Reimagining the Way We See
Karen Hatch - With a background in hospice nursing and youth ministry, Karen is a community organizer and activist and serves the Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club as a Board member and group facilitator. Karen is a Co-founder of the Eastern Shore chapter of Coming to the Table, a national group which brings together descendants of their ancestors who’d lived enslaved or as enslaver, The chapter has been meeting for 25 years and uses restorative practices, such as the circle process, as well as Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (S.T.A.R.) She is an Ambassador with Braver Angels, a national non-profit that brings people together across political affiliations and has started a local group that has been meeting for a year.
Karen is a visual artist and songwriter and a Certified InterPlay Leader. The Salt Marsh Sangha and the Mindfulness Center of Fairfax, both rooted in the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, are spiritual homes and she is credentialed in the Art of Ensoulment. With all of her life experiences and practices, she has a well rounded toolbox that provides grounding in all she is a part of as co-creator.
Wai-Chin Matsuoka is faculty at Christos Center for Spiritual Formation’s Tending the Holy and served on staff and as coordinator of the Chicago satellite program a & Facilitator for Alumni Development. She is a trained supervisor for spiritual directors & a facilitator of her Soul-Tending Retreats. With more than two decades of experience in facilitating others into healing encounters with God the Divine Physician, Wai-Chin helps others “doula” new life from the ashes of trauma, change, and transition. Wai-Chin is credentialed as an Ensoulment Coach to guide others to live from the fullness of their souls, a InterPlay leader, and a Focused Energy Balance Index (FEBI) coach. These somatic streams add a holistic dimension to her spiritual companionship that is mind-body-heart-spirit focused.
Wai-Chin finds it delightful & satisfying to weave spirituality, somatic practices, soul-tending & Play tools & forms into a tapestry of Love & Play. She especially enjoys shaping these tapestries into retreats, Body Wisdom Playgroups, & soul care workshops. We’ll apply InterPlay forms and use our voices to move and lean into sound and stillness as we look at our images with body wisdom. Let's Play together, and discover the power of the intuitive process through InterPlay forms of movement and storytelling.
InterPlay celebrates the creativity in every one of us and reminds us to play and embrace life, expand our personal awareness and discover our full potential. Leaders guide group participants through a series of playful movement and sound exercises in incremental steps. Each person decides how much or how little to do based on their own comfort level.
InterPlay helps you explore your own new possibilities. Dare a little or a lot depending on how you feel on the day.
