An exotic get away to Isis Oasis
West Coast New Year’s Untensive
Rod Pattenden and
Susan Main
Geyserville, CA
4-day Retreat Dec 31-Jan 4 • Wed evening thru Sunday noon
A great way to move into 2009 in a beautiful and unique retreat setting. Come together to tell stories, dance, sing, rest, reflect on the old year and anticipate the new. Relax in the hot tub! Come for community, laughter and creative play with people who will affirm and applaud you.
Come for the full four days or just for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Coming from out of town? Fly into Oakland or San Francisco and we can help arrange carpool options to Isis.
Come for the full four days or just for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Coming from out of town? Fly into Oakland or San Francisco and we can help arrange carpool options to Isis.
Cost: Shared Room $625 ($575 by 12/1; $650 after 12/26)
Private Room - add $120
Dorm - save $40
New Year's Eve and Day only - $150
Registration/Information: InterPlay office: 510/465-2797, info@interplay.org
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
Rod Pattenden
Rod Pattenden is a restless improviser and experimenter with forms, founder of InterPlay Sydney Australia. Rod is an artist, art historian, and educational facilitator interested in the connection between spirituality and the arts. He has written and lectured widely on these aspects of the arts and creativity in Australia and overseas. He is Coordinator of the Institute for Theology and the Arts and a member of the Blake Society for Religious Art. He has particular strengths in the areas of the visual arts, performance skills, movement and exploring the processes of creativity. Rod has a BA Visual Arts (arts practice), M Phil (art history), M Theol (hons), and Dip Ed.
Susan Main
Susan Main has her BA in Dance and Theater from UC Santa Cruz and has been leading InterPlay and performing with Wing It! Performance Ensemble since 1995. Her leading experience includes Interplay Camp, New Years Eve Retreats, Untensives, Monday women's group, monthly Deepening and the Leadership Program. She infuses InterPlay into her 12-step recovery work, nature play, tap dancing, dance teaching, attitude and life. Her specialty: creating a safe and playful haven for creativity and truth...wit and laughter.