This 21 card deck and 42 page booklet is based on the principles and practices of InterPlay. It is a great tool for personal practice, group practice, focus session work as well as introducing new people to InterPlay.

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As simple as one handing dancing, as breath taking, as saying yes to the dancing universe, the tools and gifts of InterPlay's simple accessible approach are shared by this master teacher.

“If you’re thinking ‘But I’m not a dancer’ or ‘I feel awkward,’ I hope to reassure you. You don’t need a special talent to move. You don’t need to be ‘graceful’ or especially coordinated. You don’t need a body that’s ‘in shape.’ Dancing helps us embrace all this humanity. Dancing connects us to the holy of life.” ?from the Introduction.

Seize the joy and healing power of dance. Drawing from her years of experience as a dance and movement teacher and as co-founder of InterPlay, a global social movement, Cynthia Winton-Henry helps you discover in your own movement a place of solace and restoration, as well as an energizing spiritual force. She taps into the spirit of dancing throughout history and in many world cultures to provide detailed exercises that will help you learn to trust your body and interpret its physical and spiritual intentions. For both newcomers and seasoned movers alike she encourages you to embrace dance as a spiritual tool.

Having It All includes new ideas for those who want more in their lives: more grace, more community, more ease, more integration. Can we break out of categories that inhibit integregation? Can we heal the conflicts and splits in our lives and call forth the wisdom of our bodies? The answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’

CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT: Electronic pdf version available!

A wonderful gathering up of InterPlay storytelling technique and wisdom written by long-time InterPlayer and accomplished improvisational storyteller Randy Newswanger.

You will find ideas about storytelling for community building as well as for performance, a full list of storytelling forms, ideas about how the InterPlay Tools fit right in, and some sample classes.

This comes in a pdf format that will be emailed to you.

Move: What the Body Wants introduces readers step by step into InterPlay, a practice for creative and spiritual development that reintegrates the body into all aspects of life. Includes moving stories of many InterPlayers, describes practices that anyone can do, and includes online access to the full-length CD Like Breathing.

Stillpoint, in its second edition, is a comprehensive guide offering caregivers permission to become attuned to their own needs while caring for others. The artistic approach of these two dancing social workers encourages and provides the reader with numerous ways to pay attention to the somatic self – the body as perceived from the inside. The stories, whimsical songs, poems, quizzes, meditations, and affirmations can aid professional and family caregivers alike in unlearning self-defeating habits and changing mindsets to include themselves in their wholehearted caring. Tools for self-healing are also offered along with resources and sample rituals to transform both careers and caregivers.

This is a little book. It is about being in a body. This little book is both subjective and true and at times emotional. That's why at times, Phil is forced TO WRITE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

the color of their skin
Black, white, red, yellow, brown. Who ever thought up that system?
Obviously not a gay man.
Here is the new system for dividing people according to skin color:
mocha, butternut, beige, cinnamon, midnight, ecru, ebony, cream, taupe, coffee, rose, parchment, melon, ochre, seashell, terra cotta, olive, ginger, taro, beechwood, tan, bone, sandstone, caramel, golden, peach, cloud, oak, burnt umber.
OK-everybody get organized! Into your groups!

How can we increase our sense of inner authority and choice? Why is it dangerous to split body, mind and spirit? What is the physicality of grace? These and many other questions are answered in this clear, concise articulation of the InterPlay philosophy and practice.

Marshall Davis combines instumental electronic keyboard music with percussive rhythms that blends world beats, mystical melodies, and a little techno. Great for movement!

Soyinka Rahim, Grassroots Spiritual Practictioner and InterPlay leader, sings her powerful chants and songs backed up by the ensemble Percolations. Soulful, insightful and inspiring. Her tunes and words—both powerful messages—will sink deep inside you.

Eric Chappelle weaves together layers and layers of sounds that he creates on his violin, creating wonderful soundscapes for movement. Many of these pieces were created in direct collaboration with choreographers.

Dream Time is a new concept in sonic nourishment. Lush passages of real strings carefully recorded to retain all the richness of their high frequency overtones. The underlying tempo is in the same range as a slow heartbeat, producing a rhythmic entrainment that is profoundly relaxing. Long pieces great for extending InterPlay activities!

Flow was developed for use in all sorts of movement modalities, stretching exercises, yoga, and InterPlay. It also works well as a joyful, ambient soundtrack for daily activities. Each track is just over three minutes in length, which allows you to focus on your movement without the need to keep time.

A collection of songs that combine Progressive New Age, Light Jazz and Contemporary Pop influences. The end result—13 unique original piano compositions, provocative to the ear, yet reflective and nurturing to the soul.

This powerful CD features chants and songs by Australian recording artist Trisha Watts, inspired by her involvement in the InterPlay India Peace Exchange in 2009. She and several other InterPlayers from Australia and the US shared InterPlay in several locations in India and in turn were inspired by the people, their culture and their art. This CD is a community project intended to create awareness and raise funds for future work in India.fundraising initiative.

Artists: Trisha Watts, Tony Hole, and Colin Morgan Campbell.

Soothing, atmospheric and often spiritual in theme—and there's also more to Thomas' compositions. Instrumentals are flavored with jazz piano; some tracks feature worldbeat sounds and Thomas' vocal numbers are deeply personal and transparent.

Garth draws from his New Zealand heritage to create these lush soundscapes combined with a world beat sound. Garth is a member of the Nashville InterPlay community.

This compilation of improvised instrumental and vocal music and other poetic and musical compositions was created by a large group of InterPlay artists including Trisha Watts, Curran Reichert, Amar Khalsa and many members of WING IT! Performance Ensemble. Sales from this CD benefit InterPlayce, the new center for InterPlay in Oakland, California.

Primal is composed of polyrhythmic layers, each layer an invitation to inspiring movement and unwinding. Rhythmic and relaxing at the same time, the songs provide powerful support for a wide variety of movement.

A marvelous collection of jazz, poetry and spirit by this talented improvisational trio. Steve is a member of the Minneapolis InterPlay community.

The unlikely mix of dance and liberal protestant ministry produces a fresh, amusing, and honest take of one woman's unusual call to refute the religious and culture split between body and soul. Cynthia shares stories including »Elvis, Mom, Dad, God, & the Swan« accompanied by the music of Amar Khalsa.

If the Blue Ridge parkway were movie, this would be the soundtrack. Gentle, jazzy piano melodies woven with flute, percussion, and voice. The music takes inspiration from the scenic vistas in much the same way George Winston has found inspiration from the different times of the year.

Garth Whitcombe draws on the healing threads from Celtic mythology and Baroque tuning to create four 15-minute tracks that are evocative and powerful. The compositions are richly multilayered. Great for extending InterPlay movement forms.

McKay provides a whole set of solo piano pieces with heart and soul. Perfect for all sorts of InterPlay forms.

Beth Sarver, InterPlay Leader and Resilience Coordinator at the Academy for Integrated Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, is using the body wisdom practices and forms of InterPlay to deal with the behavioral challenges of children affected by trauma. She is building a recipe for a trauma sensitive Resilient School Culture that reduces the use of seclusion and restraints in behavioral interventions and that minimizes traumatic reenactments between members of school communities.

Find out how Beth integrates InterPlay forms like babbling, leading and following, shape and stillness and toning in behavioral interventions and body data/knowledge/wisdom in processing with kids after a difficult incident.

This information will be personally and professionally relevant to anyone who works with kids; especially those with frequent difficulties. Participants will receive a Power Point Presentation, handouts and resources.

InterPlay co-founder Phil Porter presents Money Wisdom, a body-wise approach to understanding our relationship to all things financial.

Money is usually a taboo subject. Because of that, our personal money practices can be shrouded in mystery, laced with denial and include ineffective or even harmful practice.

What would happen if we applied some of the ideas and practices that InterPlay has to offer to our money-lives? What if we bring our money information more into the open? Phil shares some concrete money-related ideas and practices to consider, based on his own experience and from teaching many classes on Money Wisdom over the years.

Along with a link to a video recording of the presentation, you will receive a copy of Phil’s articles The Economics of Grace and Big Body Deals: Money.

Prashant Olalekar, the founder of InterPlay India, in interviewed by InterPlay co-founder Cynthia Winton-Henry about his creative integration of play, meditation and education. His intention is that the wisdom of the body and the wisdom of the universe can flourish.

In the Honours courses “Awaken to Cosmic Compassion” and “Joy of Self Discovery.” for example, he has introduced playful meditation. He also has 2-hour sessions of Universal Meditation in which he integrates InterPlay and other spiritual practices of east and west.

Prashant is the head of the Department for Interreligious Studies at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, India. He is also the Adviser for the All-India Catholic University Federation (AICUF), Xavier's Unit. He has shared InterPlay in many different settings with a wide variety of participants.

Prashant was introduced to InterPlay while he was a graduate student in Berkeley, CA. He has helped InterPlay spread to a number of locations in India and beyond.

Along with the video link you will also receive printed resources that Prashant has created.

Dr. Mark Seton has done sixteen years of research into creativity, complexity and resilience in arts and other professions (law, medicine) where vulnerability is unavoidable in dealing with demanding situations.

Working first with actors taking on demanding roles, Seton developed the concept of Resilient Vulnerability© which can apply to anyone who may need to “let go” or “shake off” a difficult role. InterPlay is integral to this process.

In this presentation, Mark shares the seven elements that foster Resilient Vulnerability: presence, perception, preparation, process, perspective, partnership and play. With these, one can sustain an easeful vulnerability, rather than “armoring up” against challenging activities or interactions.

Dr. Mark Seton has taught in a whole range of academic and organizational settings. He is a certified InterPlay Leader and has served as Chair of the InterPlay Australia, Inc. Board. More about his work on his website Sense Connexion (www.senseconnexion.com).

Along with a link to the video recording of Mark’s presentation, you will receive notes of his key points, a reference list, and articles he has written on the subject.

Over the last few years, more and more research in neurobiology—the way the brain works—has confirmed the basic wisdom of InterPlay. Now, much of this information can be understood through a basic understanding of the differences between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system function.

Kate Amoss, InterPlay Life Practice Leader and therapist has closely followed this research. She synthesizes this information for you and shows how InterPlay’s practices and ideas fit right into the most healthy ways to live.

With this purchase, you will receive a link to a pdf of the handouts from this online session. Also, on the first page of pdf you will find a link to the audio so you can listen to Kate’s full presentation.

Dr. Caroline Kisiel is an Assistant Professor in DePaul University’s School for New Learning where she works with both undergraduate and graduate adult learners returning to school to seek or finish degrees.

She has twenty-three years of experience as an InterPlayer and twenty years of experience teaching adults in higher education. Caroline has used approaches from the InterPlay practice and system in a variety of classroom settings, which she has found relevant for twenty-first century learners, particularly adults returning to school and students in formal degree programs.

This presentation is for educators who work with students in any discipline. Today’s adult and young adult students show up in our classrooms with life and work anxieties, challenging experiences with grading and authority, and often find that academic expectations translate into judgment and issues of self worth and identity. While most students in formal classroom settings have been taught head and brain-centered ways of learning and how to “focus” on information, using the InterPlay practice Caroline teaches a whole body approach to learning, the value of releasing the excess or unneeded through “exformation,” and how “easy focus” learning can be just as valuable as focused learning. By including the wisdom of the body in the classroom it is possible to create ease-filled, successful learning experiences and more collaborative learning communities.

In addition to the video recording, you will receive a list of resources Dr. Kisiel has found useful.