40 minutes to question everything you thought "spirituality" meant. No crystals required.
Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism in America, directed by Chuck Davis and Netanel Miles-Yépez, offers an introduction to the mystical path of Sufism as expressed in the universalist Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan by contemporary Sufi teachers in America. The film contextualizes Sufism as a spiritual path of the heart, addressing the distinction between Islamic Sufism and Universalist Sufism, and introduces viewers to Sufi teachings on Love, Beauty, Music, God, and the Sufi practices of Zikr (remembrance) and Pilgrimage.
Direction
Two directors, one gentle vision — collaborative humility on screen.
Production
Modest budget, massive sincerity — the DIY spiritual doc done right.
Director
Netanel Miles-Yépez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hazrat Inayat Khan brought Sufism to the West in 1910, deliberately extracting it from Islamic legal frameworks — a choice still debated among practitioners today.
The film's entire cast represents living lineages descended from one teacher, making this less 'documentary about Sufism' and more 'family album of a spiritual tradition.'
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