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Secrets of InterPlay for Men DC (In-Person!)


  • Wellspring Retreat Center 11411 Neelsville Church Rd. Germantown, MD 20876 (map)

with Billy Amoss and Tom Henderson
Assisted by Douglass Farnum

Open new frontiers

This residential weekend is an opportunity to use InterPlay forms and ideas to explore our rapidly changing times from a masculine perspective. Discover with other men how the InterPlay tools based in movement, contact, voice, storytelling and stillness create connection and new beginnings. Learn with experienced InterPlay leaders to bring body, mind, heart and spirit together to tap into energy and active curiosity in your daily life.

This weekend event will give you direct experience in many aspects of the InterPlay system. It is also an important element of the InterPlay Life Practice Program for Men which we will be offering in Washington, DC, in three additional residential weekends starting in September 2022, as a follow up to this Secrets of InterPlay event.

Schedule (all times ET)

Thursday May 5: Check in at 6 pm and gather for evening meal at 6:30 pm.
Sunday, May 8: Departure after lunch at around 1 pm.

Covid Policy

Vaccinations are required. We want you to be tested before you arrive. The room is large and will have two air circulators. Masking will be optional.

Repeating the Program

Anyone who has previously completed the Secrets of InterPlay is eligible for the $300 repeater's rate.

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.

Cost

$400 tuition ($300 for repeaters). A $100 deposit secures your place in the program.

Room & Board: $250 (incl. 9 meals & single room) Contact Billy at bamoss@rostropovich.org. Should you decide to continue with the full Life Practice Program, the tuition for Secrets will be applied to the $2,250 cost for the full program. More information here.

Make tuition (only) payment or deposit online

Continuing Education Credit

Up to 55 CE credits (15 for Secrets weekend & 40 for Life Practice weekends) 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 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.

Registration/Information

Registration questions: email office@interplay.org. For financial assistance: email info@interplay.org.

Venue

Wellspring Retreat Center
11411 Neelsville Church Rd.
Germantown, MD 20876

Wellspring Retreat Center is located at Dayspring, a 200-acre farm, lake and woodland area owned by Church of The Savior . Approximately 30 minute drive northwest of Washington, D.C.

Leaders

Billy Amoss is a certified InterPlay leader in the Washington, D.C. area. Together with Tom Henderson Billy has led InterPlay retreats for men for over 15 years. These retreats demonstrate to him year after year that InterPlay offers a unique set of tools for "ordinary guys to do extraordinary things." Billy is the Executive Director of the Rostropovich Foundation, a DC-based non-profit organization that finances and manages international children's health programs.

Tom Henderson is a certified InterPlay leader, community artist, organization development consultant and retired pharmaceutical chemist. With his wife, Ginny Going, he is co-owner of Colleagues, dedicated to enabling individuals and organizations to thrive. Ginny and Tom also co-directed the Interplay performance company Off the Deep End Ensemble for 15 years beginning in 1997.

 
Earlier Event: May 4
Give InterPlay Day
Later Event: May 6
Friday Night Jam