What is an
Adult Play Date?
Many people find
the sight of children playing very charming, and it is
also very important developmentally. However, adults
having a Play Date? I couldn't. What if people saw me.
What if I really enjoyed letting go and having fun?
An adult Play Date
is an alternative to the everyday club scene, most adult
parties, and many socail gatherings. At its base is the
encouragement to let go, let your hair down, get
rambunctious and playful.
Play is an
important part of development for many organisms, and it
stimulates imagination, problem solving, and cooperation
skills. An ideal adult Play Date is fun for all involved
as well as beneficial to the social development of the
adults at play. It can become the bases for a new type of
"community". "The community that plays together, stays
together."
An adult Play Date
is an organized period of time during which two or more
adults get together to play. Adult Play Dates allow
adults to relax , socialize with each other, and enjoy
themselves.
Tips on
Organizing a Play Date
Organizing an adult
Play Date is relatively simple, but there are some things
to take into account.
- Make sure to be
specific about location and time when you make plans
with others.
- The activities
of an adult Play Date may be structured or
unstructured. In-door games, board games,
show-n-tell,
out-door games like tag, soft-ball, splashing in a
pool, going to an event like a concert, bowling,
pizza, playing pool, biking in the park, a roller or
ice skating rink, attending a County or State Fair or
a Renessance Faire, a movie at an IMAX theatre or
interactive
mueums
like the Exploritorium in San Francisco or Science
Works in Ashland or the Magic House in St. Louis'
Children's Museum where attendees are encouraged to
explore and interact relatively freely.
- Encouraging the
child within to lighten up and play with
friends
Getting
started
Related: Let's
Dance - San Francisco Area
Berkeley -
Barefoot Boogie, Sunday's 7:30-11P, 8th Street Studios,
2525 8th St at Dwight, Berkeley Etiquette
Davis - 5Rhythms® in Davis with Margaret
Price, Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30pm, September 6th - October 4th
- November 1st -December 6th, MoJo Flow Studio, 355 2nd
Street, Davis, CA 95616 eMail
Mill Valley - Waves of Awakening with Davida
Taurek and Stacey Butcher, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm, 2011
Blackout Dates --- NO CLASS (venue not available),
October 25, November 8, Tamalpais Valley Community
Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley 94941, 415-755-7905
www.5rhythmsofawakening.com
Mountain View - Five Rhythms, Monday Evenings
7:00-9:30 P, Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church
Street, Mountain View, CA www.estaticproductions.com/class.html
Oakland - Mass
Transit
Dance Sunday's, 10:30am 1:00pm, Historic
Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland
San Francisco - Embodied Waves with Stacey Butcher
and Charlie Korda, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm, Studio Gracia,
19 Heron Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, (off 8th
between Harrison and Folsom) www.5rhythmsSanFrancisco.com
San Geronimo - Sweat Your Prayers with Davida
Taurek Thursdays, 6:30-8:15pm San Geronimo Valley
Community Center Gym 6350 Sir Frances Drake Blvd.San
Geronimo, CA. 94963 www.davidadance.com
San Rafael - Sweat Your Prayers, Saturdays
9:30-11:30am, Pickleweed Community Center, 50 Canal
Street, San Rafael, CA, No Sweat Your Prayers on
Saturday, November 5th, 2011 -- Day of the Dead
Observance
Santa Cruz - Five Rhythms with Claire Alexander,
Wednesday Evenings 7:00-9:00 PM (doors close at 7:30 - no
class the first Wednesday each month) Louden Nelson
Community Center 301 Center St. at Laurel, Santa Cruz, CA
www.ecstaticproductions.com/class.html#waves
Santa Rosa - Deep Dive into The 5Rhythms®
Class with Jennifer Burner 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
6:30-8:00pm Movement Oasis / Wellspring Aikido 1808-B
Empire Industrial Court Santa Rosa, CA 95403
www.elementsofmovement.vpweb.com
Santa Rosa - Sweat Your Prayers with Jennifer
Burner, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, Movement Oasis /
Wellspring Aikido, 1808-B Empire Industrial Court, Santa
Rosa, CA 95403 www.elementsofmovement.vpweb.com
Sausalito - Sweat Your Prayers - Sundays: two
sessions: 8:30-10:30am and 11am-1:00pm, MLK Gym, 100
Coloma Street, Sausalito (Note: Sunday frequently sells
out. Please come early (8:10am for the first session and
10:15am for the second) to ensure that you are able to
get in and dance. We start selling tickets between
8-8:15am for both sessions.
Sausalito - Waves Journey: a 5Rhythms® Class
with Sylvie
Minot,
Wednesdays, 7-9pm, MLK Gym, 100 Coloma Street, Sausalito,
CA, 415-272-1896
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