Mystical Persian Dance | Banafsheh Dance of Oneness

Dance Your Passion at Hollyhock

by Banafsheh | Oct 23, 2017 | Dance of Oneness, Sama, Sufi Dance, Testimonials, Workshops and Retreats | 0 comments

My heart is so full from our 5 days of Dance Your Passion at Hollyhock September 22-27. Love and gratitude to all the dancers who came and danced into being a circle of oneness that brought all of us to wholeness in grace. We were as old as 6 and as young as 76…we cried together, we laughed together and we made magic…May our harmony, love and respect for each other and for all of LIFE reverberate into the world…

Read on to find some reflections from our time together:

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Sufi Dance Q&A: Learning How to Whirl

by Banafsheh | Sep 25, 2017 | Dance of Oneness, Sama, Sufi Dance | 0 comments

One of my dear students asked me some questions about Sufi Dance and the Sama as a follow up to our time in an immersive workshop at The Rowe Center. Here are my answers… (more…)

Sufi Dance of Oneness® at Menla

by Banafsheh | Jul 4, 2017 | Dance of Oneness, Menla Retreat Center, Workshops and Retreats | 0 comments

The Fascinating History of Menla Retreat Center

And why it is the perfect place for our healing sacred dance!

375 million years ago, a half-mile-wide meteor crashed here, creating the oldest known meteor impact crater on Earth, equivalent of several hundred million tons of TNT and pulverized the bedrock, leaving a 6-mile-wide crater.

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