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Erica Miles | Somatic & Spiritual Integration

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Moving wisdom into the nervous system
Former Fortune 100 Marketer
Somatic Regulation -Pattern Transformation -Community
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Every year, I spend thousands of dollars, put myself through an absurd amount of logistical gymnastics, and voluntarily move into one of the most formidable environments on earth.

And every year, I come home knowing exactly why I did it.

There is nowhere else I’ve found that gives me what this place does. Every Burn leaves me with lessons, experiences, ideas, friendships, and moments I genuinely don’t think I could find anywhere else.

No matter how many times I come back, I’m somehow completely amazed all over again. The scale of the creativity. The generosity. The absurdity. The beauty. The things human beings are capable of building, creating, giving, and becoming when we decide the normal rules don’t have to apply.

I feed off the inspiration I get here for the entire year that follows. It resets something in me. It reminds me to think bigger, go deeper, create more boldly, love more freely, and question the limits I’ve quietly accepted in my day-to-day life.

This year I had the honor of leading the incredible team behind @blackrockcityshabbat and helping bring thousands of people together in deep playa for another Friday night of music, prayer, food, dancing, connection, and community. There is so much I want to say about that experience and about the people who made it possible that it deserves its own post- so I’ll be sharing that soon.

Trying to summarize a Burn always feels impossible. There are too many stories, too many tiny moments, too many people who changed the experience simply by crossing my path at exactly the right time.

So for now, thank you.

Thank you to every person I danced with, laughed with, worked with, learned from, shared a meal with, or was lucky enough to connect with somewhere out there.

I came home exhausted, inspired, grateful, and already missing a city that no longer exists.

Only 357 days until the Man burns again!! ❤️‍🔥

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@burningman / #wateringwoman was extraordinary this year ❤️‍🔥

intensity on full tilt

magic and possibility at an even greater degree

Final completion of relentless loops
Initiation of new beginnings

unbelievable feats of artistry.

like everything, it’s very easy to try to encapsulate this experience into one notion —- but The Desert will always resist its own colonization.

it is a bed of water ~ it will always hold everything, everywhere, all at once.

grateful for all my people who held me this year as i made my offerings @benji_urbaez @campbisous @dannykaufmanofficial @samuelllsutcliffe @nikki_ortiz @francoisenvoranger @andreasone @nicoalcala @lyric_experiences @herasolene @dalisolene @jewleah @fatima_noir @theartrising @earthtones_music @oveous @sofiastarborn @angelenapearlcole @ehrenjhanson @camilacelin @sunbow_radio @matthewburgess @ceciliany @randallmays616

🌑 this Saturday we’re in LA for one final transcendent decompression @primalmovesvenice x @viewcyrecords x @collective.bae — bring every intention you set that still needs vibrating 🤲🏾

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Most special shabbat candle lighting on the playa

#shabbat #jew #jewish #candle #burningman

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We all congregated for Shabbat and then right before they surprised us with a fully Jewish wedding…chuppah and all!

Shout out to @blackrockcityshabbat for organizing this!

#jewish #jew #burningman #burningman2026

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This was the one event I went into Burning Man knowing I had to go to

Everything else I left to chance

And I almost missed it if it wasn’t for running into @spivak at a Hebrew וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ art piece when he told me he was on his way to Shabbat

Then they surprised us with a wedding and chuppah

If you ever go to Burning Man don’t miss out on Shabbat on the Playa

#jewish #jew #shabbat #burningman #playa

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Next Friday night, BRC Shabbat returns to Deep Playa for our 18th year. ❤️‍🔥

Join us at @thegothicfolly for live music, choir, ceremony, and a night of dancing with the @edenartcar, David Block, Saar Harari & Captain Hook Gaga Experience.

🗓 Friday, September 4
📍 Gothic Folly · 11:30 Deep Playa
🕡 Starting at 6:30 PM

People of all faiths (and no faith) welcome!

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In a city built on doing, creating, exploring and experiencing… what happens when we pause?

Shabbat gives us a moment to be present. To connect. To notice what’s opening up within us and what we want to carry forward.

And then, we celebrate. ✨

Come experience The Pause Within the Burn with us.

📍 The Gothic Folly, Deep Playa
🗓 Friday, September 4
🕡 6:30 PM gathering · 7:30 PM ceremony
✨ Night Shuk + celebration to follow

Come as you are. Leave a little more connected❤️

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Meet new people. Connect deeper than you expected - no matter what you believe or where you’re coming from. You belong here 💛

No background. No experience. No particular belief required.

Come sing, dance, celebrate, and share a meal with us at Black Rock City Shabbat.

Everyone is welcome, exactly as you are.

📍 The Gothic Folly — Deep Playa
🗓 Friday, September 4
🕡 Ceremony begins 6:30 PM
✨ Night Shuk + shared meal + after party 8–10 PM

Send this to someone you want to celebrate Shabbat with ❤️

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18 years on playa — and we’re almost back. ❤️‍🔥

On Friday, September 4, thousands of us will come together in Deep Playa for Black Rock City Shabbat: live music, ecstatic prayer, singing, dancing, challah, wine, a shared meal, and the Night Shuk carrying us into the night.

Whether this has been part of your burn for years or you’ve never experienced Shabbat before, we’d love to have you there.

📍 @thegothicfolly · Deep Playa
🕡 Ceremony begins at 6:30 PM

Save this. Share it with your camp. Send it to the friends you want beside you on Friday night.

People of all faiths (and no faith) welcome!

See you in Deep Playa. ✨

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What is it about Black Rock City Shabbat that brings thousands of people back year after year?

We could try to explain it…

But we’d rather let the people who’ve experienced it tell the story.

Swipe through to hear a few of their words. 💛

If you’ve ever been to Black Rock City Shabbat, we’d love to hear from you too.

Finish one of these sentences in the comments:

✨ I came expecting…

✨ I left feeling…

✨ I’ll never forget…

Your story might be the reason someone discovers this gathering for the first time 🌅

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Join us on May 9 for a FREE Mental Health Month community event! 🫶 You’ll be guided through a somatic emotional reset w/@ericajuliee + grounding sound bath w/@xariofficial 🎶🫧 Come as you are and leave lighter, centered, and restored. 🧘🧘‍♀️ Powered by @wisdomaniafoundation 💚 Ticket link in bio!

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It’s the deep conversations and soul connections that makes shabbat so sexy.

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