The Healing Power of Play
Nashville, TN
Thurs thru Tues 5 days July 24-29
Tentative schedule:
- July 24- Thurs evening- 6:30-9pm- Workshop- First UU Church, 1808 Woodmont ($25-$35 sliding scale)
- July 25- Fri evening- Pacha Mamas perform at Unity Church Positive Living,Hermitage
- July 26- Sat. afternoon-1 to 5pm- "The Healing Power of Play"- Workshop for Therapists, Ministers, Helping Professionals, with Kenneth Robinson ($75) Location TBA
- July 26- Sat. evening- 6:30-9pm- Performance Workshop- First UU Church ($25-$35 sliding scale)
- July 27- Sun afternoon- 2 to 5:30pm, Rehearsal for evening performance with Outta Da Blue folks- First UU Church, love offering
- July 27- Sun evening- 7 to 9pm, First UU, "Play Unto Others.... Embodying the Golden Rule"- part of One World Community ArtShare with the Pacha Mamas, CathyAnn Beaty, & Masankho! ($15 love offering)
- July 28- Global Church Women's Gathering- 6-9pm- Diane & CathyAnn facilitating opening session
- July 29- BodySpirit Celebration with CathyAnn at the PlayRoom- 6:30-9:00pm- Enjoy an evening of pure out-of-the-box creative expression! $25
July 25-29- Individual SoulPlay sessions (special rate of $40) location TBA (available on Fri daytime, Sat. morning, and Mon and Tues daytime)
And here are the details as they are unfolding...
"The Healing
Power of Play"
w/ CathyAnn Beaty of Minneapolis, MN
A
Workshop for Therapists, Ministers, BodyWorkers, Social Workers, Spiritual
Leaders and "self-described" Helping Professionals
July 26, 1-5pm,
location TBA
The indirect nature of play makes it a powerful transformational agent. Just the notion of playing with an issue, challenge or story shifts the energy of what we are doing from working to heal something, to holding ourselves lightly, as play creates ease and grace. This energetic shift enables our bodies to relax, reshape, and be revitalized.
As we discover ease and grace in one part of who we are, it spreads and can embrace the wounded broken places in our bodyspirits that so need comforting attention. In this way, step by step, play by creative play, what we once experienced as dis~ease, now becomes wisdom for the healing process.
InterPlay is the foundation of my work for the last 24 years which includes ministry, therapy and the arts. InterPlay is about creating art out of life through solo and group play~a creative process for personal and community transformation. It honors our desires to be whole people leading whole lives in connection with each other. Through powerful, practical ideas and a system of practices rooted in storytelling, movement, song and stillness, you gain access to your own "body wisdom"~ what works best for you, what gives you purpose, what makes you fully alive.
Using the InterPlay practices and principles we will explore using play in the helping professions. Join us on Saturday, July 26 from 1~5 pm for this InterPlay opportunity to explore the power of play to heal.
Kenneth Robinson of YogaForTheEmotionalBody.com, who specializing in the creation of healing ritual, and Diane Saliba Ault (MorningStar) of InterPlay Tennessee will be supporting CathyAnn in this process of bringing together our various life experiences into creating a day of play, discovery, healing and expansion. $75 (some sliding scale and barter options available, also, just talk to us)
CathyAnn will also be doing other workshops, a global women's conference, individual sessions and a performance while in Nashville from July 24-30th. Contact diane@interplaytn.org, 615-594-4410, 884-8074 for more information.
CathyAnn Beaty is a dancer, visual artis, certified InterPlay
leader and master teacher. She specializes in using InterPlay with therapists,
clergy and spiritual leaders through her business- SoulPlay. She is an ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ and was a parish pastor for 15
years. CathyAnn is director of SoulPlay Performance Ensemble and has been practicing
and teaching InterPlay for more than 20 years.
"InterPlay has been an intricate part of my life for many years. It
has given me the capacity to play through just about anything, even times
of life changing challenges, loss and now the stunning reality of aging.
As a result of my own practice, and my years of teaching and playing with
others I have come to see the wisdom of using InterPlay with those in
the helping professions. In my Therapist's and Spiritual Leader's Wisdom
of the Body groups InterPlay provides core tools for participant's own personal
and professional growth, as well as forms and philosophy that are pertinent
to their work with clients, parishioners and others.
I am excited to be coming to Nashville to share what I have learned with
the wonderful community that I hear so much about from my dear friend and
colleague Diane Ault. The many ways in which you embrace and use InterPlay
in your personal and professional lives offers a picture of hope for all
who are seekers of peace, creators of grace and lovers of joy."
Kenneth Robinson has worked for more than twenty years in the healing arts as a therapist, counselor and teacher. Throughout that time he has been a student of meditation and yoga, and has for many years studied and practiced Alaya Process, a transpersonal approach to healing. First exploring the fields of family counseling (as director of a family counseling center), drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and private psychotherapy practice, he was ultimately drawn to more spirit-centered, body-oriented approaches to healing. Masterfully adept at designing and leading workshops, classes and retreats, he favors a perspective that acknowledges movement and artistic expression as essential ingredients in healthy lifestyle and healing practice, and he recognizes heartfulness and mindfulness as the ground of all healing work. www.yogafortheemotionalbody.com
Diana (Morningstar) Ault is a community artist, activist, producer and InterPlay regional leader. She loves creating cultures of peace by bringing people together to play across lines of race, class, and culture, recognizing the oneness and interdependency of all beings. www.interplaytn.org
Theme for Workshops/ Performance with
CathyAnn Beaty, Pacha Mama, Masankho and
Friends:
"Play Unto Others...
Embodying the Golden Rule"
What is often called "the golden rule" can be found in every major
religious tradition on Earth. We will dive into this rich reservoir known as
the Ethic of Reciprocity. On Thursday and Saturday evenings, using InterPlay
forms of dance, story, music and stillness we will explore the myriad possibilities
of Embodying the Golden Rule. On Sunday evening, with the help of our audience,
we will create a performance in the moment about what it means for humans to
deeply know that we all share needs, loves, pains and hopes. Join us to Play
Unto Others... as we create this fully embodied meditation on the oneness of
humanity.