Second Saturday with Nandita Batheja and Gretchen Wegner

One of the most nourishing ways to spend an afternoon!
Nandita Batheja and Gretchen Wegner

Oakland, CA

Saturday, August 9, 2025, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Please join us for an afternoon of fun and community. Nandita Batheja and Gretchen Wegner will facilitate exploration and connection through movement, story, and sound for this InterPlay session.


This class is part of the Oakland InterPlay second Saturday Leader Showcase series. Come join us for two and a half hours of connection, expression, and play on the second Saturday of the month. Come to as many or as few as you like. Each month a different Bay Area leader will guide the group, using the forms of InterPlay and the wisdom of the body to facilitate connection to others and ourselves in the grounded, playful ways that InterPlay makes easy. These workshops are great for any level of InterPlay experience, whether you are new to InterPlay or have been to the studio many times.


COVID Protocol: Our goal is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for people with a wide variety of health situations. We require that folks either take a same-day COVID test and test negative or wear an N95 or KN95 mask during class. If you have questions, please reach out to the leader via the links below.


Transportation and parking: Our lovely studio is in urban Oakland. If driving, we recommend parking on major streets like Grand Avenue and Telegraph Avenue (and not 23rd) and not leaving things in your vehicle. If you pay for parking with the Park Mobile app it will be easy to add more to the meter virtually. We are also close to BART, several bus lines, and protected bike paths. There is good bike parking on Telegraph, and you're also welcome to bring your bike inside the studio.


Are you a certified InterPlay leader or someone working on your certification who would like to lead as part of this series? Please reach out to Amos Lans or John Diller via the links or phone numbers in the InterPlay Leaders section of the website. We welcome local and visiting leaders.


Sliding Scale Payment Options
Note for Office

Cost: $35 (sliding scale $20-$60, no one turned away for lack of funds)

Registration/Information: Pay online to register or just show up. Use teacher links below for questions or call 510-465-2797 (Mon-Fri)

Venue

InterPlayce

2273 Telegraph Avenue (at 23rd St.)
Oakland, CA 94612
InterPlayce is the center of the InterPlay universe. The offices for Body Wisdom, Inc. are also located here. The building is at the corner of 23rd and Telegraph, one block north of West Grand. It is just a few blocks from the 19th Street Downtown Oakland BART station, and on several convenient bus lines. On-street parking is always available at night and metered during the day. It is also easily accessible by several of the major freeways. Click here for a map.
Leaders
Nandita Batheja
Nandita Batheja is a somatic facilitator, writer and educator who works across sectors, advocating for justice, liberation and creative being. She believes imagination is crucial to change-work and that play is freedom’s underdog. Nandita has trained in several facilitation methods and community arts practices. She studies the somatics of living, aging & dying (with Jeanne Denney( to better support individuals and groups in tumultuous times. She is also currently a masters candidate at the Kroc School for Peace & Justice, focusing on violence prevention and systemic transformation. Working with artists, activists, and communities in conflict through the US, she finds InterPlay to be a great medicine and magic for our collective spirit. She leads InterPlay workshops in NYC, San Diego & Bangalore.
Gretchen Wegner
Gretchen Wegner is a teacher, performer, and academic life coach who delights in helping others find expressive freedom. When she first came to InterPlay she was a burned out brainiac with degrees in Intercultural/Post-Colonial Performance Studies and Education (phew!); now she is an impassioned storyteller, dancer and teacher (yay!). Her warm presence and structured classes make the technique of InterPlay fun, accessible and transformative. Gretchen teaches the Tuesday night drop-in class at InterPlayce and performs with Wing-It Ensemble.

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