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A Weekend of Play

FRED DONALDSON & ORIGINAL PLAY in Seattle, WA

September 5-7, 2008 Come Play! Does your heart know that something is missing in your daily life? That sense of joyfulness, safety and connection that you sometimes felt as a child?

Original Play offers a way to find that again so that you can restore it to your life! Learn how our culture teaches us to compete from birth onward, how to recognize when you go into competition, and then how you can choose kindness, safety and belonging. Fred’s stories and life experiences (worth the price of the playshop itself) will illuminate the process of Original Play. Then, with our minds at ease, he will take us to that place of safety where we all remember how to play.

Play connects us through love, kindness and belonging, and offers us all a simple alternative to winning/losing and competition. Applicable for teachers, therapists, parents, families…all human beings.

PLAYshop 3-Day Schedule Presentation & Introduction – Friday, September 5th, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Get a sense of the transformative power of play which Fred has re-discovered through years of interactions with his many teachers: children, wolves, dolphins, etc. For adults and families (children 5 and older). Fred is a wonderful storyteller.

PLAYshop – Saturday, September 6, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

PLAYshop & REVIEW – Sunday, September 7, 12:30 to 3:30 pm

Information and Registration: registration form Insui Giehl (425) 771-4994 Email: oplayseattle@earthlink.net PLAYshop Registration

$200 Adults (before 8/30/08) $250 (after 8/30/08)

$100 Teens (13-19 years)

Location Queen Anne Christian Church Hall 1316 3rd Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119 (1 block south of Galer and 2 blocks west of Queen Anne Ave.)

Dress comfortably. Bring a lunch. Bring your loved ones. Children five and older welcome with adult Sunday afternoon, no charge

If you haven’t yet met Fred, you are in for a treat. O. Fred Donaldson, Ph.D. has been studying the deep patterns of play for 30 years and has been a pioneer in the use of play as an alternative to competition, abuse, and aggression. Fred is an Aikidoist, author and education consultant who is recognized internationally for his on-going research and play with children, adults, at-risk youth, and wild animals. He is featured in The Power of Play video from Animal Planet and The Intelligence of Play video from Touch The Future.

For more information about original play visit: www.originalplay.com || www.TTFuture.com