Building a community of peace, love, and harmony through ancient music and devotional practices
Mission
As a student, my mission is to always learn more, understand more, to seek more.
As a teacher, my mission is to illuminate the lifestyle of the Qawwali music and tradition that is really untouched in our reality as Americans, as foreigners.
The mission of Hindustani classical music is to inspire the development of community and family. Behind Sufi practices is a new way of spreading the message of love, peace, harmony, and tolerance to all humankind, and that’s what Kabbalah was made for.
My Promise
I am devoted to delivering my teachings on behalf of my lineage and developing strength through music. I am here to empower students, musicians, and seekers to develop a foundational practice that expands the understanding of the self, how to deliver it, and perfect it to a point of offering it to our friends, family, and community.
My promise is not only to teach traditional thekas or one of a kind expressions of tabla from my teacher Ustad Dildar Hussain Khan, but to also pass down the flavor, taste, color and design that comes from the specific qualities of Qawwali music and Sufi Philosophy.
“Aminah Chisti, a US national, becomes the first female tabla player in the history of classical music to perform at Sufi shrines around Pakistan..”
Hi, I’m Aminah
Aminah Chishti began studying the art of Sufism under the lineage of Hazrat Inayat Khan in 1997. A western minded adopted philosophy of mysticism. HIK was responsible for bringing the Sufi message to the west in the early 1900’s, which led her to devote to the foundational aspect of the Indian classical genre, tabla. A vast ocean of ancient knowledge, a devotional expression of worship through sound. Touched and healed herself able to experience a deeper meaning in life, she then confirmed her focus to a one pointed view. Healing through traditional music.
Aminah has become a leading force in the art of the traditional Qawwali genre of tabla. Where her studies took her under the wing of the lineage holder Ustad Dildar Hussain, 28 years playing for the legend of Pakistan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. As the first western and first woman disciple of this genre, Aminah has become a revolutionist by changing the boundaries of women, by being accepted by the community of a 1000 year old lineage. She has sat where no woman has ever sat or maybe will ever sit. As a Qawwal, Aminah has offered music in various shrines around the world. “I must have permission first, they still sometimes say no, but when I do get to play, that no, gives more meaning to a yes.”
I’ve witnessed Masters in their reality, creating reality through their music.
About my Guru
Since 2003, Aminah has studied with the Qawwali Masters, including her mentor and teacher the “King of Tabla” Ustad Dildar Hussain Khan.
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