Venue:
Mount Royal University
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dates:
Friday, November 18 (6:30PM); Saturday, November 19 (9:00AM - 5:30PM)

Phone:
403.606.4576

Cost: PRICE REDUCED TO $55 register online (You will be redirected to the Deen Intensive website to complete secure payment)

How exactly does one live Islam? How can we incorporate the teachings of our Prophet in our lives here and now? The answers to these questions bear much greater significance than most abstract legal or theological debates.

Islam is a living tradition that must have a meaningful impact on our daily lives from the way we behave and interact, to the way we understand the world. Still, many of us struggle to find balance and extend our devotion to Allah beyond ritual worship, benefiting from religious guidance in all aspects of our lives. By fusing timeless spiritual wisdom with elements of modern psychology, this program is designed to present participants with practical means to find harmony through achieving balance and recommitment to purpose in their lives.

TEACHERS:
Usama Canon

Born and raised in California, Usama Canon embraced Islam in 1996. Since then, he has had the honor of studying various Islamic Sciences both at home and abroad under some of today’s foremost scholars. Currently, Usama Canon serves as an Instructor at Zaytuna Institute and as a Muslim Chaplain for the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Usama Canon is the Founding Director of Ta’leef Collective and maintains an active role in various facets of outreach and education, concentrating on issues facing Muslim youth, assisting converts, and developing support systems for Muslim ex-offenders.

Omar Mahmood

Dr. Omar Mahmood was born and raised in Southern California. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California Los Angeles where he double-majored in Psychobiology and Arabic. He then traveled overseas to Yemen to study Islamic Sciences in the traditional institute known as Dar al-Mustafa. His studies focused on jurisprudence (fiqh), Arabic grammar, and sciences of the heart. He returned to the States and attended graduate school in Michigan where he completed a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Wayne State University. He is currently employed at the University of California, San Diego and serves as an advisor to MYNA (Muslim Youth of North America). He is active in efforts to promote the development of Islamic identity in Muslim youth through spirituality, counseling, recreation, and the arts.

COURSE TOPICS:
Financial Balance
Spiritual Balance
Physical Balance
Intellectual Balance
Psychological Balance
Social Balance
Recreational Balance