“Everything in dance is poetry. Every movement describes a story, a feeling. The dancer takes the audience into a world of fairy tales.” ~Farima Berenji
Dances of the Mystics
A 6-Week Online Course Exploring Sacred Dance Practices From Around The World: weekly March 22nd – April 26, 2026
Led by master dancers, spiritual teachers, and lineage holders from across traditions, sharing the dances and prayers of their lineages as living doorways into awakening.
Dances of the Mystics is an online course that invites us into exploring movement as devotion. Each week, master teachers and tradition bearers will guide embodied practices from their lineages, offering dance as a doorway into presence, healing, and spiritual insight.Dances of the Mystics is an online course that invites us into exploring movement as devotion. Each week, master teachers and tradition bearers will guide embodied practices from their lineages, offering dance as a doorway into presence, healing, and spiritual insight. Through Sufi whirling, West African ceremonial dance, Candomblé ritual, Southern Italian trance dance, Korean healing rites, and the Dances of Universal Peace, we explore how movement can awaken our connection to spirit, community, and the wisdom held within the body. More Details…
Week 2: Dance of the Soul with Farima Berenji
Discover the power and mystery of whirling as a gateway to self-growth and spiritual enlightenment through movement, music, and meditation.
This beginning/intermediate-level training explores Turkish, Iranic and Central Asian whirling rituals, alongside the science of whirling. Participants will be guided through the essential foundations of whirling meditation, including preparation, balance and posture, controlling dizziness, self-focus, breathwork, and more.
Drawing from years of study, teaching, and embodied practice, Dr. Farima Berenji will also introduce her own original method, integrating traditional wisdom with contemporary understanding to support a grounded, safe, and transformative experience.