Some conversations slow everything down in the best possible way. This is one of them. Grandmother Devi Tide is a spiritual teacher, healer, and lifelong student of the sacred who has spent more than three decades guiding people in prayer, contemplation, and spiritual transformation. Since 1999, she has served as Head of the Sufi Healing Order in North America. She has taught and led retreats throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India, and Europe. She has traveled from tribe to tribe, sat with elders from cultures around the world, and was one of the people responsible for bringing together the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. And she is one of the most peaceful presences I have ever sat with. What we talk about in this conversation is not theory. It’s life. How to find your way back to your heart when the world feels heavy. What the head is actually for — and what it isn’t for. What prayer really is when you strip away everything you thought it had to be. What it means to be the first answer to your own prayer. And what Grandmother Devi’s grandmother said to her near the end of her life that stopped her completely cold. 3 Things You’ll Take Away: The head is the surface of the heart — not the enemy of it. That thing you’ve been calling overthinking might actually be the first gate. Grandmother Devi reframes the relationship between mind and heart in a way that makes the whole journey feel less like a battle and more like a path.You be the first answer to your prayer. One of the most useful teachings in this episode. If you’re asking for more kindness, more peace, more love in the world — it starts with what you’re bringing into the room. Grandmother Devi tells the story of when she first really understood this, and it will stay with you.You already have everything you need. Not as a platitude. As a direct transmission from someone who has sat with elders, traveled with grandmothers, and walked this path for 40 years. This one lands differently coming from her. ✨ Coming up with Grandmother Devi Tide The Sufi Way of Remembrance — a 7-week live online journey through The Shift Network. Beginning September 16, 2026. Learn more at shiftnetwork.com ✨ Want to attend Guardians of the Sacred? Jyoti Ma will be there. November 13-15, 2026. Buffalo Thunder, Santa Fe, NM. In person and livestream. Tickets and info: guardiansofthesacred.earth Email: connect@guardiansofthesacred.org About Devi Tide Grandmother Devi Tide is a spiritual teacher, healer, retreat guide, and lifelong student of the sacred who comes from generations of healers. For more than three decades, she has guided individuals and communities in prayer, contemplation, healing, and spiritual transformation. Since 1999, she has served as Head of the Sufi Healing Order in North America and is the convener of Awakening the World, an initiative devoted to remembering and revitalizing natural human wisdom and our relationship with the greater living world. Her lifelong devotion to the Sufi tradition has been enriched by decades of learning, traveling, praying, and sharing sacred space with Elders, Healers, Wisdom Keepers, and spiritual teachers from cultures around the world. She has taught and led retreats throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India, and Europe. She was one of the people responsible for bringing together the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. At the center of her teaching is a simple invitation: to remember our belonging to one another, to the Earth, and to the sacredness woven through all life. To find Grandmother Devi, visit: inayatiyya.org and ask for the Healing Order, or come find her in person at the Guardians of the Sacred gathering in November. 🔗 Connect with Robyn 🌿 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robynivy 🧠 Website: https://www.robynivy.com 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com