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InterPlay Life Practice Program DC 2025 (In Person!)

Unlock the Wisdom of Your Body
Monisha Mittal, Douglass Farnum, and Theresa Cunningham

Washington, DC

7 Saturdays (10am - 5:30pm ET)
January 18-July 12, 2025

Assisted by Theresa Cunningham

The InterPlay Life Practice Program is an active, creative way to change your life and change your world. This seven month program in the DC region will meet one Saturday each month.

Immerse yourself in the system of InterPlay—ideas and practices that can move you from where you are to where you would like to be.

Find freedom through movement, story, sound, and stillness, and discover creative ways to change what you want to change in your life.

You may use this supportive, affirming community to help you shape your life in ways that are best for you. You will get individual attention from program leaders who will help you identify your personal desires and intentions.

Diversity is a great gift in the InterPlay experience. Based on our commitment to Racial Equity and Transformation (read our statement here) and our understanding of other structural and systemic inequalities that exist, Body Wisdom is committed to making our programs accessible for all.

Although some previous experience with InterPlay is encouraged, there are no prerequisites for taking part in the InterPlay Life Practice Program.

Registration is starting! Please complete this form before you register: I'm interested!

The Elements of the Life Practice Program

• A series of 7 Monthly Saturdays 10am - 5:30pm ET (1/18, 2/22, 3/15, 4/19, 5/17, 6/21, 7/12) in 2025 with your Life Practice Program group for play, presentation, discernment, and interaction, where you will have a chance to explore new creative possibilities in a supportive community.

• Receive three focus sessions during which you receive personal support from the program leaders to learn how to access your body wisdom, learn a new tool/skill, and apply it to whatever situation you desire.

• Reading and writing assignments which will help you apply InterPlay insights to your own life.

• A Self-Study of several of the elements of the InterPlay system that will give you a more in-depth understanding of how InterPlay works.

• A Body-Spirit Celebration during the final Saturday to play with the InterPlay forms and share them with each other in a celebratory and honoring way.

COVID Policy: Vaccinations are required. We want you to be tested before you arrive. We will be requiring masking for some of the forms. The room is large and will have two air circulators.

Lodging
For those traveling from out of town, local leaders are happy to coordinate home stays with the DC InterPlay community. Please contact Doug at lightdpf-1@yahoo.com or Monisha at monishamittal99@gmail.com.

Program Cost

The cost of this 40-hour InterPlay Life Practice Program is $1,850. Make a deposit to reserve your spot!


Repeating the Program
Anyone who has previously completed the Life Practice Program is eligible for the repeater rate of $850.

Financial Assistance
Financial support and flexible payment plans are available. For more information, please email office@interplay.org (or call 510-465-2797), or feel free to speak to one of the leaders of this program.

Life Practice Program Attendance
Community building is an integral part of the InterPlay system. To experience the most out of a Secrets of InterPlay weekend or the Life Practice Program, we recommend that you attend all of the sessions. This immersion program into the forms and tools of InterPlay is most effective when the group can stay together over time. If you are considering becoming an InterPlay leader, participation and attendance for the full program, including attending a Secrets of InterPlay weekend, will be necessary to complete the Life Practice Program, which is the first step in becoming a certified InterPlay leader. If you have questions about this please visit: InterPlay Leader Training Program.

Continuing Education Credit
Up to 40 CE credits for various healthcare and allied healthcare professions are available for this program for those practicing throughout the US and for educators only practicing in Illinois. CE pre-registration is required before the start of your event. Email Jane Siarny directly at interplaychicago@sbcglobal.net (not the office) to APPLY for CEUs. There is a charge of $25 per program. CEUs are offered through Continuing Education Institute of Illinois

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Note for Office

Cost: $1,850 / $850 for repeaters

Registration/Information: For Registration questions, email office@interplay.org.

Venue

Seekers Church

276 Carroll St. NW
Washington, DC 20012
Leaders
Monisha Mittal
Monisha Mittal is Certfied Leader (CL) and Life Practice Program Leader (LPL) in the Washington DC region. Since 2018, InterPlay and a regular Dance Chapel practice has been an integral part of her Being and Becoming. She proudly served as a Dance Chaplain for four years since the pandemic which turned her into a poetry addict and spawned her Poetic Revelations writing series (now named: The (tiny) Voice of Big Love). Now a Somatic Coach and Play Architect, she holds sacred space for others to tune into their Body Wisdom in one-on-one sessions, classes, and courses through her Center for Somatic Leadership and Communication. She is grateful to InterPlay for awakening her authenticity, for the exponential connection and laughter its given her, and for supporting her daily recovery as a recovering overachiever.
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Douglass Farnum
Since retiring, play deprived Douglass works hard at doing nothing. He finds that interplay complements his meditation and Non Violent Communication (NVC) practices. Doug co-leads life practice and men's retreat weekends in Washington DC. With more practice he hopes to have fun playing.
Theresa Cunningham
Theresa Cunningham is an award-winning actor, singer, dancer, director, and teaching artist who does math for fun. A Certified Interplay Leader, she believes in the power of play as a tool for exploration, healing, and community.

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