Call to Love is really a call to truly live! Let this call inspire you and open your being to what can live in and through you at this time of great need and potential. Develop a keen awareness of your energy anatomy, heal, tone and sculpt your body while dancing the passion in your Heart. Transform any sensations of fatigue, depression or anxiety into lasting exuberance, joy and serenity. Cultivate the strength to persevere in love in these extreme times of turmoil and rapid change in community with like-hearted people.
Guided by the love poetry of Rumi and other Sufi mystics as well as Taoist principles, explore the foundations of Dance of Oneness® and how to develop presence in your body through a focus on the Chakras and the Meridian system. Integrate your body, emotions, mind and soul in a sacred union and learn tools for self-healing.
In the picturesque village of Gokcedere in Yalova, South of Istanbul, site of an amazingly large and healing natural hot springs, our sessions take place at a Dergah (Cultural Center) - a Sufi Temple of love, beyond any particular religion and open to all lovers. Our days are balanced with guided and free-style dance, whirling, Sufi teachings, wisdom teachings from the East & West, music, yoga, chanting, meditation, sharing, lots of laughter and ample breaks with time to soak in natural hot springs, and explore the beaches, villages and sites of Turkey's beautiful Marmara region.
Mixed Levels. Suitable for people with some background in movement or dance, trained dancers, yoga and other movement practitioners as well as healing/medical practitioners. The only pre-requisite is a desire to connect your body and soul through movement.
Dance of Oneness® is dance as a spiritual path and science of embodiment. A fusion of three dimensions: the art of dance explored through rigorous technique and self-expression; wisdom teachings; and healing, Dance of Oneness® is based in Sufi ritual and whirling, flamenco, Persian and modern dance, trance, Tai chi and Chi gong. Sufi teachings and the poetry of Rumi, divine feminine wisdom, Gurdjieff Work, Chinese Medicine and the Chakra system are the theoretical groundwork.
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Banafsheh Sayyad, MFA, Dance; MA, Chinese Medicine, is Creative Director at Ubiquity University. She is the leading Persian sacred dancer, transformational teacher and founder of Dance of Oneness with a background in the Gurdjieff Work and the Sufi Path. She performs and teaches internationally and has devoted her life to empowering people through the creative process, inspiring them to free themselves and transform their daily lives into sacred, loving art that makes them FULLY ALIVE.
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Tuition including lodging for Credit:
Early Bird Rate till March 1st
Dergah Communal Lodging: $1600
Hotel Double Room Lodging: $1850
Hotel Single Room Lodging $2056
After March 1st:
Dergah Communal Lodging: $1800
Hotel Double Room Lodging: $2050
Hotel Single Room Lodging $2256
Tuition including lodging for Auditors:
Early Bird Rate till March 1st
Dergah Communal Lodging: $800
Hotel Double Room Lodging: $1050
Hotel Single Room Lodging $1256
After March 1st:
Dergah Communal Lodging: $950
Hotel Double Room Lodging: $1260
Hotel Single Room Lodging $1456
