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I'm not interested in being in control of what I'm doing entirely because I want to be danced.

I want this other energy to move through me.

And if I'm held and controlled, that can never happen.

If I'm on the other side, then that tension doesn't exist between being here and being gone.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Banafshay Sayad,

master Iranian sacred dancer, choreographer, transformational teacher,

and founder of Dance of Oneness.

She is a trailblazing human, an innovator of Sufi dance forms. Previously only performed by men,

Banafshay invokes the ancient roots of dance, devotion, prayer, and adoration. She's taught Persian dance at UCLA,

toured and performed internationally

with her dance company, Namah,

has created a film with Andrew Harvey

on Dancing Rumi's Journey of the Soul,

the film's called In the Fire of Grace. And she's the author of a new sounds true book.

It's called The Dance of Oneness. Embody love and luminosity to transform your life. Stay with us.

We're living through a time that some people,

including one of the most influential spiritual teachers of our time,

Eckhart Tolle, describe as a collective dark night of the soul.

It's a time of uncertainty, turmoil,

and for many a collapse of meaning.

According to Eckart, this time is not a mistake.

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