Alchemy of Oneness: Sacred Dance & the Third Force

Discover how compassionately weaving paradoxes together creates a third force — one that initiates ecstatic embodiment, healing, and transfiguration, a profound spiritual process Sufi mystics described as the alchemy of the heart, Rumi called the meeting place beyond opposites, and modern quantum physics understands as emergence through coherence and superposition. 

At a time when our world feels fractured by uncertainty, polarization, and power-over politics, Alchemy of Oneness: Sacred Dance & the Third Force answers the soul’s longing for sovereignty, soulful expression, peace, and wholeness. This 4-day sacred dance retreat invites you into ecstatic embodiment as a path to unity and your deepest calling — where body and spirit, energy and form, stillness and wildness are compassionately unified through movement, intention, and presence. Held on the luminous land of Menla Retreat Center in New York, whose natural beauty and high-frequency field gently support transfiguration, this retreat becomes a crucible for the birthing of your divine humanity. 

Here, paradox is not resolved by choosing sides, but by allowing a coherent third force to emerge — born when opposites meet in coherence. Through sacred dance, you’ll alchemize inner divides and awaken the third force, awakening renewed vitality, embodied clarity, emotional release, spiritual and creative freedom, and a visceral sense of belonging in your body and our world that becomes prayer in motion and medicine for all.

Drawing from Banafsheh’s book, Dance of Oneness: Embody Love & Luminosity to Transform Your Life, a methodology for spiritual embodiment through sacred dance including Sufi whirling that inspires healing, awakening, and transformation, you’ll be initiated into a feminine embodiment lineage and practices, and new dance sequences grounded in sacred sensuality, communion with the Beloved, mystical poetry, modern and ancient science, and Divine Feminine wisdom.

Experience freedom and the joyful feeling of coming home to yourself like never before as you connect with the Divine, embrace your authenticity, and embody love as the antidote to pain, blocks, isolation, stagnation, and disconnect.

Schedule:

Thursday, July 30

• 3 – 6 pm Arrival and Check-in
• 6 – 7 pm Dinner
• 7:30 – 9 pm Welcome Program 

Friday, July 31

• 8 – 9 am Breakfast
• 10am – 12 pm Morning Program
• 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
• 1:30 – 3:30 pm Break
• 3:30 – 5:30 pm Afternoon Program
• 6 – 7 pm Dinner
• 7:30 – 9 pm Evening Program

Saturday, August 1

• 8 – 9 am Breakfast
• 10 am – 12 pm Morning Program
• 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
• 1:30 – 3:30 pm Break
• 3:30 – 5:30 pm Afternoon Program
• 6 – 7 pm Dinner
• 7:30 – 9 pm Evening Program

Sunday, August 2

• 7 – 9:30 am Check-out of Rooms
• 8 – 9 am Breakfast 
• 10 am – 12 pm Morning Program
• 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch & Departure

*Please note this schedule is subject to change.