Sundays with the Muse second series on spring 2010”
Sundays with the Muse is RETURNING,
Sunday, March 21, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 16, 2010 2:30-5:30pm
Cost:
Each workshop is valued at $50; however, you get to ‘Pay-What-U-Want’ at the end of each workshop, with absolutely no minimum and no maximum, and no deposit. Your word will be honoured.
Come to any or all.
TO REGISTER: http://www.danceourwayhome.com/offerings/sundays-with-the-muse-spring-series
Description:
This Sundays with the Muse Spring Series is a collaborative series of experiential workshops created and lead by 7 women, dedicated to the enrichment of the body, mind, heart & soul of a woman, seeking to empower themselves and others by sharing embodied teachings.
Sundays with the Muse is a woman-centered, community-building, life-enhancing series which promises connections and experiences which will carry you past your daily circumstances and limitations, for mutual healing and growth.
Each 3 hour workshop is created to take you on a journey towards greater awareness and aliveness, based on the 7 sacred energy wheels or chakras, starting from the root of your being, upwards to your crown. Every delicious workshop will touch different realms of possibilities, from head to toe, heart to soul.
Taking the full series is ideal, however, if that is not possible, enjoy those you can, as each workshop has it’s own stand-alone magic and healing
This is going to be another STUNNING Series! Tell your friends.
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, journaling and community.
As in ancient times, we are celebrating the return to our natural cycle and honour our seeds that have been dormant in the winter’s darkness. By the thawing of our own being comes the potential for our growth to rise up again and shine in a whole new way. Come express and nurture your tender roots so they may grow strong and bold into the earth mother. Nurture your fertile soil so that you may grow the corn that you wish for yourself in your life. Bring a piece of nature representing who we are as the Divine Feminine in Human form as part of a sacred collective mandala.
Caro Cloutier B.A., dipl.EXAT, is a practicing expressive arts therapist, energy medicine practitioner, and past Board Member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists. She invokes sacredness and healing experiences by engaging participants to rekindle their sense of play, creativity and self-expression. Caro’s expressive arts therapy is inspired by drama, visual art, movement, toning or sounding, storytelling, text, symbolism, mythic mapping and ceremony. Caro has brought this work to many, including St. Joseph’s Immigrant Women’s Centre, Trinity Hospice and Gilda’s Place. For more info, contact Caro at caro@carocloutier.com 416-554-0939 www.carocloutier.com
April 4- ‘Bellylicious; She Who Flows & Feels’ with Erica Ross
Discover your own delicious flow, grace & depth of feeling through the Dance Our Way Home practice of free-style movement, relaxation and guided imagery.
This new workshop, created just for this Spring Series, honours, supports and explores the magnificent treasures of the belly’s watery realm and wisdom. In a gently guided, safe and sacred female space, come connect with yourself and others through relaxation, feeling, sensation and movement. Become more open, soft, available to change and fluid living. Wear something sensuous, bring a mat or blanket, and water bottle.
Erica Ross is a dancer, artist, DJ, mother and traveller. She has been in the arts for over 30 years. For the last 10 years she has been facilitating women’s workshops and groups; following her bliss/soul-calling to share what she knows to be true, to support women in the realization of their magnificence. Erica’s work is informed by her love of humanity, mystery, earth and the Divine Feminine. She is co-founder and director of Dance Our Way Home and co-founder of The Move Dance Collective. For more info, contact Erica aterica@danceourwayhome.com
April 11- ‘Authentic Movement’ with Gennie Brukner
Engage your power with authentic movement.
In authentic movement, you close your eyes and experience what’s going on inside of you. Then you wait for an impulse to move and/or sound. Being in a space where you can move and sound in any way you feel compelled to can be immensely freeing. There is the opportunity to come into contact with what’s alive within you below the level of your conscious awareness. Expressing it can be a great release and a relief and connect you more deeply to yourself. Being connected to yourself is essential to taking powerful action.
Gennie Brukner has trained for three years at the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California. She has also done some training with Ruth Zaporah in Action Theatre, Emilie Conrad Doud in Continuum Movement, Charlotte Selver in Sensory Awareness and Nina Martin in Ensemble Improvisation. Her work is always informed by her meditation practice. For more info, contact Gennie at gbrukner@gmail.com416-531-0288
April 18- ’Ha! Ha! Ha!: The Medicine of Laughter’ 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.
Valerie loves to laugh. Ha! Ha! Ha!: The Medicine of Laughter was borne out of a desire to share the contagiousness of silliness and laughter in community. Studies show that children laugh 300-400 times a day whereas adults laugh 10-15 times a day. If you would like to have fun and experience the healing power of laughter, then this is the workshop for you. Everyone is welcome! Exercises are inspired by meditation practices, cooperative games, and the worldwide laughter movement. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring two blankets (or blanket and yoga mat) and a pillow.
Valerie Moysey, B.A., CST, LMT has been facilitating classes, workshops, and ongoing practice groups for seven years. She places a high value on creating a comfortable and non-judgemental environment in which to explore and learn. Valerie’s workshops are ‘hands on’ as she believes that experience is the best teacher. Valerie spent ten years working in social services. She currently works at sweetgrass spa practising holistic body work, sound healing and leading workshops with an emphasis on the mind-body-spirit connection. For more info and to register, contact Valerie at vmoysey@gmail.com.
April 25- ’Sounding out your Heart’ with Wende Bartley
Opening to the transformative power of the voice.
In this workshop, you will be guided in a discovery of the expressive power of your voice and experience a deeper connection with your own true self – the heart of who you are. Your voice will become enlivened through breath and body work, group sounding, and creative vocal exercises. We will also explore our connection to the goddess through sound, diving into the heart of her sacred mysteries and the creative power of sound vibration. Bring a blanket and plenty of water.
Wende Bartley, M.Mus, is a composer, sound performance artist, and a soundhealer trained in the SoulVoice method. For over 20 years she has pursued an artistic practice dedicated to an awakening of the voice of the feminine and a reclaiming of the sacred goddess traditions. She brings her deep listening skills, creativity and knowledge of the voice into her workshops, sound circles, group rituals, and individual healing sessions. For more info, contact Wende at wbartley@interlog.com www.reverbnation.com/wendebartley
May 2- ‘Awaken Your Intuition’ with Yoga Goddess, Zahra Haji
Awaken to your Inner Guidance with kundalini yoga, meditation and the law of attraction with Yoga Goddess.
Every one of us has an inner Visionary. As we awaken our intuition, we begin to connect with our intuitive vision, giving us deeper insights and heightened awareness. Living intuitively aligns us with our higher purpose which puts us in the right place, at the right time, to take the right action.
Zahra Haji is a trained and practiced yogini inspired by the Goddess Ixchel to reconnect women to the Divine Feminine. Through the wisdom of the moon, kundalini yoga and meditation, Zahra guides women to discover the rich, treasure-filled sanctuary of inner-self. Currently Zahra is a Sessional Lecturer in the University of Toronto’s Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program. She offers women-centred courses and retreats through her business ‘Yoga Goddess’. For more info contact Zahra at iam@yogagoddess.ca 416-901-4032www.yogagoddess.ca
May 16- ‘A Brazilian Bliss Muse Dance Celebration’ with Guiomar Campbell
Come and embody the divine feminine that ”you are” through a sacred crowning celebration of rhythm and dance.
In this last workshop of the Spring Series we arrive at the crown as Guiomar infectiously leads us in a celebration of percussive rhythms, meridian stretching, synchronized movement and dance. At the crown, we awaken the Bliss Muse within, the one who follows her bliss, flow, and deeper wisdom, truth, and joy.Through rhythm and movement we will play, relax, open our “I am presence” and surrender to our natural flow and divine guidance and pulse. Come rejoice and celebrate in community, as our heart beat vibrates and move us into more joy and power
Brazilian native Guiomar Campbell is a percussionist and singer. She leads the Toronto-based group, Parabolica, built on a foundation of Afro-Brazilian folk rhythms, bossa nova, samba and jazz. Guiomar is the creator of Biosync-rhythm movement, a technique that synchronizes body’s natural rhythms through creative dance, drumming and yoga. She is also a shiatsu therapist and acupuncturist, and runs her practice Lotus Arts and Wellness at Lifecycles Wellness Clinic in Yorkville
For more info contact Guiomar at guiomar@lotusshiatsutherapy.com 647-428-7200 www.lotusshiatsutherapy.com
TO REGISTER: http://www.danceourwayhome.com/offerings/sundays-with-the-muse/brazilian-dance
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