Secrets of Leading InterPlay

Master teachers Ginny Going & Tom Henderson come to Pittsburgh

Ginny Going and Sheila K Collins,PhD

Pittsburgh, PA

Friday Jan 13 2012, 7 - 10 pm Sat. Jan. 14, 9:30 am - 9:30 pm, Sun. Jan. 15, 9:00 am -1 pm

The Secrets of Leading InterPlay is a multi-day workshop that provides an overview of the InterPlay® system and how it works. It covers the underlying structure and philosophy of InterPlay. How are the forms structured? How do they work together? What is the ultimate outcome or effect of using InterPlay forms? How do you figure out which forms to do at what time? What is the nature of the relationship between leader and participant? How do you deal with people you find challenging? The workshop includes presentation, interaction, and play. The Secrets of Leading InterPlay is a core component of the InterPlay Leader Training Program that leads to certification as an InterPlay leader. It is open to those who have completed or are in the process of completing the InterPlay Life Practice Program and have enrolled in or are considering enrolling in the InterPlay Leader Training Program. For complete information on the Leader Training Program, go to www.interplay.org.

Cost: $350

Registration/Information: Sheila Collins 817/706-4967 sheilacollins@yahoo.com

Venue

First United Methodist Church Pittsburgh PA

5401 Center St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

on corner of Aiken, Baum and Center in Shadyside area of Pittsburgh Best door to enter is on Aiken side - press buzzer if locked - parking on church grounds or on street

Leaders

Ginny Going

As a recovering serious person, I consider InterPlay my 12-step program and my life practice for having more ease and grace. I've been InterPlaying for 27 years and have watched the blooming and spread of InterPlay all over the world with gratefulness and delight.

For the past 13 years I've been immersed in the development and growth of the Leader Training Program and currently serve as the program coordinator. I love offering people the "big body" tools of InterPlay for telling their stories, especially people on the margins of our communities. I am also passionate about embodied spirituality, engaging people in prayer and worship forms that include and honor the body. It has been an amazing experience to participate in and teach InterPlay in many places around the world.

Currently the Leader Training Program is being reshaped to integrate Racial Equity and Transformation into all aspects of InterPlay leader training. This is truly an exciting and exhilerating time to be part of the world-wide community of InterPlay!

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Sheila K Collins,PhD

Sheila K. Collins is the director of InterPlay Pittsburgh and the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an InterPlay-based performance troupe she founded in 2006 to assist human service agencies and art organizations in accomplishing their noble purposes. A former professional dancer, Sheila has described herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years, throughout her careers as a therapist, social work professor, and writer.

She is the author of Stillpoint: A Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, which since its second edition, co-authored by Christine Gautreaux, has become a popular weekly online class, and Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal.

She’s been known to travel the country enlisting InterPlayers to help her Perform her Books, demonstrating how InterPlay tools help us get through life’s ordinary and extraordinary, “tough challenges”

Her latest book, The Art of Grieving: How Art and Artmaking Help Us Grieve, and Live Our Best Lives explores how the arts of storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts help mourners navigate episodes of grief, process loss, and extract meaning and wisdom for their future lives.

sheilakcollins@gmail.com 817 706-4967 120 Chapel Harbor Dr Pittsburgh Pa 15238

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