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Playful Pauses for Every Body is a five part meditation series written and read by playworker Dr. Morgan Leichter-Saxby. 

These short somatic reflective meditations (without background audio) are designed to build compassionate self-awareness of one’s embodied experience in and of the world.  Each one offers options for individualization in practices of presence, rhythm, resiliency, pleasure, playfulness, and connection. 

This is Playful Pauses playwork meditation #4: Broadening Balance

Created with the generous support of the Springfield Vermont Community Health Equity Partnership.

Playful Pauses for Every Body is a five part meditation series written and read by playworker Dr. Morgan Leichter-Saxby. 

These short somatic reflective meditations (without background audio) are designed to build compassionate self-awareness of one’s embodied experience in and of the world.  Each one offers options for individualization in practices of presence, rhythm, resiliency, pleasure, playfulness, and connection. 

This is the Playful Pauses playwork meditation #3: Experimenting with Yes, No and Maybe 

Created with the generous support of the Springfield Vermont Community Health Equity Partnership.

Playful Pauses for Every Body is a five part meditation series written and read by playworker Dr. Morgan Leichter-Saxby. 

These short somatic reflective meditations (without background audio) are designed to build compassionate self-awareness of one’s embodied experience in and of the world.  Each one offers options for individualization in practices of presence, rhythm, resiliency, pleasure, playfulness, and connection. 

This is the Playful Pauses playwork meditation #2: Warm Greetings to Self

Created with the generous support of the Springfield Vermont Community Health Equity Partnership.

Playful Pauses for Every Body is a five part meditation series written and read by playworker Dr. Morgan Leichter-Saxby. 

These short somatic reflective meditations (without background audio) are designed to build compassionate self-awareness of one’s embodied experience in and of the world.  Each one offers options for individualization in practices of presence, rhythm, resiliency, pleasure, playfulness, and connection. 

This is the Playful Pauses playwork meditation #1: Rooting in Place

Created with the generous support of the Springfield Vermont Community Health Equity Partnership.

Playful Pauses for Every Body is a five part meditation series written and read by Dr. Morgan Leichter-Saxby. 

These short somatic reflective meditations (without background audio) are designed to build compassionate self-awareness of one’s embodied experience in and of the world.  Each one offers options for individualization in practices of presence, rhythm, resiliency, pleasure, playfulness, and connection. 

This is the Playful Pauses playwork meditation #5: Pathways to Play 

Created with the generous support of the Springfield Vermont Community Health Equity Partnership.

Jill Wood and Wes Hamner, from Adventure Play at the Parish School in Houston, Texas, experiment with whether their playspace can thrive in the world of Minecraft during social-distancing and self-isolation.

• Playworking in Minecraft FREE Webinar: Wednesday June 17th 2020 at 1pm PST - 3pm Central (US) - 4pm EST - 9pm Central (UK) - 6am Australia — Sign Up!

Playwork is the podcast for people who love play. Erin, Morgan and Maayan are play advocates, collaborators and friends. Each episode of Playwork features their candid interviews with playworkers, teachers, play theorists, parents, and more doing the (literally) dirty work of creating spaces for play. More at PlayworkPodcast.com.

Our theme song is Happiness Is by Podington Bear. 

Our very own Morgan & longtime friend and collaborator Suzanna Law are co-founders of Pop Up Adventure Play.

They talk about play in times of extreme crisis, and how they play as adults.

• PUAP on instagram: @popupadventureplay
• PUAP on twitter: @popupplay
• PUAP on facebook: @popupplay

Playwork is the podcast for people who love play. Erin, Morgan and Maayan are play advocates, collaborators and friends. Each episode of Playwork features their candid interviews with playworkers, teachers, play theorists, parents, and more doing the (literally) dirty work of creating spaces for play. More at PlayworkPodcast.com

This episode was produced by Suzanna Law. Our theme song is Happiness Is by Podington Bear. 

“Everyone’s gonna come out of this weird.”

What does playwork have to offer during the time of quarantine and COVID-19? Erin & Morgan talk with Seniz Yargici Lennes, founder of OYNA (formerly Twin Cities Adventure Play) about playwork during ongoing stay-at-home orders: how it can help keep us stay playful and inform our parenting.

Learn more about OYNA at OYNAToday.com.
See photos of OYNA’s awesome backyard camps on instagram @oyna_tcadventureplay. For info and to schedule a one-on-one session with Seniz, check out this page on the OYNA website. 

Playwork is the podcast for people who love play. Erin, Morgan and Maayan are play advocates, collaborators and friends. Each episode of Playwork features their candid interviews with playworkers, teachers, play theorists, parents, and more doing the (literally) dirty work of creating spaces for play. More at PlayworkPodcast.com

Our theme song is Happiness Is by Podington Bear. 

LIVE from the porch of Morgan’s caboose, we spoke with Kelsey, a lion-hearted playworker running KOOP Adventure Playground in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.

Playwork is the podcast for people who love play. Erin, Morgan and Maayan are play advocates, collaborators and friends. Each episode of Playwork features their candid interviews with playworkers, teachers, play theorists, parents, and more doing the (literally) dirty work of creating spaces for play. More at PlayworkPodcast.com

Playworker Luke Sutton reflects on playworking in the US vs. the UK and what it’s like to have a documentary filmmaker on your play site. 

Playwork is the podcast for people who love play. Erin, Morgan and Maayan are play advocates, collaborators and friends. Each episode of Playwork features their candid interviews with playworkers, teachers, play theorists, parents, and more doing the (literally) dirty work of creating spaces for play. More at PlayworkPodcast.com