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Performing The Book: “Warrior Mother”

Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, Rituals that Heal
Sheila K Collins,PhD

Oakland, CA

Sunday, November 10, 2013 • 3–5 pm

Just back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and performance events in Atlanta and Pittsburgh, author and improvisational artist Sheila K. Collins, will read and perform themes suggested by her book, Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and Rituals that Heal. She will be assisted by members of the Bay Area InterPlay community.

Sheila has developed InterPlay communities in both Texas and Pennsylvania and currently serves as President of the Board of Body Wisdom, Inc., the non-profit that supports all things InterPlay.

Refreshments served. Books available for purchase. RSVP 817 706-4967

Cost: FREE

Registration/Information: RSVP 817/706/4967

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
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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