Saki has been a student in the universal Sufi lineage of Hazrat Inayat Khan since 1974. He is a Healing Conductor and Shafayat in the Healing Activity of the Inayatiyya Order. Inspired by Sufi practice and perspectives, as an actor in Omega Theatre he performed and collaborated in the development of original experimental and improvisational works for children and adults including the Cosmic Celebration.

Saki earned a master’s degree in psychology from Lesley College and a doctoral degree in Psychological Education from the University of Massachusetts. He is an educator, writer, gardener, student in the Buddhist Insight Meditation tradition and pioneer in integrating meditation and mindfulness into medicine, health care, and the broader society. In 2017, he retired as professor of medicine, executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society and director of the internationally acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Guiding workshops, seminars, and retreats internationally, Saki is the author of Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine now translated into fourteen languages. He is the founder and director of the website and online spiritual community, Guest House Awareness.com., a Sufi-infused path of mindfulness, presence, and awakening in service to all.