a powerful time of wisdom and play!
Secrets of InterPlay One-California
Cynthia Winton-Henry and
Phil Porter
Geyserville, CA
4-day retreat Wednesday dinner-Sunday lunch · August 10-14, 2005
This four-day workshop covers the techniques and body wisdom principles of InterPlay. Learn to lead your life in a more embodied, playful way. Reclaim voice, movement, stillness, and stories as primary ways of knowing. Ground yourself in a community-based ethic of play to replace stress with health, creativity, joy, and purpose. Learn from InterPlay co-founders Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry about specific ways to deepen the practice of honoring body wisdom in you and your community. Secrets One is part of the core curriculum for those enrolled in Level One of the InterPlay Leadership Program (»Leading Your Own Life«). This workshop is also open to anyone desiring an in-depth introduction to InterPlay. Complete information about the InterPlay Leadership Program at interplay.org.
Cost: $325 room and board for those enrolled in the Leadership Program. $675 for those not enrolled.
Registration/Information: 510/465-2797
Venue
Isis Oasis
Geyserville, CA
Isis Oasis is a beautiful retreat center about 2 hours north of San Francisco in the wine country of the Sonoma Valley. The accommodations are comfortable, the food is delicious, and there is a pool and hot tub heated year-round. InterPlay sessions take place on the beautiful wood floor in the theater.
Leaders
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Cynthia Winton-Henry, co-founder of InterPlay with Phil Porter, has researched "what the body wants" in the arts, in jails, shelters, slums, hospitals, churches, businesses, classrooms, doctoral programs in theology and the arts, and in multicultural education. She develops somatic curriculums to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and spiritual intelligence with an eye to supporting millennials. A featured speaker on the Body Intelligence Summit and a keynoter at conferences, Cynthia is the author of What the Body Wants, Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last; 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: A Playbook on How to Create From Body and Soul.. Check out her writing, The Dancing Center, on Substack, her Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking spiritual intelligence for our time at cynthiawinton-henry.com.
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.