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Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Second Saturday with Wakoh Shannon Hickey

One of the most nourishing ways to spend an afternoon!
Wakoh Shannon Hickey, BCC

Oakland, CA

Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Please join us for an afternoon of fun and community celebrating the spirit of National Coming Out Day. Everyone welcome! Wakoh Shannon Hickey will facilitate creation and connection through movement, story, and sound for this InterPlay session.


This class is part of the Oakland InterPlay second Saturday Leader Showcase series. Come join us for two and a half hours of facilitated connection, expression, and play on the second Saturday of the month. Come to as many or as few as you like. Each month a different Bay Area leader will guide the group, using the forms of InterPlay and the wisdom of the body to facilitate connection to others and ourselves in the grounded, playful ways that InterPlay makes easy. These workshops are great for any level of InterPlay experience, whether you are new to InterPlay or have been to the studio many times.


COVID & Health Protocol: If you’ve been sick or been around someone who’s been sick in the last five days, please stay home. Masks are welcome, but not required. We have high ceilings and run an air purifier.


Transportation and parking: Our lovely studio is in urban Oakland. If driving, we recommend parking on major streets like Grand Avenue and Telegraph Avenue (and not 23rd) and not leaving things in your vehicle. If you pay for parking with the Park Mobile app it will be easy to add more to the meter virtually. We are also close to BART, several bus lines, and protected bike paths. There is good bike parking on Telegraph, and you're also welcome to bring your bike inside the studio.


Are you a certified InterPlay leader or someone working on your certification who would like to lead as part of this series? Please reach out to Amos Lans or John Diller via the links or phone numbers in the InterPlay Leaders section of the website. We welcome local and visiting leaders.


Sliding Scale Payment Options
Note for Office

Cost: $35 (sliding scale $20-$60, no one turned away for lack of funds)

Registration/Information: Pay online to register or just show up. Use teacher links below for questions or call 510-465-2797 (Mon-Fri)

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
Wakoh Shannon Hickey, BCC
Rev. Wakoh Shannon Hickey, PhD, BCC, is a board-certified professional chaplain, educator, scholar, and interfaith activist in the Napa Valley of California. Wakoh, the Japanese religious name she received when she was ordained as a priest of Soto Zen Buddhism in 2003, rhymes with "taco." It means something like "harmony and happiness." Wakoh has practiced Buddhism since 1983 and is currently seeking dual affiliation as a Unitarian Universalist minister. Her first career was as a journalist covering politics, business, and law in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her second was/is as a professor of Religious Studies. Her third is as a chaplain, in both university and medical settings. She has worked full-time in hospice care since 2018. She is also the author of a ground-breaking history of mind-body healing; a kayaker; a servant to two cats; and -- when she's got a good breeze and a clear field -- a pilot of stunt kites. Wakoh started InterPlaying in 2003 to balance the structure and rigors of Zen monastic practice and of academic life. She became a Certified Interplay Leader in 2014. She seeks ways to incorporate contemplative practices and InterPlay into both teaching and chaplaincy, to help people connect with themselves and one another, explore their creativity, and tap into self-acceptance, confidence, and joy!
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