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BIPOC Life Practice Program 2027

This program is for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color
Lois Toni McClendon and Carolyn Renée

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Spring 2027-Fall 2027 or Winter 2028

Experience directly the value of creativity, playful physicality, and open and accepting connections. Claim your right to play in life-changing and deep ways.

Cultivate inner authority and going the speed of the body in the lively, creative, nourishing balm of a Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Community devoted to unlocking the wisdom of our bodies.

Each session you will get an embodied experience of the InterPlay Forms & Tools. You'll unlock energy and insights through movement, word, voice, and interconnection at many levels. The facilitators have extensive experience leading on zoom. They will create an embodied spacious environment.

The Elements of the BIPOC Life Practice Program

• Retreats
Bask in the lively, creative, nourishing balm of a Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Community devoted to unlocking the wisdom of our bodies.

• 4 SATURDAYS: 1-3:30 pm ET (Dates TBD) for play and practice, building community, focus sessions, and art expressions.

• Receive three focus sessions during which you receive personal support from the program leaders to learn how to access your body wisdom, learn a new tool/skill, and apply it to whatever situation you desire.

• A Body-Spirit Celebration during the final retreat to play with the InterPlay forms and share them with each other in a celebratory and honoring way.

• Apply InterPlay insights to your own life through reading, writing and art expression.

• Online Self-Study and other tools of the InterPlay system that will give you a more in-depth understanding of how InterPlay works.

Potential Schedule

4 SATURDAYS: Dates TBD
1-3:30 pm ET (6-9:30 pm UK, 7-10:30 pm Malawi)
Dates TBD

CLOSING RETREAT: Dates TBD
Friday: 7:00-10 pm ET (12-3 am UK—1-4 am Malawi)
Saturday: noon-5:00 pm ET (5:00-10 pm UK—6:00-11 pm Malawi)
OPTIONAL Saturday events: 5-10:00 pm ET dinner and possible focus sessions and performance
Sunday: 1:00-6 pm ET (6-11pm UK, 7-12pm Malawi)

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The Secrets of InterPlay multi-day event is part of the Life Practice Program. You can attend any Secrets of InterPlay weekend at any time, before or after the Life Practice weekends, to complete the program. Attending a Secrets of InterPlay is an important element if you wish to go on to the InterPlay Leader Training Program.

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Leaders
Lois Toni McClendon
Lois "Toni" McClendon (she/her) is a Storyteller in the African American Oral Tradition, as well as a peace & social justice activist. Toni serves on the Board of Body Wisdom as Secretary. She is a Life Practice Program Leader and a Certified InterPlay leader from Pittsburgh PA USA. Always walking the Beauty Way, Toni believes in building Bridges to Unterstanding between people of all ages from around the world. She is totally committed to Racial Equity and Transformation and strives to emodying the principles and practices of InterPlay in her life's work.Toni is also a member of ABAFASI, a women's West African-style drumming and performance group.
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Carolyn Renée
Carolyn Renée Morris (“Renée”) is a Naturopathic Wellness Practitioner, Certified InterPlay Leader, and Teaching Artist whose work lives at the intersection of healing and the creative arts. She brings people together through art-infused, integrative wellness practices that foster connection, resilience, and collective well-being. Rooted in her leadership within national nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, Renée’s work spans creative expression, fundraising and development, and expanding access to the arts for diverse communities. Her approach weaves together movement, story, voice, and energy-based practices—creating spaces where individuals and communities can reconnect with their innate wisdom and each other.
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