Penny Mann returns to the Bay Area to help us get to 1/1/11! She joins Gretchen Wegner and Cynthia Winton-Henry for a great day leading up to a New Years Eve bash and a wonderful followup on New Years Day.
Friday: Day for Savoring
2-5 • Savor and tell stories about the year
using vocal variety and the magic of >InterPlay
New Year's Eve
7:30-9:00 • Cynthia leads the annual pine
branch and candle light spiral dance to honor and release the year with
movement, song, and music. Guests and witnesses are welcome. Free time after that to dance, chat and connect as long as you last!
Saturday: Day for Intentions
10-12:30 • InterPlay lets us listen to the wisdom of our bodies and incline our minds toward what is truly
moving in our hearts. We will play with the power of intention, as well as its
trickster side (which balances heavy self-expectations and the pressure to
"improve" ourselves). We'll also explore how small shifts serve as
tugboats to move big things in our lives.
12:30-2 • lunch and naps. Bring your lunch (restaurants may
be closed)
2-4:30 • Enjoy the interconnection of our hopes and desires as we share our own intentions and witness
others'. Through the power of community, we will notice how intending the best
for ourselves can also bring benefit to others.
Venue
InterPlayce
2273 Telegraph Avenue (at 23rd St.)
Oakland, CA 94612
InterPlayce is the center of the InterPlay universe. The offices for Body Wisdom, Inc. are also located here. The building is at the corner of 23rd and Telegraph, one block north of West Grand. It is just a few blocks from the 19th Street Downtown Oakland BART station, and on several convenient bus lines. On-street parking is always available at night and metered during the day. It is also easily accessible by several of the major freeways.
Click here for a map.
Leaders
Penelope Mann
Penelope is a 16 year member of Wing it!, an InterPlay teacher and leader, a "conscious ager" and a peace player. She is a grandmother, a cancer journeyer and a women spirit companion. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, Penelope animates groups, tells stories and holds the space for whatever needs to happen.
Contact her for day long events, women's retreats, sermons and story telling.
Gretchen Wegner
Gretchen Wegner is a teacher, performer, and academic life coach who delights in helping others find expressive freedom. When she first came to InterPlay she was a burned out brainiac with degrees in Intercultural/Post-Colonial Performance Studies and Education (phew!); now she is an impassioned storyteller, dancer and teacher (yay!). Her warm presence and structured classes make the technique of InterPlay fun, accessible and transformative. Gretchen teaches the Tuesday night drop-in class at InterPlayce and performs with Wing-It Ensemble.
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Cynthia Winton-Henry, co-founder of InterPlay with Phil Porter, has researched "what the body wants" in the arts, in jails, shelters, slums, hospitals, churches, businesses, classrooms, doctoral programs in theology and the arts, and in multicultural education. She develops somatic curriculums to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and spiritual intelligence with an eye to supporting millennials. A featured speaker on the Body Intelligence Summit and a keynoter at conferences, Cynthia is the author of
What the Body Wants, Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last; Dance - A Sacred Art: Discovering the Joy of Movement as Spiritual Practice, Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey, and The Art of Ensoulment: A Playbook on How to Create From Body and Soul.. Check out her writing, The Dancing Center, on Substack, her Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking spiritual intelligence for our time at
cynthiawinton-henry.com.
