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Clergy merge body, mind, soul in class
BY YONAT SHIMRON
On January 28, New Observer published this article about Ginny Going's InterPlay class for clergy in Raleigh, NC. "For me, at the core of Christianity is the claim that God is alive in the flesh," said Bissette, pastor of the Congregational Church in Pinehurst. "Practicing embodied spirituality is a way we're most aware of God's presence in us and in our community."
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Let your inner child have a free run
by Joeanna Rebello
Originally published in the India Times, Karmayog re-published this article on InterPlay in Mumbai. “Dance is a medium for peace,’’ Fr. Prashant explains, paying out the corollary that communing with other people somatically helps dissolve isolationism. “We restrict our communication to our intellect, and disparities and conflict can arise from there, but when you interact at the level of the body, you interact as equals.’’
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Dancing Away to Spiritual Glory
written by Cynthia Winton-Henry
On January 24, 2010, the Deccan Chronicle published a brief article by Cynthia Winton-Henry on the importance of movement and dance in spirituality. “What better way to show you’re alive than by dancing.”
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Drumming Up Energy
written by Vishakha Avachat
On January 23, DNA in India published an article about the health benefits of InterPlay. “InterPlay is not a therapy but a practice in which there are no expectations of being healed from anything and yet healing is achieved in the due course of time.”
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Meditation-The Dance of Life
by Life Positive
This article is an interview with Fr. Prashant Olalekar about how he discovered InterPlay in California and then brought InterPlay back home to India and has subsequently developed his own system of movement meditation.
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Interesting Thing of The Day
InterPlay: Getting Adults Back Into Their Bodies
In an online article, Joe Kissell writes "So taking part in InterPlay activities is something like a cross between group therapy and improv comedy. InterPlay teaches participants to become more spontaneous and creative, to better handle stress, change, and uncertainty, and to be more effective collaborators."
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Glum about the darkness? InterPlay can help you lighten up
On Oct 26, 2009, Kalamazoo Living published a story about InterPlay and the work Gay Guard Chamberlin is doing in Michigan.
“InterPlay helps me make peace with things — in my body and in my spirit,” Baas said. “I come away with a feeling of acceptance. It makes me feel like a whole person more than anything else I’ve ever done.”
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Radio Interview with Debra Wier
Debra Wier, founding member of WING IT! and InterPlay leader in Atlanta, GA, talks about body intuition and wisdom on “Stargazing Stories: Sparking Your Creativity”
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Radio Interviews with Cynthia Winton-Henry
Cynthia Winton-Henry, cofounder of InterPlay, has recently been interviewed online about the power and origins of the InterPlay system. Click on the links below to listen to these interviews.
July 23, 2009
Green Visions
August 19, 2009
Creative Every Day
Sept 21, 2009
Art & Soul Radio
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The Power of Play
How K-12 educators can use InterPlay to teach students about mutual respect
The September 2009 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine has a story about the power of InterPlay to help teens "not only to respect each other, but also to see what everybody brings to the environment.".
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Dealing with Rape
by Sanaya Chavda
InterPlay is mentioned in this Bombay article on rape as a way to heal. A lot of therapies like the emotional freedom techniques or even InterPlay (a form of movement therapy) helps the person to see the emotions attached and empowers them to move on in life.
Classes will show how to see the good around you
On Wednesday, March 25, 2009 the Herald in Everett, WA published an article about the benefits of InterPlay along with information about InterPlay leader Mary Alice Long.
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Let Your Inner Child Have A Free Run
InterPlay in India
On Nov 24, 2008, The India Times published an article about InterPlay in India. Read about the author's experience in an InterPlay class, learn more about how InterPlay India leader Prashant was introduced to InterPlay and get a taste of the InterPlay India flavor.
“Dance is a medium for peace,'” Fr. Prashant explains.
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Starting From Scratch
High School Teacher uses InterPlay to Build Dance Program
The January 2008 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine, has a story about Laura Detering, a Florida High School teacher who has used InterPlay to start a dance program that has grown to 150 students in just two and a half years. Laura is a former student of InterPlay leader Diane Rawlinson at Wheeling High School in Illinois.
“Because her classes frequently mix students with no prior dance education with those who have been studio-trained for years, InterPlay is a great way to bridge the gap.”
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Bodies and Souls
InterPlay fuses movement and storytelling to create spiritual discipline
Just out in the September/October 2007 issue of the Utne Reader!
“… the American-grown alternative to yoga provides both a way for adults to play and a serious tool for personal and social change.”
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InterPlay: Unlocking the wisdom of our bodies—in community
An Interview with Phil Porter
In June 2007, Tim Miejan interviewed Phil Porter for Edge Life.
“One of the things we keep seeing happen over and over again in our communities,” Phil Porter said in a recent interview with Edge Life, “is that if you give people some space, and if you provide an open attitude, which we do through a lot of affirmation, then all sorts of things can happen for people and they really discover how much power they do have.”
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Improvising the Change We Need
by Cynthia Winton-Henry
In May 2007, Cynthia Winton-Henry's article “Improvising the Change We Need” was published by In Dance in San Francisco.
Dancers who improvise together are onto something. We muster every bit of social intelligence and multidisciplinary craft to invent new worlds. … As devotees to improvisational practice, we trade in many aspects of our western civilization for something else that many of us feel is saving our lives.
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