Erica calls us home to ourselves through our own dance in our own time. She holds sacred space and deliciously facilitates us to slip out of our everyday and immerse ourselves in the beauty, power and truth that lie beneath the surface of our being.
Erica calls us home to ourselves through our own dance in our own time. She holds sacred space and deliciously facilitates us to slip out of our everyday and immerse ourselves in the beauty, power and truth that lie beneath the surface of our being.
I hope you are well.
I have just returned from 2 glorious months in South India where I found a new depth of peace, creativity, joy and power by allowing myself to slow down and drop into pure beingness.
What better time to gather together and draw on, and rejoice in, the rejuvenating energy of Spring, and to offer, humbly and excitedly, my new shinyness to you, to be a reflection and reminder of our magnificence and beauty.
I also would like to share with you the remainder of gifts and goodies I both created and found on my journey for sale such as; bangles, DOWH and goddess bags and pouches, ribbons, shawls, clothing, mirrored belts, and other pieces. I will be bringing some of these smaller items to my events, but if you wish to see what's remaining of my collection, please contact me to set up an appointment. erica@danceourwayhome.com
I am in the process of posting pics from my journey on Facebook, which will include my treasures. If we are not Facebook friends, or if you have not joined the DOWH group or Sundays with the Muse fanpage, here are the links to connect:
In the meantime, I hope you will join me in the dance as we weave love, healing & community, for personal and collective wellbeing and bliss.
In celebration of who you are,
Erica
PS. Caro Cloutier, Nan Keyser and Twyla Kowalenko (my apprentice) offered beautiful DOWH events in my absence. I am grateful for their support and love of this community. I plan on returning to India next year, same time, to offer ecstatic dance classes in Arambol and perhaps Hampi, and create more beautiful objects. Think about joining me there!
Saturday, March 20 2-4pm
Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, Toronto $13 (kids under 12 free)No experience needed, only a willingness to move, and be moved.
With less direction than a DOWH workshop or series; there will be an opening circle followed by a long, visceral musical set (soul, global funk, sacred chants, ambient, electronica, women's voices and more) designed to liberate your inner dancer. We'll end in a simple prayerful closing circle.
Come with friends. Drop-in whenever. No registration needed.
Sundays with the Muse Spring Series (7 Sundays of Pay-What-U-Want Workshops)
Sunday, March 21, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 16 2:30-5:30pm
Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, TorontoSundays with the Muse Spring Series is a collaborative series of experiential workshops lead by 7 women for the enrichment of the body, mind, heart & soul of a woman. Each 3 hour workshop is created to take you on a journey, based on the 7 energy wheels or chakras, starting from the root of your being, upwards to your crown. Here is the schedule of workshops:
March 21 Rooting into the Earth; the Seeds of our Becoming with Caro Cloutier
Come join this Spring Equinox Celebration and Fire Ceremony of expressive art making, dreaming, journeying, journalling, and community.
April 4 Bellylicious; She who Flows & Feels with Erica Ross
Discover your own delicious flow, grace and depth of feeling through the Dance Our Way Home practice of free-style movement, relaxation, and guided imagery.
April 11 Authentic Movement with Gennie Brukner
Engage your power with authentic movement.
April 18 Ha! Ha! Ha! : Laughter, Medicine for the Heart with Valerie Moysey
Ignite your joy, using playful practices from around the world and experience laughter as the sacred thread that aligns your mind, body, and spirit.
April 25 Sounding Out Your Soul with Wende Bartley
Open to the expressive power of your voice.
May 2 Awaken to your Intuition with Yoga Goddess, Zahra Haji
Awaken to your Inner Guidance with Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and the law of attraction with Yoga Goddess.
May 16 A Brazilian Bliss Muse Dance Celebration with Guiomar Campbell
Come embody the divine feminine that “you are” through a sacred crowning celebration of rhythm and dance.
We hope to see you there. It is going to be a STUNNING Series!
Saturday, March 27 – May 1 2-4pm
Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, Toronto $135 for series or $25 per drop-inAfter the dark of the winter comes the rebirth of spring, the perfect time to melt open, drop into peace, and blossom.
This new series, 'Unfolding', will be a direct reflection and extension of the depth of relaxation, beingness, compassion and joy Erica experienced in India. Her wish is to share her new-found bliss and peace with you through the DOWH practice and the 6 beautiful invitations being offered: Gently Melting, Dancing in the Doorway, Dancing in Beauty; Coming out of the Cave, Gifts of the Wanderer, Opening the Love Window, and Blossoming.
Come be nourished and inspired each week in a safe and sacred space of dance, relaxation and guided imagery, in the warmth of a sweet circle of women.
Register NOW. Or, DROP-IN as often as you can.
Enhancing my relationship with the feminine, both divine and manifested, was what drew me to Esther Harding’s book Woman’s Mysteries Ancient and Modern. What I hadn’t expected is to have my concepts of self and relationship to my essence as a woman so completely questioned and overturned. This, however, is what has transpired and, despite the difficult questions that I have been posed, I have a completely new and unexpected relationship with my feminal nature. This is one book that I can honestly say has changed my life and my understanding of it.
Inaugural DOWH Teacher Training!
September 15 - December 15, 2010
14 weekly evening sessions on Wednesdays- 6:30-8:30pm
7 day-long sessions on Sundays- 11am-5pmLocations TBA. (70 hours in total) 15 spots only!
Are you ready to embrace a joyous path of deeper and embodied knowing and trust, and become a compassionate, inspirational leader and guide for other women? We invite you to join our growing community of Dance Our Way Home facilitators.
In a holistic feminine way you will learn and develop your capacities to:
'Unwind' CD by Erica Ross & Laura Nashman
Guided journeys for inner peace, power & renewal.
For all the women who have longed to take my voice and visualizations home with you, this one's for you!
Unwind will take you on 3 soothing journeys of surrender, renewal and empowered visioning, created and led by myself, and accompanied by flutist Laura Nashman and the soundscapes of Michael Moon.
Click here to purchase MP3 tracks and sample tracks online.
Per track- $3.99
All 3 tracks- $9.99
To purchase a CD, contact Erica at erica@danceourwayhome.com. Cost is $15.
'Dreaming in the Dark' series with Caro Cloutier
A group of beautiful women came together to dance, create and explore their dreams.
Click here to view some of the creative process that has arisen from our dreaming journeys.
*Thank you for your time and attention. Blessings. Hope to see you soon.
Please pass this on to any women you feel inspired to give this to. Consider the women you know who love to dance, explore and express, and who wish for wholeness of body/mind/soul in a supportive and warm community.