prophetic play in an ancient land
InterPlay in India
Prashant Olalekar,
Trish Watts, and
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Vasai, South Gujarat, & Mumbai, India
Two Weeks Dec 30, 2008-Jan 14, 2009
InterPlay has proven to be a powerful way to connect across boundaries and borders. We get to know each other quickly when we are willing to move together, to share stories; to bring one hand to another’s for a simple dance. A web of connections is constantly growing from these interactions.
Join InterPlay cofounder Cynthia Winton-Henry, InterPlay India founder Prashant Olalekar, and InterPlay Australia cofounder Trish Watts in West India this January for a global peace exchange using InterPlay. This extraordinary opportunity will open doors to cultural friendship and transformation at a time when real people can make βA World of Difference!β Prashant and members of InterPlay India will be our hosts and guides, opening the grace-filled door to special connections and people who share InterPlay values and dreams. Download the trip details
Join InterPlay cofounder Cynthia Winton-Henry, InterPlay India founder Prashant Olalekar, and InterPlay Australia cofounder Trish Watts in West India this January for a global peace exchange using InterPlay. This extraordinary opportunity will open doors to cultural friendship and transformation at a time when real people can make βA World of Difference!β Prashant and members of InterPlay India will be our hosts and guides, opening the grace-filled door to special connections and people who share InterPlay values and dreams. Download the trip details
Cost: $3900 USD includes airfare (leaving from San Francisco) food, accommodation, transportation in-country, and leadership. Optional entertainment activities may be extra.
Registration/Information: InterPlay office: 510/465-2797, info@interplay.org
Venue
West India
Vasai, South Gujarat, & Mumbai,
We?ll go to Pasayadaan, a Jesuit retreat center for Wholistic Spirituality in Vasai, north of Mumbai, tribal areas of South Gujarat for a tribal cultural dance festival, Khandala, an important hill station, the pride of the Sahyadri Mountains in Maharashtra, and Mumbai to InterPlay with children and adults.
Leaders
Prashant Olalekar
Prashant Olalekar together with the InterPlay India team played a pioneering role in actively promoting InterPlay in India and building bridges through Global Peace Exchanges. He is a Jesuit, peace activist, spiritual director, and educator. He travels throughout India and abroad to share what he is learning about the power of play, spirit, and the deep wisdom of the body to foster peace. He has served as the former Novice Director and Coordinator of Formation of the Bombay Jesuit Province. He was also director of Jivanvikas Sadan Retreat House in Mumbai and founder of Pasayadaan Peace Partnership, a fledgling global network for peace. He is currently playing with integrating Ignatian Spirituality, Jesuit Education and Body Wisdom. Prashant encourages lay collaboration to foster the vision of InterPlay India namely, βto co-create a universe InterPlaying for Peace.β He enjoys exploring new frontiers especially playing with people on the margins.
Trish Watts
Trish Watts
A singer, songwriter, educator and community choir director, with over 40 years experience as a performer, animator and creative arts facilitator in Australia and overseas. Co-founder of InterPlay Australia, she has completed studies in Voice Movement Therapy in the US. Trish has published over 10 collections of original music. She offers workshops and retreats in singing, creativity, spirituality and body wisdom. For more info see the International Association for Voice Movement Therapy, InterPlay Australia Association, and in the US: www.Interplay.org
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.