Heartsong Retreat Center

Heartsong Shrine at Heartsong Retreat Center, Arkansas
Heartsong Shrine

Heartsong Retreat Center is a non-profit organization which is based on the Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Murshid Samuel Lewis, Murshida Vera Corda, and one of the greatest mystics and poets the world has ever known, Jelaluddin Rumi.  The spiritual retreat center was founded by Murshid Khabir Don Kitz in 1981 on land next to the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas.

Classes are held on a regular monthly schedule along with workshops, seasonal celebrations, individual and group led retreats. Heartsong has brought to the Ozarks many wonderful camps, trainings, and intensives with beloved world-renowned teachers, including: Shabda Kahn,  Tasnim Hermila Fernandez, Allaudin Ottinger,  Sharif Baba, and  Bilal Hyde.

Heartsong Fall 2020 update

On the property is a meditation/gathering building called Heartsong Shrine, a dining hall and kitchen facility, a new bathhouse, a Native American style sweatlodge, hiking and meditation trails,   pond, retreat cabins and plenty of space for tent campers. Visitors and retreat inquiries are welcome to contact us.

Read more about the founder of Heartsong Retreat Center: Murshid Khabir Kitz

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