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What is InterPlay?

InterPlay is an active creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body.

InterPlay is a system of ideas and practices that can help you reshape your life and your communities. Get body, mind, heart and spirit working together again.

InterPlay is a world-wide movement in over fifty cities on five continents.

Read answers to some “FAQs” about InterPlay!

Free InterPlay Sample July 6!

Every first Sunday of the month at InterPlayce!

The next one is on Sunday, July 6 from 2:00-3:15 pm in Oakland.

A free and easy “welcome” to InterPlay! Come for a sample of InterPlay’s passionate, effective approach to changing the world one play at a time! Easy, fun, life-changing! Find out why InterPlay has spread to over 50 cities on five continents.

InterPlayce
2273 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
A few blocks from the Oakland 19th St. BART station.

InterPlay Life Practice Program Q&A

Sunday July 6 at 3:30 pm at InterPlayce in Oakland.

Get a peek at how the 8 month Program is changing lives and changing the world! Thinking of going deeper in InterPlay, unlocking the wisdom of your body and the body of community? Come for afternoon tea and learn more about the InterPlay Life Practice Program that begins this summer.

Find out more!

Politics, Performance, & Play

July 11-13. 2008
at InterPlayce in Oakland, CA

Join Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter for a weekend of playing around with politics. Bring your knowing and not-knowing about the issues that move you. We will figure out ways to rant and rave, to discuss and debate, to sing and dance and tell our stories about life in the giant and maddening community we call the United States. You do not need to be a political expert or performer to take part!

Get the workshop details!

WING IT! performs!
Playing Around with Politics
Saturday July 12 • 7:30 pm
at InterPlayce in Oakland, CA

Join the crazy WING IT! Performance Ensemble crowd for an evening of political humor and pathos. We’ll laugh, cry, rage, rejoice and react to today’s political times. We give voice to the issues that are being ignored and weigh in on the ones that are getting all the coverage. Expect songs, dances, stories and the entertainment that Wing It! can bring to any subject. Live music too! Get more info!

Side-by-side Untensive and Secrets 2

Jul 17-20, 2008
Storrs, Conneticut

Play with Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter in Conneticut this summer! Play, have fun, listen to the wisdom of your body in the easy atmosphere of an Untensive. OR, begin the journey of Level Two of the Leadership Program with Secrets Two.

More information about this retreat!

2nd International InterPlay Conference

August 26-30, 2008

Join a world-wide gathering of InterPlayers in Berkeley, California. Come for fun, connection, new ideas, reunions, San Francisco Bay Area sights and sounds, workshops, plenaries, performances, dancing, storytelling, singing, and even some silence.

Early registration has been extended to the end of May. Registration is limited so reserve your spot soon!

Click here to get more info! Download the schedule, workshop descriptions, transportation info and more!

InterPlay in India

A New Year like no other! 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.

Find out more!

Download the trip details.

Read Cathy Chang’s reflections on her InterPlay trip to India last January.

Ongoing Weekly Classes at InterPlayce

Six opportunities each week to drop-in at InterPlayce for a class. Play when it is convenient for you!
Mon 10:30 am-12 noon (women),
Tues 6-7:30 pm,
Wed 10:30 am-12 noon & 7:30-9 pm,
Thu 7-8:30 pm (men),
Fri 10:30 am-12 noon.

Check out class details.

Download a free class coupon!

Class schedule for ongoing classes at InterPlayce.

Hooplas!

The InterPlay community now has a new ritual called the “Hoopla!” which can be used to celebrate all sorts of life-transitions. We often have to jump through hoops to get where we need to go.

Photos of the “Blessing of the Hoops” at a recent retreat on Vashon Island in Washington and their use in the blessing of newborn Kairos, daughter of Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin.

Listen to InterPlay co-founder Cynthia Winton-Henry’s story about the development of the Hoopla!

Catch a glimpse of Cynthia’s Hoopla as she celebrated her transition ending her time at at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA after 27 years of teaching there.

InterPlay in Morocco

Diane Saliba Ault and Masankho Banda will lead a group of 20 InterPlayers (American and Australian) to Morocco June 3–15, 2008 on a mission of cultural exchange. They will be attending the Festival of World Sacred Music in Fes and meeting and playing with extended family and friends of Diane’s son–in–law, Zouhair, in Rabat and Marakesh.

InterPlay will provide the foundation for travelers to process their experiences as well as provide the bridge across differences in language and faith between the InterPlay travelers and Moroccan locals.

Read Sara Jane Ault’s reflections on Why Morocco and Why Now?
Follow the Morocco blog for more details!

Dance Anywhere 2008

“Dance Anywhere Day” happened on Friday, April 25, 2008. InterPlayers danced and drummed on all four corners of the intersection of 23rd Street and Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, CA, right outside of InterPlayce. Check out the video!

InterPlay Leadership Program Graduation

There was much rejoicing and celebrating of this year’s Oakland Leadership Program Graduates at InterPlayce on April 19. Congratulations to: Bobbie Bolden, Mary Dalton, Harmony Gates, Annie Goglia, Anna Yoo-Kem Heo, Kathleen Hering, Amy Shoemaker, Ma Prem Suraja, Joe Voytek, and Kelly Williams!

This year’s Oakland Leadership Group was mentored by four new Leadership Mentors. Congratulations to: Susan Main, Elizabeth Mendana, Randy Newswanger, and Amy Smith!

New Year's Celebration at InterPlayce

Thank you to Don Moseman for capturing these images of the playful party at InterPlayce!

Photos from the Oakland Art Murmur

InterPlay artist Mary Sobrina Kuder and InterPlay Intern Amy Shoemaker organized an amazing evening at InterPlayce. Urban Altered or Praying Upside Down was an evening of art, music, costumes, and fun.

Photos from the Malawi Trip

InterPlay founders Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter teamed up with WING IT! member and International InterPlay leader, Masankho Banda, to take a group of InterPlayers to Masankho’s homeland in Africa. 43 InterPlayers from the United States and Australia went to visit the village of Tukombo in Malawi as peace ambassadors. They played, connected, learned, and experienced a world that changed their global point of view.

Read their reflections in the Malawi blog.

Here are photos taken by Ron Ault and Baina Masquelier on the trip.

A Great InterPlay Resource

Book Cover: What the Body Wants Valuable information, stories and simple practices you can do at home to discover the wisdom of your body.

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510/465-2797

Other books and resources.

The Founders of InterPlay

Find out more about InterPlay Founders Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter.

CONTACT US

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