InterPlay: A Creative Practice for Our Times

Deventer, Netherlands, Netherlands
May 26 Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm & May 27 Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm
InterPlay Master Teachers Ginny Going and Tom Henderson from the US will teach two workshops in Deventer, Netherlands, on May 26 & 27, 2012.
InterPlay is an easy-to-learn set of ideas and practices based in movement, voice, story and stillness. It is presented in an easily accessible way, step-by-step. Participants from all over the world are people who are looking for more joy and ease in life. The simple playful yet profound ideas and practices of InterPlay create bridges across the deepest chasms of gender, ethnicity, age and culture. In these times of rapid global change, InterPlay helps people to overcome stress and have more ease in their lives. It is a practice that any body can do as there is no ‘wrong way’ to do it! It requires no previous experience of any kind and respects limitations while celebrating the possibilities of everyone.
Both workshops will be taught in English but almost all of the practices can also be done in your own language. Each day workshop will cover different material. Come to either or both.
MAY 26 SATURDAY, 10 am to 5 pm • Introducing InterPlay: A Creative Practice For Our Times
This workshop will introduce you to the basics of InterPlay with gentle, guided activities, sharing and lots of relaxation and laughter. In InterPlay we create in the moment through life experiences. You may be surprised by what comes through you in a 30-second story, a three-breath song or a one-hand dance. InterPlay is devoted to fun, ease and affirmation. And it reconnects us with the wisdom of our bodies. We gain insights from the simplest of activities – learning through playing. Come join the play!
MAY 27 SUNDAY, 10 am to 5 pm • Introducing InterPlay: Ease Into Connection and Community
This introductory workshop will offer a variety of InterPlay ideas and practices with an emphasis on how they build and foster community. InterPlay is a proven means of creating communities of diversity and acceptance. It is taught and used world-wide as a creative process for personal and community transformation. It can be applied in relationships, in group projects and in many areas of life: listening in new ways, speaking with greater ease, learning to find the fun, play and possibilities for connection in everyday situations.
Cost: € 50,- for 1 day: € 80,- for 2 days
Registration/Information: Please register in advance by contacting jodybard@gmail.com
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!