The InterPlay Tools Online
Oakland, CA
Wednesdays • 5-6:30pm pst • Oct 14–Dec 2, 2015. Preparation at 4:45pm pst.
This is an online series that you may access by the internet where ever you are!
Limited to 12 participants.
People are amazed at the way that online technology can create embodied community. With her support and that of InterPlay leaders Sharie Bowman and Nancy Pfaltzgraf, these InterPlay Life Practice Program leaders will lead you through eight InterPlay Tools that unlock body wisdom.
Learn how these practices can be applied for a more playful and powerful life: Easy Focus, Body Data/Body Knowledge/Body Wisdom, Inner Authority, Physicality of Grace, Exformation, Body Wisdom Practices, Incrementality, and Affirmation.
You will also learn the basic InterPlay “forms” that lead us into ease of movement, voice, story, stillness and contact such as One-Hand Dances, Warm-up, Walking/Stopping/Running, One-Breath Songs, Three-Sentence Stories, Hand-to-Hand Contact and more.
The InterPlay Tools Online series is an element of the Long Distance Life Practice Program designed for people who don't have easy access to a local InterPlay Life Practice Program. You don't have to enroll in the whole Life Practice program in order to take part in the online group. If you do enroll, the cost of the online group will be applied to the tuition for the whole program.
Contact the InterPlay office at 510-465-2797 to learn how to participate in the Long Distance Life Practice Program. Besides "The InterPlay Tools Online," this program also includes attending:- “Secrets of InterPlay” retreat: a multiple-day event which you can take at any location where it is offered (check the website for locations)
- Two “Untensive” retreats led by certified leaders anywhere in the world. (Consider producing an event in your area!) You may also do 30 hours of other InterPlay to fulfill this requirement, including events you may have done before enrolling in the Program.
- Three mentoring sessions with an InterPlay leader done in person, on the phone or by Skype to support you as you engage your body wisdom and creativity
- Noticing and sharing body wisdom on a private Facebook page
- Reading about InterPlay using two books written by the InterPlay co-founders: Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and What the Body Wants
You will also receive the Life Practice version the the Core Elements Self-Study, and the Life Practice Program binder which contains a variety of resources about InterPlay.
Download a brochure about the Long Distance InterPlay Life Practice Program.
Cost: $400
Registration/Information: 510-465-2797 info@interplay.org to register or for info about class contact Sharie577@comcast.net
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Sharie Bowman, MA, LMHC is a Mental Health Counselor and also InterPlay's Regional Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest. In 2006, Sharie completed her training as an InterPlay leader and also received her degree in mental health counseling, so InterPlay and counseling have been woven together in her bodyspirit from the start. She finds InterPlay to be foundational in building and maintaining her personal resilience, as well supporting her work with clients. In her private practice she regularly weaves InterPlay’s life-enhancing forms and philosophies with counseling wisdom to help individuals and families thrive.
Prior to 2006, Sharie worked as a high school math teacher and found InterPlay to be the best Teacher Training she ever received. The improvisational skills that she developed immediately brought more play, creativity, and expression to her teaching as well as to classroom management.
Now Sharie finds great joy in bringing her organizational and instructional skills to the InterPlay classroom, and she often leads the foundational InterPlay Life Practice Program and mentors new leaders. She relishes sharing the joy of InterPlay far and wide, and supporting each participant in integrating InterPlay into their own lives!