Learn from the Founders of InterPlay!
SIDE-BY-SIDE SECRETS OF INTERPLAY ONE & TWO
Cynthia Winton-Henry,
Phil Porter, and
Diane Saliba Ault
Nashville, TN
4 days Oct 11–15, Thursday evening through Monday lunch
Secrets One Option: This four-day workshop covers the techniques and body wisdom principles of InterPlay. Learn from InterPlay Co-Founders Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter about specific ways to deepen the practice of honoring body wisdom in you and your community. Secrets of InterPlay Level One is part of the core curriculum for those enrolled in Level One of the InterPlay Leadership Program.This workshop is also open to anyone desiring an in-depth introduction to InterPlay.
Secrets Two Option: Learn skills to effectively lead InterPlay in a variety of settings. What are the most important "forms" and how do we go about teaching them? Which forms work best in which situations? What are the bigger lessons being taught and learned? How do we want to relate to the people we are leading? The "focus session" form is also covered in this event. Secrets Two is a key element of Level Two of the Leadership Program. Those who have graduated from or are currently enrolled in Level One of the Leadership Program are eligible to take Secrets Two.
Both groups will play together in the morning and some evenings and then break out into two groups.
Secrets Two Option: Learn skills to effectively lead InterPlay in a variety of settings. What are the most important "forms" and how do we go about teaching them? Which forms work best in which situations? What are the bigger lessons being taught and learned? How do we want to relate to the people we are leading? The "focus session" form is also covered in this event. Secrets Two is a key element of Level Two of the Leadership Program. Those who have graduated from or are currently enrolled in Level One of the Leadership Program are eligible to take Secrets Two.
Both groups will play together in the morning and some evenings and then break out into two groups.
Cost: $355 regular / $295 early registration by Sept 14
meals on your own
homestays available
Registration/Information: To register send $100 deposit to Body Wisdom, Inc
2273 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
or call 510/465-2797 for MC/VISA/AMEX
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.
Diane Saliba Ault
Diane is a longtime community organizer, activist and artist who wears lots of hats! Her roles are many but her vision is one: wholeness for all.
She has served on the boards & staff of many church and community non-profit organizations, locally, regionally and nationally and has a passion for community-building across lines of race, class and culture.
She loves the simplicity and elegance of the InterPlay forms and shares them with other adventurous souls in Nashville and other parts of TN! She has organized over 350 InterPlay gatherings in the last 6 years and is building a strong mutual support network of community artists. She is in the fifthyear of teaching the InterPlay Leadership Program.
She has recently become the grandmother of twin boys and then another baby girl and enjoys the multicultural nature of her family. Her Moroccan son-in-law and daughter Sara live next door and between them they speak 5 languages.
She is interested in supporting the development of InterPlay in more areas, especially in the South. She is available for travel and exchange (body barters!) with other InterPlayers in other communities.
Cell phone is 615-594-4410