Saqib Rizvi

Saqib Rizvi is a meditation teacher and spiritual mentor based in Vancouver who brings the mystical strands of several traditions, among them Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, Hindu thought and Christian mysticism, into conversation with a scientific outlook. He trained first as an engineer in electronics and telecommunications and later took an MBA before turning to meditation. He studied at the Tushita meditation centre in Dharamsala, worked at Zorba the Buddha in Delhi, and has led programmes in India and Canada.

His teaching centres on awareness and the ego: what the ego is, how it can soften, and how to live with a healthy one. On Insight Timer he publishes guided meditations, talks and multi-day courses on subjects such as non-duality, Rumi's poetry, intuition, Jung's active imagination and manifesting without grasping, and he holds regular live sessions there. He also runs longer live workshops over Zoom, most recently a twelve-week series on Buddhist mysticism and Tantra, and offers one-to-one mentoring aimed at awakening and personal growth. His YouTube channel and Substack carry talks and essays on mysticism, shadow work and the inner life.