Dance of Oneness®: Stella Maris

With Banafsheh Sayyad

July 14 - 18, 2019

Date and Time Details:
Starts with dinner on July 14
Ends with lunch on July 18

6:00-7:00am Silent Meditation (self-guided) every morning*
6:45-8:00am Morning Harlequin Row on July 15*
7:15-8:15am Morning Yoga on July 13-16*
9:00-9:30am Garden Tour on July 15*
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
9:30am-12:15pm Morning Session
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
Afternoon Off on July 15, Guided Nature Hike 1:30-4:00pm*, Lagoon Paddle 1:30-5:30pm**, Desolation Cruise 1:30-6:30pm**
3:00-6:00pm Afternoon Session
6:00-6:30pm Oyster Appetizer Beach BBQ on July 15*
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
7:30-10:30pm Sunset Lagoon Paddle on July 13**
8:00-9:30pm Evening Session on July 14

*Optional Activities
**Optional Activities with additional charge

Tuition: $495

Package Price: $877 - $1,547 / 4 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Excludes Taxes and fees.

Scholarships: Most scholarships are 50% tuition, with a limited number of full scholarships available. Apply within your registration form. Click for more info.

  • Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,793.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $3,454.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,138.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,822.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $1,729.00
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,569.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,409.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,245.00
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,049.00
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,049.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,029.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $1,858.00
  • Glamping – CAD $969.00
  • Commuter – CAD $889.00
    • (All prices include CAD $789.00 base amount)

Stella Maris is the sun in the sea, a reference to Mother Mary, and originally, the Goddess Isis. It is the Persian Mehrab which was later used in mosques to indicate the direction of prayer. Mehrab points us to the secret that at the heart of darkness is a blinding light—our journey toward light is through darkness, and our guide is love. Mehr in Persian means the sun but it also means love. Mehrab then is the sea of love, the sea of light.

Explore the mysteries of Stella Maris through guided and free-style dance, whirling, Sufi poetry, chanting, yoga, meditation, wisdom teachings, deep silence, a sharing circle and lots of laughter. Dive into the sea of love as we dance in-doors, at the edge of the sea and in the sea.

Dance to submerge yourself in the sea of love, melt and give yourself fully to the divine love energy that moves through all of existence. You’ll be surprised to find that surrendering in this way is the key to transforming all your relationships…with your body, yourself, the people in your life, and life herself.

Dance of Oneness® is dance as a spiritual path and a science of embodiment, integrating 3 dimensions: rigorous dance technique and self expression, wisdom teachings, and healing. It is based in Tai Chi, Persian dance, whirling, flamenco and Middle Eastern tribal dances, Sufi teachings, Divine Feminine Wisdom, the Gurdjieff Work, Chinese Medicine and the Chakra system.

“Banafsheh is one of the greatest sacred dancers I have seen.” –Deepak Chopra

Check out this visual pairing for the “Dance of Oneness”:

About the Presenter

Banafsheh Sayyad

Persian master dance artist and transformational teacher, Banafsheh communicates the universal message of Sufi mysticism and Divine Feminine wisdom in a passionate yet serenely meditative way. Her dance is an interplay between trance and directed movement, precise yet abandoned and unrestrained. Her explosive yet fluid movement is sensual and ritualistic, uniting the feminine and masculine energies, body […]

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