Answer with Fawzia
Friday, May 8th 2026 at 12:00 pm noon Central Time
(Anticipate a 60-90 minute class. Online or in-person.)
TALWIN AND TAMKIN
The process of transformation and healing
Talwin is a psychological phenomenon in Sufi spirituality, that captures the emotional and existential fluidity of the seeker’s experience and how mastering it leads toward Tamkīn: spiritual firmness.
Talwin = fluctuation, movement, restlessness
Tamkin = stability, spiritual anchoring, inner rest
ḤĀL (STATE) VS MAQĀM (STATION):
The Difference Between a Flash of Light (hal) and a Steady Flame (maqam)
MODULE 3 :: June 13 & 20
Live Question & Answer with Fawzia
Sunday, June 28th 2026 at 12:00 pm noon Central Time
(Anticipate a 60-90 minute class. Online or in-person.)
Teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (sas) in Adab and Khuluq, behavior and manner.
Healing through transformation
30 days Shaduliyya Adab practices
How to be a Sufi in practical life
MODULE 4 :: August 8 & 15
Live Question & Answer with Fawzia
Friday, September 4th 2026 at 12:00 pm noon Central Time
(Anticipate a 60-90 minute class. Online or in-person.)
HAYY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WATER
Water a force that reflects the ever-giving nature of Al-Ḥayy.
HAJAR AND ZAMZAM: between trust and strive.
How to heal the with the Divine Names the different states and wounds of the heart.
MODULE 5 :: October 10 & 17
Live Question & Answer with Fawzia
Friday, November 27th 2026 at 12:00 pm noon Central Time
(Anticipate a 60-90 minute class. Online or in-person.)
Love as Medicine. Healing the Divine Connection.
Working with the Divine Names: Identifying Heart Wounds and Surrounding Them with Divine Presence
Learning Practices of Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Inner Embrace
Understanding relationships, circumstances and settings as spiritual teachings
About the Teacher
About Fawzia Al-Rawi
Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi Al-Rifai was born in Baghdad and spent her childhood in Iraq and Lebanon. Her grandmother initiated her into the culture and traditions of the Middle East where belly-dancing played a major part as an expression of the world of the feminine.
Fawzia Al-Rawi holds a PhD in Islamic studies. She completed her Arabic, Islamic and ethnological studies at the Universities of Vienna and Cairo. She then spent 12 years in Jerusalem where she brought up her children and worked at the Institute for the Promotion of Palestinian Agriculture and at the University of Jerusalem, while deepening both her theoretical and practical knowledge of Sufism under the guidance of Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Al-Rifai. She has been living in Vienna with her husband and their three children since 2001.
Fawzia Al-Rawi has been a Sufi teacher and spiritual guide for over 30 years. She combines classical Islamic spirituality with inner healing work. Her work is characterized by depth, clarity and a quiet, transformative presence. She holds workshops in various countries and works particularly with women. Her teachings draw on a wealth of experience from a bicultural environment which uniquely enables her to build a bridge of understanding between different cultures, open a space where these can meet and thus contribute to peace.
She has published several books in Arabic, German, English and French. You can learn more about her and your offerings on her website.
REGISTRATION for
Module 1 (February) OR All Modules
If you register for just one module, we will notify you when registration is open for future modules. If you do not want to register for at this time but would like to be notified when future module registration is available, use the form after the registration form at the bottom of this page.
Cost: Fawzia’s tuition is $50 per person, per module; or $235 per person for all modules. Please pay as close to the tuition amount as you are able.
How to Join: Please fill in the form on this page and you will be emailed details prior to each module date.
For more information: Contact administration@suficentermn.org.
Request to be Notified
Request to be Notified by Email when registration is available for future modules.
PLEASE NOTE: If you filled out the registration form for one module, you would by default be notified and do not need to fill out this form.