The art and craft of mentoring and encouraging

“Secrets 3”

an event for members of the InterPlay Leaders Circle

Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry

Oakland, CA

April 4-7, 2013 • Thursday 7 pm to Sunday 4 pm

For the first time we offer more Secrets to experienced leaders of InterPlay! Join InterPlay co-founders Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter for a weekend exploring some of the tools and skills that can enhance the leading of InterPlay. This event is open to members of the InterPlay Leaders Circle.

We call this “Secrets 3” building on “The Secrets of InterPlay” which is part of the Life Practice Program and “The Secrets of Leading InterPlay” which is part of the Leader Training Program.

We will focus in particular on interpersonal ability—how do we do the best job of encouraging the wonderful individuals we get to play with in our classes and events? We will cover several topics including (but not limited to!):

• the subtleties of mentoring and encouraging individuals
• sensitivity to the group body
• exploring cultural difference and cultural humility
• the role of mystery and spirit
• careful listening and discernment
• when to push and when to hold back in your leadership
• what we long for in an ongoing community
• attracting people to InterPlay
• supporting other leaders

This weekend will also be a powerful opportunity to gather with InterPlay peers, to share insights, questions and concerns. You will get to help shape the agenda! There will be plenty of time for your specific questions and for conversation in pairs, small groups and in the whole group. And we will play and create and laugh and goof around!

This event will take place at InterPlayce and we will provide information about local housing that you can arrange for yourself.

A special treat of this time is that you will get to experience “First Friday” on April 5. The street outside Telegraph and in several blocks in each direction becomes a giant street festival with vendors, musicians, artists and a “happening” crowd.

Our meeting schedule will be:

Thursday • 7–9 pm
Friday • 9– 12 pm (including taking part in Cynthia’s ongoing Friday morning class); 1:30-4 pm; “First Friday” in the evening (optional)
Saturday 9:30–noon; 1:30–4 pm; optional Saturday something (dinner? Playing? Time off?)
Sunday 9:30–noon; 1:30–4 pm

Cost: $395

Registration/Information: Call the InterPlay office at 510/465-2797

Venue

InterPlayce

2273 Telegraph Avenue (at 23rd St.)

Oakland, CA 94612

www.interplay.org

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

Phil Porter

Phil is one of the founders of InterPlay. He is a teacher, performer, writer, and organizer. With Cynthia Winton-Henry he is the co-founder of WING IT! Performance Ensemble, and has written several books, some in collaboration with Cynthia, including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil is particularly interested in the use of InterPlay in organizational life, and believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity and peace.

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Cynthia Winton-Henry

Cynthia Winton-Henry, M.Div., co-founded InterPlay and Body Wisdom, Inc., with Phil Porter. Her interest in supporting body and soul led her to curate the Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking the spiritual intelligence needed for our time at cynthiawinton-henry.com.. As an artist, auhtor and mentor, she can be found on Substack at The Dancing Center where her research into "what the body wants" in community arts, shelters, churches, businesses, classrooms, and everyday life led her to create the somatic curricula she needs to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and the Arts of Ensoulment. Featured on the Body Intelligence Summit, Spiritual Directors International, and as a credential facilitator for the Sacred Dance, her publications include What the Body Wants; 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: How to Create From Body and Soul..

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