DANCE OUR WAY HOME 4-Week Series (Closed Group)- with Erica Ross
   ~ Expressive Dance, Guided Imagery, Relaxation

  Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, Toronto
    Saturdays- May 24- June 14, 2008:   2-4pm
     - Pre-registration is required.   4 Weeks- $90
* Cancellation policy- No refunds. Exchanges when possible.

Come and nourish, strengthen and renew your unique self in these six weeks of healing dance sessions. This series is an opportunity to experience a woman's way to wellness and wholeness.

This is a pathway to find your own truth, to connect with your roots, fall in love with yourself, free your creative possibilities and blossom into more of who you are, set in the supportive context of women's community.

Different weekly themes will be offered as medicine for the soul, as we weave the threads of joy, compassion and wisdom, through the gentle art of movement, ritual and relaxation.

You can expect great music, great company, great teachings, and even some magic!
No experience needed. Only a willingness to move and be moved!

ECSTATIC DANCE Jam for Women - with Erica Ross

  Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, Toronto
  Saturday, June 28, 2008:    2-4pm
     - $13 (no pre-registration)

Join us for a playful and ecstatic dance jam.
We’ll begin with an opening circle, followed by a 90 minute free-style dance, and end with a closing circle.

• Celebrate yourself and others.
• Blossom into more of who you are.
• Set your inner dancer free.

Experience being met in a way that only other women can meet you!

No dance background needed.
Think globally, dance locally!

DANCE OUR WAY HOME 6-Week Series (Open Group) - with Erica Ross

Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd floor, Toronto
    Saturdays, July 5- August 9, 2008:    2-4pm 
     - Pre-registration: 6 Weeks- $120, 4 Weeks- $90, or Drop-Ins: $25
* Cancellation policy- No refunds. Exchanges when possible.

This Summer Series is an open group which gives you the option to either pre-register for 6 or 4 weeks (the best deals) or drop-in whenever you can.

Whether you are a beginner or have previous experience, you are welcome!

SUMMER SOULSTICE Fête Weekend
A Succulently Embodied and Experiential Retreat for Women - with Erica Ross and Caro Cloutier

Mysthaven Country Retreat & Spa, 13231 Kennedy Road, RR 4,  Stouffville, ON
(approx 30 mins. from Toronto)
    June 20-22

Would you appreciate feeling more joy being in your body, in community, in a playful and sacred space for healing, igniting your creative fire and your soul’s expression?

Do you treasure moments of quiet and peace?
Do you long to bask in the radiance of your own beauty, supported in a healing circle of women?
Do you value time for yourself, to reconnect and celebrate who you are and who you are becoming?
Do you yearn for more time in nature to celebrate with women the rhythms and magic of the seasons?

Come nourish, strengthen and renew your unique self using the sacred modalities of dance, art-making, journaling, journeying, sharing, dreaming and ceremony, as medicine for the soul.

A few of the indulgences awaiting you-

• Fire Ceremony (Burn, baby, burn)
• SOULstice Ecstatic Dance (Bring your luscious wear. Let’s party.)
• SOULstice Feast  (Oh ya… there’ll be chocolate!)
• Animal Journeying  (prrrrrrrrrr)

Together, in a beautiful balance between activity and down-time, between indoors and outdoors, we will weave the threads of communal joy, compassion and wisdom. This will engage us in a softening of our edges so we can drop deeper into our own truth and discover more of who we are. Let us fall in love with ourself and each other as divine mirrors.

Bring your friends to this gorgeous site of woods, ponds and luxurious facilities, nestled on sacred land in the Oak Ridges Moraine. Experience how nourishing it is to gather in community to celebrate ourselves and each other in nature.

Expect great company, great fun, great teachings, great music, and great magic!

No experience needed. Only a willingness to play, share and go at your own pace, in your own way.

Investment:includes shared accommodation (3-5 people per room), 6 gourmet meals, non alcoholic beverages, snacks and workshop supplies. You may upgrade bedroom for more privacy for an additional fee (add $30/night for semi-private and $69/night for a private bedroom plus taxes).
Check-in Friday, June 20, anytime after 4pm.  Dinner is at 7pm. Weekend ends Sunday, June 22, at 4pm.

$389   if paid in full by March 31 (plus $25 for materials)
$429   if paid in full by May 15 (plus $25 for materials)
$469   if paid in full by June 8 (plus $25 for materials)

Retreat size is limited.  $100 non refundable deposit holds your space.

For more info contact :: Erica Ross   (416) 538-8408
erica@expressivehealing.com

DANCE OUR WAY HOME testimonials:

"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 lay beneath the surface of our being."  Caro Cloutier

"Dance Our Way Home is a rare opportunity for women to heal in community. It's a blessing to us all."  Mari Rossi

"I come in stressed, tense, fragmented, agitated, irritated, and always leave the workshop feeling gathered, whole, peaceful, loving, loved, complete, feeling connected to everyone and everything. Namaste."  Noreia Sacoor

"I was struck and moved by the POWER in the room, especially when we moved into the group portion of the dance. I think most of us as women feel fairly small in one way or another as we move through our lives in a world where we're barely recognized; we restrict and constrict our Selves. And then, as the dance moves on, we begin to blossom. By the time we met one another in the larger group dance I was BLOWN AWAY by the immense power that existed in that room. There is nothing that could have entered that space that we couldn't have dealt with. No threat felt too big that we couldn't have faced together. We were (are) a force to be reckoned with and we keep each other safe. I still can't fully grasp the experience with words, this is the closest I come, but it was extraordinary."  Tabitha Kot

"You have created a healing gift for women not available elsewhere. Congratulations, Erica!"  Jenn Hicks

"Before the workshop I felt disconnected from my true self and other people and uprooted from the earth. After the workshop I feel my body. I feel acceptance towards myself. I feel that I am more understanding; I am more connected to the woman inside myself. I feel that I got in touch with my joy."  Lucy Tishkina

"Deeply authentic & honouring movement practice. Celebrating my womanly-self & circle of women."  Tamika Neilson

"Fabulous outlet for self expression. Great music mix. Wonderful chemistry with wide variety of women - not thru words but thru motion. At the end, I was completely spent but thrilled."  Paula Gardner