September 2019
Circle of Love | Performance at Stowel Lake Farm
Tender yet fierce ecstatic dance and music performance followed by a free-style dance celebration Dancer Banafsheh & musicians Tony Khalife & guests Saturday, September 14 8:00 - 9:30 pm Stowel Lake Farm Salt Spring Island, B.C. Tickets: $15 Contact: (250) 709-1921 or info@shaunadevlin.net All are welcome in this circle of love Come, unleash your wild devotional dance and voice! Tony Khalife, is a Lebanese born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Ojai. He creates a seamless flow in which the…
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Dance of Oneness®: Ecstatic Gratitude
5-day Workshop With Tony Khalife and guest musicians November 24-29 Esalen Institute Big Sur, CA REGISTER HERE! “The whole universe is love’s endless dance.” - Kabir Please read slowly, and as you read come in touch with something you are grateful for. Allow the feeling of gratitude to expand inside of you, into every cell, until you feel your wings. The energy of gratitude is both enlivening and soothing. Let this energy open you to the grace that can live…
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Whirl in the Quantum Field of Oneness
Workshop with Banafsheh, Andrew Harvey, Jim Garrison and special guest Calen Rayne 5-day Workshop - December 13-18 Weekend Only - December 13-15 Friday at 7:30pm – Wednesday at 11:45am followed by lunch 12-1pm Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY (Catskills) *Contact Amber at Menla Registration for rates: (845) 688-6897 EXT 101 or Email REGISTER HERE! Explore the intersection of Sufism, Tibetan Buddhism and quantum physics in the crucible of the Sama (whirling) to gain a deep experiential understanding of living…
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Mehr be Mehr
Featuring: Banafsheh, Koobang Ensemble and Mojdeh Habibi Banafsheh dances in a program based on the poetry of the Iranian mystic poet and teacher, Tahereh Ghoratoleyn with musicians of Koobang Ensemble and the recitation of Mojdeh Habibi in Persian. Information and Tickets: (818) 679 8352
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Featuring: Banafsheh, Koobang Ensemble and Mojdeh Habibi Banafsheh dances in a program based on the poetry of the Iranian mystic poet and teacher, Tahereh Ghoratoleyn with musicians of Koobang Ensemble and the recitation of Mojdeh Habibi in Persian. Information and Tickets: (818) 679 8352
Find out more »Dance of Oneness®: LIVE LOVE NOW | Workshop in LA
with Banafsheh, Tony Khalife and guest musicians Tara Sanctuary, Topanga Sunday, February 16, 2020 REGISTER NOW! Banafsheh and Tony are back leading a 1-day workshop in Los Angeles in February. Register for the whole day to receive the full transmission or join only the morning or afternoon session. The extreme times we live in demand that we be PRESENT, PASSIONATELY ALIVE, PEACEFUL, and stand in and for what we believe in. The time is NOW to surrender to the power…
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Dance of Oneness®: Dance for LIFE | 30-day Virtual Marathon
30-day Virtual Marathon with Banafsheh April 1 - 30, 2020 on Zoom 10-11am PDT | 1-2pm EDT | 7-8pm CET REGISTER NOW! Seize the moment every day while at home and get yourself up and moving, deepen your breathing, elevate your state, boost your immune system, align your heart and mind with your purpose for being alive, and spread love far and wide! Activate the power of the dance to ground yourself in PEACE and become PASSIONATELY ALIVE and LOVING –…
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Dance of Oneness®: Womb of Compassion | Month-long Virtual Retreat
Month-long Virtual Retreat with Banafsheh May 3-31, 2020 on Zoom 3 days a week: Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11am PDT | 1-2pm EDT | 7-8pm CET Recordings are available if you can’t join the live zoom sessions You can still join for the whole month and follow Weeks 1-3 sessions via video REGISTER NOW! “Open the treasure house of abundance from inside yourself.” Rumi Join our dance community right from your home, and shift your focus from the outer world…
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Dance of Oneness®: Radiant Chakras | 8-Week Virtual Intensive
8-Week Virtual Intensive with Banafsheh June 3 - July 31, 2020 on Zoom 3 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-11am PDT | 1-2pm EDT | 7-8pm CET Recordings are available if you can’t join the live zoom sessions REGISTER NOW! “She is one whose heart keeps pace with her foot. She is entirely present; her soul is where her body is, and her body where her soul is, and her soul where her soles are.” Junayd Join our dance…
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Sacred Dance Guild Honors Banafsheh as a Living Legacy
A Conversation About Sacred Dance on Zoom August 2, 2020 @ 1:30pm PT | 4:30pm ET | 10:30pm CET Email to register for this free event, include “BANAFSHEH SAYYAD INTERVIEW” in the subject line Sacred Dance Guild has chosen Banafsheh as one of the six dance artists they are honoring as a Living Legacy. The Guild is conducting a Living Legacy Interview series featuring each of the six dance artists taking place between June - August 2020. In each interview,…
Find out more »Madonna Rising: Rosa Mystica Virtual Intensive
Week-long Intensive with Banafsheh, Anne Baring, Andrew Harvey, Peggy Rubin, Ruth Cunningham and Kayleen Asbo 11am - 1pm PT | 1-3pm ET | 8-10pm CET on Zoom All sessions will be recorded, so you can access the replay if you are not able to join the live sessions Co-presented with Ubiquity Chartres Academy REGISTER NOW! The Rose has long been the symbol of divine wisdom and the Chartres cathedral with its 3 sublime rose windows is a hymn to Mary as…
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Dance of Oneness®: Path of the Dancer Immersion I
4-week Virtual Immersion with Banafsheh September 2 - 30, 2020 on Zoom 3 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-11am PT | 1-2pm ET | 7-8pm CET Recordings are available if you can’t join the live zoom sessions You can join anytime and follow the session you missed via replay Watch video about this Immersion on Facebook REGISTER NOW! Creation, Destruction, I am dancing them both! - Jalaledin Rumi With all the stress and devastation that is impacting all of…
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Dance of Oneness®: Sacred Feminine Awakening | 8-Week Virtual Immersion
8-Week Virtual Immersion with Banafsheh Through November 27, 2020 on Zoom 3 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-11am PT | 6-7pm UTC You can register at anytime and catch up on the sessions you missed by watching the recordings Video recordings are available if you can’t join the live zoom sessions REGISTER NOW “She is one whose heart keeps pace with her foot. She is entirely present; her soul is where her body is, and her body where her…
Find out more »Dance of Oneness®: Sama, the Sacred Dance of the Heart
2-Part Virtual Workshop with Banafsheh 2 Saturdays, November 7th and 14th, 2020 on Zoom 10:30am-12pm PT | 6:30-8pm UTC Register here Email for more information You can still register (make sure to follow video of Day 1 before joining live on Day 2) This workshop is presented by Pomegranate Dance Garden Fee: Sliding scale starting at $35 In this 2 part workshop held on 2 Saturdays, Banafsheh will initiate you into the sacred dance of Sama or whirling through a…
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Rumi and the Celebration of Light
Free Session with Banafsheh December 17, 2020 on Zoom 10-11am PT | 6-7pm UTC REGISTER NOW When you see my corpse being carried, don't cry for my leaving. I'm not leaving, I'm arriving at eternal love... You'll see me descend into a grave, but know that I will rise. How can there be an end when the sun sets or the moon goes down? It looks like the end, it seems like a sunset, but in reality it is a dawn. When…
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