-GUEST BIOGRAPHY-

Dan Rudolph is an educator, facilitator, systems thinker, and seeker of truth. For 2.5 years, Dan lived in a monastic setting, professionally practicing mindfulness. During his spare time at the monastery, he studied clowning and offered play-based workshops in the community. In this period the connections between 'play', meditation and culture-change became increasingly clear.

The positive feedback and impact that people shared from the workshops inspired Dan to keep going and nurture the seeds of what is now called Unified Playfulness, which is a unique play-based approach geared towards the cultivation of mindful awareness and behavior change. 

Dan offers customizable and general Unified Playfulness workshops for individuals, teams, and public groups, both online and in-person. He is currently based in Tio:tia’ke/Montreal, on the shores of the Iroquois River. You can contact him at [email protected].

Website: https://stitch-bottle-42c.notion.site/Unified-Playfulness-8cc8859d87724fbdb3bed91b20310a19

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PRACTICES: 

• Chant with the different parts of the ohm sound (a-o-mm). 
• Inspiration from Butoh clown: moving slowly and laughing. 
• Role-play situations in life where you could integrate mindfulness. 
• Speak in a different voice. 
• Try doing not practical things. 
• Start gatherings with a grounding practice like meditation, touch, massage, dancing or shaking. 
• Try to communicate with other people without words. 
• You can integrate mindfulness and play into your day in many different ways. 
• Sing with your toothbrush. 
• Laugh while doing dishes. 
• Making a cover fort & tell a story. 
• Take 10 minutes each day to play - no regular words or technology, everything else is ok 
• Give yourself a little quest when you go outside
• Starting a creative hobby like learning how to juggle. 
• Make yourself as ugly as possible with makeup. 
• Talk to the plants like they were alive - ‘Hey, how are you doing today?’
• Send a message to yourself a week later and send it by e-mail. 
• Cook and do something different.
• Intuitive writing involves simply writing without thinking and permitting yourself to be open. 

IDEAS: 

• Taking things not so seriously can improve our ability to handle serious and complex topics. 
• We can shift unhealthy patterns that have developed by changing our behaviour. 
• Balance is needed between the rational and the intuitive, the competitive and the cooperative. 
• Play and mindfulness share many characteristics. They are both regenerative practices. 
• Develop a state of mind where play and mindfulness are integrated into everything you do. 
• Our shadow parts can be our deepest learnings. 
• You can ensure people will be safe all of the time because people have different needs. 

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