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What all play has in common is that it offers a sense of engagement and pleasure, takes the player out of a sense of time and place, and the experience of doing it is more important than the outcome. Dr. Stuart Brown, Founder, The National Institute For Play Credit: Article - Jennifer Wallace, WaPo /… Continue reading Why Play is Good for You and for Society
Playfulness - it's about being human. Liza Penn-Thomas Anthony Trahair credit Giocosamente Festival! Utmost thanks to Anthony Trahair and the amazing international Presenters, Panelists and Playful Participants at the virtual Giocosamente Festival this weekend. Wonderful to be reminded to actually engage in Practicing Playfulness ourselves! Check it out here! Practice Playfulness Credit: https://giocosamentefestival.eu/ Try a… Continue reading Games and Play, Life Affirming!
The Giocosamente (Playfulness) Festival is this weekend. Perhaps take a break from social distancing, unrest, and recharge here. Life without play and a playful outlook is a life without living. (Click Here To Learn More)
Play is a crucial component of how we learn to walk. PSYCHE Newsletter Credit: Article - Jane Chertoff, Healthline / Photo - Pixabay What Are the Benefits of Walking? (Read: 3 minutes) Credit: Article - Psych / Video - Ryan Larkin An Oscar-nominated animation that celebrates walking with humans (read 3 minute or watch: 5… Continue reading Walking and Play. They go hand in hand.
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. Friedrich Nietzche Credit: Article - Luara Ferracioli, Aeon/Photo: Annie Spratt, Unsplash For a child, being carefree is… Continue reading Playing, Reality, Philosophy
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it. Dave Chappelle Credit: Article - Helen Cassidy Page, Medium/Photo - Hannah Rodrigo on Unsplash Can Playing With Toys Help Your Writing? (read: 9 minutes) Credit: Article - Jesus Diaz, Fast Co./Photo - Piekonwencjonalna, Pixabay Lego's Latest Set… Continue reading Play, Adults, Toys
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every faction, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Mihaly Csikszentmihayli Photo Credit: Claremont Graduate University - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Dranoff, Duo Chipak & Kushnir and the Voices of Seraphic Fire (listen… Continue reading Playfulness and Flow….
It's not particularly silly, is it. I mean the right leg isn't silly at all, and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half-turn every alternate step. Minister of Silly Walks Credit: Image - Pixabay, Edward Lear Sketch. Video - CTV News, Toronto Toronto woman establishes "silly walks" zone (watch: 2:30 minutes) Credit: Content… Continue reading Playing At A Distance
Credit: @ Charles M Schultz Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise. Brene Brown Credit: Danielle Brooker @ Forbes Jan 31, 2019 Get Playfulness Right And You Can Rest Easy Tonight read more.....
It’s good for our health, our work, connection, and our communities. And why not? We’re all about encouraging more play and playfulness in all of our lives. We scoured the internet, read books, and talked with experts. All to understand why more doesn't exist on the importance of play and playfulness for adults. There is… Continue reading Why Practice Playfulness?
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