About

Dance of Oneness® is a transformative path of spiritual embodiment founded by visionary spiritual embodiment teacher, master sacred dancer, award-winning author, and choreographer Banafsheh Sayyad, MA (Chinese Medicine), MFA (Choreography).

Rooted in the understanding that the body can be a powerful gateway to presence, healing, awareness, and spiritual awakening, Dance of Oneness® brings together sacred dance, conscious movement, embodied wisdom, mysticism, and healing practices. The work invites people to reconnect with the intelligence of the body, cultivate greater health and resilience, awaken creativity and joy, and embody a deeper connection to themselves, others, and the Divine.

Dance of Oneness® is a Divine Feminine lineage of healing and transformation that draws from Sufi whirling, Persian dance, flamenco, Taoist wisdom, Rumi’s poetry, feminine mysticism, and Banafsheh’s extensive background in dance, choreography, and Chinese Medicine. Through this unique synthesis, movement becomes more than artistic expression—it becomes a spiritual practice and a pathway for personal transformation.

Internationally acclaimed for her pioneering fusion of spirituality and sensuality, Banafsheh has devoted her life’s work to helping people experience the body as a portal to greater awareness, vitality, resilience, joy, and love. Her own journey through dance transformed the pain of exile from Iran into a path of healing, awakening, and service, profoundly shaping the teachings that became Dance of Oneness®.

Banafsheh is also the author of the award-winning book Dance of Oneness, which invites readers to rediscover the wisdom of the body and explore movement as a pathway to presence, vitality, joy, and spiritual connection. Her teachings weave together embodied practice, Rumi’s poetry, sacred dance, feminine mysticism, and timeless wisdom to inspire people to awaken their true nature and live with greater consciousness and love.

Through Dance of Oneness®, Banafsheh offers transformative teachings, workshops, retreats, courses, and performances. She has shared her work through internationally recognized organizations and centers, including The Shift Network, Esalen, Kripalu, Omega Institute, and Hollyhock, inspiring thousands of people worldwide.

At its heart, Dance of Oneness® is an invitation to come home to the body, awaken the heart, and experience movement as a living expression of the sacred. Its mission is to support people in cultivating greater awareness, health, resilience, creativity, connection, and joy while embodying love and bringing the sacred into everyday life.