Leaders

Milissa is an active, engaged leader and follower in the Twin Cities InterPlay community. She has found InterPlay to be profoundly transformative and healing since the death of her first husband in 2014. Certified as a leader in 2024, 10 years after that profound loss, she helps others move with their joys, sorrows and aspirations through life's evolution. Milissa has an extensive background as a yoga and meditation teacher, teaching classes and leading retreats internationally. She created an early childhood yoga program for at-risk children called Peaceful Preschooler and continues to teach within the Minneapolis immigrant community. She is also a craniosacral therapy practitioner and energy worker. Milissa currently leads playgroups in St Paul, MN and will offer private focus sessions as part of her healing arts practice. In the warmer months Milissa offers Tree Play, a chance to play in a natural setting within an hour of St Paul.

The Twin Cities InterPlay group is an active community. Please join us for a playgroup when you're in town.

CathyAnn Beaty, MDiv, is a master InterPlay leader, dancer and visual artist. She has been working with ongoing groups of therapists, clergy and other helping professionals for the past 12 years through her business SoulPlay, www.soulplay.org and has developed new approaches to healing based both on her professional and personal experience. CathyAnn is an ordained minister and began her InterPlay journey in 1989 when serving as pastor at Spirit of the Lakes UCC. She got her Masters of Divinity at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in 1984 and did her Clinical Pastoral Education at Hennipen County Medical Center in Minneapolis. She served three parishes over 15 years. CathyAnn leads the InterPlay Life Practice Program, The InterPlay Way, performance workshops, couples classes, mentors leaders in training and directs SoulPlay Performance Ensemble. She has taught InterPlay in India, Australia and around the United States.

Slow is a youth worker and spiritual seeker. She runs her own business "BodyConnect" leading InterPlay in schools and community centers with folks of all ages. She is passionate about justice, personal development, and creative expression. She has been doing InterPlay for 7 years and leading for about 3. She lives in a community house and has a graduate degree in Youth Development from the University of Minnesota.

I have been an InterPlayer for the past 25+ years. I took my initial leadership training in the 1990s and have been a part of the Twin Cities InterPlay since that time. I preformed with the SoulPlay Performance Ensemble with CathyAnn Beaty. Some of the members of SoulPlay continue to get together about once a week to play together. I also play with a group of therapists on a bi-weekly basis.

Nicola has been facilitating experiences for individuals and groups for over twenty years. Her "special sauce" lies in her ability to design experiences that create a container for discovery and authentic connections to occur. Working across industries, Nicola drawn on her diverse background in business and integrative health to bring people together in meaningful ways. She's known for her warm, playful style and propensity for finding interesting ways to invite people to play in water and on land.

Marty Roddy has been creating all his life: writing and telling stories, dancing, singing, creating connections with individuals and social movements and designing ritual for many types of communities and events. InterPlay allows him to combine all his passions in helping unlock the creative power within each body and within the GroupBody of communities large and small.

His formal education includes undergraduate work in Literature and Peace Studies at Clarke College, as well as graduate work in Theology and the Arts at United Seminary of the Twin Cities. He was introduced to InterPlay in 1996, is a Certified InterPlay Teacher offering many types of classes and workshops, and performs with SoulPlay Performance Ensemble.

As a teacher he shares an abundant heart and encouraging wisdom, knowing that all bodies are full of beauty and playful soul.

Barbra Wiener is an InterPlay leader in Minnesota. She has been involved with InterpPlay for 20 years and leads classes and playgroups in her beloved Twin Cities community. Barbra is a proud InterPlay board member She is visiting faculty leading InterPlay annually at HEART, an intensive immersion in integrative medicine for medical students. She has been involved with many forms of health and wellness throughout her career. She has an MA degree in human development, has worked as a Child Life Specialist at Children's Hospital, had a therapeutic massage practice, was the founder and director of the Women's Cancer Resource Center in Minneapolis and is a health and social justice activist. InterPlay allows her to combine all her passions in helping unlock the creative power within each body and within the group body of communities large and small.

Interplay continues to be a valuable tool of transformation for my life. The gift of being able to unlock the Wisdom of my body is amazing!

Heather Baradan (aka Gigi) likes to say that she works in "The Joy Department". She is a life-long student and teacher of many healing modalities, including laughter, play, spiritual deepening and flu shots.
Her final paper for her bachelor's degree in religion was on Earth-Based Spirituality.
For her doctorate in pharmacy, it was on the "best medicine" - LAUGHTER!
And for InterPlay it was... wait... no final paper required!
Just prepare for Joy!

Rosemary (Rosie) Senjem is an InterPlay Leader in Minnesota. Her InterPlay journey began in 2000 on her path to recover from back surgery and divorce. She has applied InterPlay to community organizing, workshop leadership, logo design process, business coaching, grandparenting, and more. She is passionate about supporting resilience in helping professionals with InterPlay.

Hi! I am one of the many wonderful leaders for the Twin Cities' InterPlay community. You will find me at most of the PlayGroups happening, and am the usual leader in our Sunday night group, and share leadership on Wednesday mornings

I am a wildly happy, playful and energetic person, with much to offer anyone who wants to enter into a spirit of creative play with me!

I am also available to teach specialized workshops and courses, to provide ceremonial services, and to offer coaching in personalized sessions using InterPlay, including:

Life Coaching I help you figure out ways to move past the things that get in your way of what it is you want.)

Creative Writing

InterPlay singing and music making

InterPlay storytelling/Big Body Stories

Developing your artistic spirit (especially watercolor painting)

Spiritual development

Creative and intuitive healing, energy and body work

Positive body image practice

InterPlay performance skills