Event

InterPlay Life Practice Program in Seattle 2023

Take the lead in your own life!
Sharie Bowman, Stephen Condit, and Janice Eng
Seattle, Washington
Change Your life! Change Your World!
Saturdays: February 18, March 4 & 18,
April 1 & 15, May 6 & 20
(10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day)

The InterPlay Life Practice Program is an active, creative way to change your life and change your world. Immerse yourself in the system of InterPlay—ideas and practices that can move you from where you are to where you would like to be.

This program begins with a 3-day retreat Secrets of InterPlay. You may also take a Secrets of InterPlay in another location before or after doing the Life Practice Program weekend gatherings.

• Unlock the wisdom of your body!
• Have more fun!
• Decrease stress and increase ease.
• Make wiser, more grounded decisions.
• Thrive by getting body, mind, heart and spirit to all work together.
• Find easy ways to change what you want to change in your life: relationships, work, community, home, spirit, body image…
• Discover your hidden resources.

You will be meeting regularly over a period of time with a group of fellow InterPlayers. You may use this supportive, affirming community to help you shape your life in ways that are best for you. You will get individual attention from the program leaders who will help you identify your personal desires and intentions.


Although some previous experience with InterPlay is encouraged, there are no prerequisites for taking part in the InterPlay Life Practice Program.

Program Elements

Secrets of InterPlay
Friday, January 27 – Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Life Practice Saturday Gatherings 2023
February 18, March 4 & 18, April 1 & 15 and May 6 & 20
Saturday schedule: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm


Covid Policy: Masks are welcome and optional. Please do an at-home Covid test before attending the gathering and do not attend if you have symptoms of illness.

Repeating the Program
Anyone who has previously completed the InterPlay Life Practice Program may repeat it at a reduced tuition of $1,000 or $750 for the Life Practice Saturday gatherings only (without Secrets).


Financial Assistance
Diversity is a great gift in the InterPlay experience. Based on our commitment to Racial Equity and Transformation (read our statement here) and our understanding of other structural and personal inequalities that exist, Body Wisdom is committed to making our programs financially accessible.

Financial considerations need not be a barrier to your participation. Financial support and flexible payment plans are available. Please email info@interplay.org (or call 510/465-2797), or feel free to speak to one of the leaders of this program.

Life Practice Program Attendance
Community building is an integral part of the InterPlay system. To experience the most out of a Secrets of InterPlay weekend or the Life Practice Program, we recommend that you attend all of the sessions. This immersion program into the forms and tools of InterPlay is most effective when the group can stay together over time. If you are considering becoming an InterPlay leader, participation and attendance for the full program, including attending a Secrets of InterPlay weekend, will be necessary to complete the Life Practice Program, which is the first step in becoming a certified InterPlay leader. If you have questions about this please visit: InterPlay Leader Training Program.

Continuing Education Credit
Up to 55 CE credits (including 15 for the Secrets of InterPlay) for various healthcare and allied healthcare professions are available for those practicing throughout the U.S. and for educators only practicing in Illinois. CE pre-registration is required before the start of your event. Email Jane Siarny at interplaychicago@sbcglobal.net to APPLY for CEUs. There is a charge of $25-$40 per program. CEUs are offered through Continuing Education Institute of Illinois or R. Cassidy Seminars.

To Register and/or Make Tuition Payment or Deposit
Attending January Seattle Secrets?
Note for Office
Cost: $2,250 (including Secrets of InterPlay) / $1,000 for repeaters
To Register: Registration questions: office@interplay.org; Financial assistance: info@interplay.org; General Questions: Sharie at interplaynorthwest@gmail.com
Venue
St. Paul United Church of Christ
6512 12th Ave NW
Seattle, Washington
Leaders
Sharie Bowman
253-740-8209

Sharie Bowman, MA, LMHC is a Mental Health Counselor and also InterPlay's Regional Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest.  In 2006, Sharie completed her training as an InterPlay leader and also received her degree in mental health counseling, so InterPlay and counseling have been woven together in her bodyspirit from the start.  She finds InterPlay to be foundational in building and maintaining her personal resilience, as well supporting her work with clients.  In her private practice she regularly weaves InterPlay’s life-enhancing forms and philosophies with counseling wisdom to help individuals and families thrive.

Prior to 2006, Sharie worked as a high school math teacher and found InterPlay to be the best Teacher Training she ever received.  The improvisational skills that she developed immediately brought more play, creativity, and expression to her teaching as well as to classroom management.

Now Sharie finds great joy in bringing her organizational and instructional skills to the InterPlay classroom, and she often leads the foundational InterPlay Life Practice Program and mentors new leaders. She relishes sharing the joy of InterPlay far and wide, and supporting each participant in integrating InterPlay into their own lives!

Stephen Condit
After decades in higher education and technology, Steve rediscovered life-below-the-neck through movement and the embodied voice practices of Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms® and Chloe Goodchild’s The Naked Voice. His explorations have also included taking Aikido with his son and studying embodied leadership with Richard Strozzi-Heckler. But all this was just a prelude to InterPlay. Steve says “for me, discovering InterPlay was like coming home. InterPlay combines my major life interests, movement, voice, storytelling, and stillness and has opened new, easier paths for my personal and spiritual growth, all in the context of play. It has provided balance to my intellectual and serious approach to life and restored my joy and creativity.” Steve has co-facilitated Secrets of InterPlay and the Life Practice so that others may rediscover the joy of play and learn that transformation does not have to involve struggle.
Janice Eng
2067061895
Janice has been a massage therapist for over 30 years and teaches Nonviolent Communication in the community as well as in prisons for over 20 years. She facilitates restorative circles in organizations and is in school to work with addictions. She has a passion for racial equity and transformation and is currently part of the Interplay Racial Equity Team. When she found Interplay she saw it as a fun and unique way to access our body intelligence, to become more embodied, and to have just plain have fun and deeper connection with others.