Friday:

Check in, Asr, Welcome from Wasat, Retreat Intentions, Opening Circle: Returning to Balance, Maghrib, Dinner & Social

Saturday

Fajr + Dhikr , Silent Nature Walk, Breakfast, Class Sessions, Dhuhr, Creative Exploration Sessions, Lunch, Asr, Dinner, Magrib, Evening Session, Isha

Sunday

Fajr, Morning Hike, Breakfast + Pack-Up, Community du'a, Goodbyes + Departure

More agenda details coming soon!

Meet Our Retreat Speakers & Guides

Imam Adéyínká Mendes serves as Wasat’s Senior Scholar and has been teaching the Islamic sciences and spiritual tradition for more than two decades. His studies have taken him across the Muslim world, including Syria, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, and Senegal, where he learned from renowned scholars and spiritual masters. An author, translator, and community leader, Imam Mendes is dedicated to fostering spiritual growth, healing, and service in individuals, families, and communities.

Dr. Rukayat Yakub is an award-winning children's author, educator, researcher, and founder of Heartwork, a prophetic approach to cultivating cultures of belonging. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience and deep research within Muslim educational spaces, she specializes in community culture transformation, identity formation, leadership development, and anti-Blackness education. Rukayat is an instructor at Ribāṭ Riverstead, holds an MA in Islamic Education from Bayan Islamic Graduate School, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Islamic Leadership at Chicago Theological Seminary. Through Heartwork, she partners with schools, grassroots organizations, and faith leaders to strengthen communal bonds and organizational culture through prophetic ethics.

Dr. Mazen is a naturopathic doctor and the founder of Forward To Health, a holistic telehealth clinic that brings together homeopathy, naturopathy, and somatic trauma healing with the principles and ethics of the Islamic healing tradition, what he calls Hikma Medicine.

Shaykh Qasim Hatem is the Resident Scholar of the Mihraab Foundation. After receiving his Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Washington, Hatem trained in the prestigious seminary Dar al-Mustafa, from 2004-2011. He holds primary licenses to teach Islamic Jurisprudence of the Shafi school, Islamic Creed, Arabic grammar, Qu'ranic recitations and Dawah. He also has a Masters of Arts in Transformational Leadership from the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University and recently completed his Doctorate of Ministry in Islamic Leadership from Chicago Theological Seminary in partnership with Bayan Islamic Graduate School.

Additionally he serves as a Muslim Chaplain for Harborview and University of Washington Medical Centers. He lives in the greater Seattle area.

Mahdiyah Asiya is a Nurse Practitioner, Midwife, as well as a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist. She’s been in the field of traditional medicine for over two decades, bridging Eastern and Western medicine and healing, with previous experience as a Certified Nutritionist, Licensed Massage Therapist, and as a Certified Birth-Doula. She’s passionate about serving the community, holistic wellness and education.