Welcome to the Hidden Monastery, a space that acknowledges
the Dance of Love & Grace in us all. 

Great Love is un-pin-downable. Yet, everything on Earth joins its wild dance. Since founding InterPlay, I’ve witnessed all types of people uncover healing medicine in body and soul when they dance, tell their stories, sing, play, and rest in stillness. Spiritual intelligence rises. Earth talks to us. We grow in creativity, clarity of purpose, and courage to love. 
 
If you’ve been guided here I welcome you to check out a Free Online Dance Chapel, the Year-Long Course on the Art of Ensoulment that starts each January using the Self-Care Playbook for Mystics and other retreats. I also offer short and long term coaching and spiritual direction. Email me directly if you like.
 

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And, join me here for a prayer for all the hidden monasteries.

In the dance,

 
 

Workshop on Life Purpose

March 18, 2021

If you want support for your next steps this workshop offers that and more! March 25th, 1pm–4:30 pm pacific Online Workshop with Cynthia Winton-Henry I love the magic that happens when we tune in to the poetry of purpose!  It’s alive in us all the time. The power to speak and… Read more

Divining Life Purpose

March 4, 2021

Online March 25th 1pm to 4:30 pm pacific includes the full pdf with exercises $79/$55 low income and Ensoulment participants Register Here     Good news! You don’t need a mission statement to live from purpose. The purpose of humanity is to create, play and rest. However, to more deeply divine purpose… Read more

Gifted and Sensitive Bodies Workshop

November 5, 2020

 For those who feel more, think more, notice more, need more. Get support and tools that help you celebrate your gifted and sensitive body! 2 zoom options Either November 11, 9am-10:30pm Pacific Or December 9th, 5:30-7pm Pacific (Recording available if unable to attend) REGISTER HERE! One in five people are… Read more

When hell breaks loose

October 12, 2020

I’ve staked my tent at the burning bush and the dark night of my tradition. I dwell in a Vast center, wary to get any closer. I dance a tight wire between the stakes of religious anxiety and a calm so deep it can’t be of my own doing but… Read more

Anne Hutchinson–Grace on Trial: An Ancestor Story

September 10, 2020

A live reading by Cynthia Winton-Henry on zoom Three dates Thursday, Sept 17, 6-7  pm Pacific Friday, Sept 18, 6-7 pm Pacific Sunday, Sept 20, 10-11 am Pacific               In this live reading, I take great care to share the facts about my boatload… Read more

Expanded Online Dance Chapels: Everyday but Saturday

March 29, 2020

Come hold sacred the Wisdom of the Body. Come move, sing, and honor each other’s bodyspirit in these times…   Times; 9:30 and 4:30 Pacific Sunday’s 4:30 pm with Jane Siarny Mondays 4:30 pm pst with Cynthia Winton-Henry Tuesdays 9:30 pm with Rehana Tejpar Tuesdays 4:30 pm pst with Stephanie Gesling… Read more

A 2002 Dream of Coronas and Apocalyptic Night Rainbows

March 22, 2020

If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light about me… The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.       – Howard Thurman In 2002 I had a dream. I wrote about it in “The Lucky Dark” chapter in my book,… Read more

If the collective body is in trauma do we protect, or dare to dance?

February 24, 2020

  Franciscan Richard Rohr, a prolific, eloquent teacher and guide for our times, recently wrote on body wisdom, soul, and collective stuckness. Drawing from Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, he shares the growing awareness of historical white stuck trauma.… Read more

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