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A 6-day course, on the surface only. Healing Dance 1 constitutes a paradigm shift for the student of aquatic bodywork. It sees the body as at home in the water and hydrodynamic in its form, healing in the flow of movement. It understands the psyche as needing not only nurture and closeness, but space, freedom […]

A 5-day course on the surface. In this 34-hour course, you will learn to connect the basic movements and positions you have learnt in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions.You will also learn to adapt this bodywork to people of different sizes, shapes, and dispositions, and to adjust your own body mechanics in order […]

The Healing Dance 1 Integration Day is a bridge between Healing Dance 1 and 2. It offers a full day of guided review and refinement of the Healing Dance 1 material to ground it in your body before adding more material in Healing Dance 2.There will be ample time to give and receive, to further […]

A 6-day course, on the surface only. Healing Dance 2 asks the question, “How do we earn trust and gain access to the body at the beginning of a session?” The answer it provides lies in the trance-inducing Back Waves and in our quality of touch. In this training we continue the study of spatial […]

Watsu for Babies is a beautiful and spontaneous way to experience the early years of childhood. It is open to anyone, who wants to share the joy of being in water with babies.In this course, you will discover that emotions arising from spontaneous movements in water can open extraordinary borders. These moments allow us to […]

Building on the experience of OBA 1, this course allows you to deepen your practice using neck and knee cushions, learn a full-body massage, and exchange various new underwater techniques that are deeply relaxing and energizing. Being surrounded by water creates a supportive environment for uncovering physical holding patterns and releasing withheld emotions. Your perception, […]

The Integration Weekend is for those wishing to be certified as a Healing Dance Surface Practitioner. The weekend is also of interest for experienced Healing Dance Practitioners, or for those who have completed Healing Dance 2 some time ago and wish to update their practice or benefit from guided practice time.It offers a 16-hour review […]

A 3-day course, on the surface only. Relating & Mirroring is a 25 hour course focusing on perhaps the most important aspect of aquatic bodywork: that our receivers feel felt, and that as givers we are able to truly feel and mirror them in all dimensions—physical, emotional and spiritual. The recent discovery of mirror neurons […]

Meditation is an important tool for listening, accepting and knowing ourselves, as well as becoming more intuitive towards others. In our understanding, the purpose of meditation is to cultivate presence and peace of mind, enabling us to connect with our unique essence and the world around us.It also encourages development of our intuition and perception […]

"Body-mind-energy has a natural, self-balancing, self-healing capacity. The therapist simply plays the role of a catalyst using effective techniques, loving energy and meditative presence."“The more you are, the less is the flow from the source; the less you are, the more the flow from the source. When YOU are not at all, then you are […]

Prana is the universal life energy. Yoga is tuning body-mind-spirit into wholeness. Prana Yoga Immersion classes are based on Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation & Siddha. Through conscious postures, breathing, movement & stillness you will open and tune your self-enhancing, transforming, and healing energy flow to: • rejuvenate your body-mind-spirit; • build your immunity; • enrich […]

The Training in Oceanic Bodywork® Aqua 3 includes advanced techniques for both surface and underwater work. The focus on slowness, silence, love, and compassion, as well as the expression of emotions, allows for a deeper and more authentic connection between the giver and receiver, helping them explore their oceanic body and consciousness. Receiving and giving […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and being present, offering a way to reconnect with your heart and experience an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken, and celebrate the energy of your […]

A 7-day course, on the surface as well as under water. Liquid Flow is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). Developed at the Quiet Healing Center, Auroville, Liquid Flow is inspired and based on the forms and qualities of Watsu, OBA, Healing Dance, and WaterDance. With a complete sense […]

Body Rhythm & Loving Touch. An introduction to Oceanic Bodywork® Fire & Earth. Immerse yourself in the rhythmic heartbeat of your body, enveloped in the loving atmosphere of healing hands. Experience the relaxation and enjoyment of massaging and being massaged with scented oil. This introduction focuses on learning the simple massage and breathing techniques of […]

"Feet have roots to touch the heart of the earth... hands have wings to reach the mystery of the sky… "What is Holistic Reflexology? Holistic Reflexology is a deeply relaxing, healing & balancing tool for body-mind-energy. With meditative presence, loving energy & by activating and relaxing nerve endpoints, lymphatic nodes and energy points in hands […]

Prana is the universal life energy. Yoga is tuning body-mind-spirit into wholeness. Prana Yoga Immersion classes are based on Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation & Siddha. Through conscious postures, breathing, movement & stillness you will open and tune your self-enhancing, transforming, and healing energy flow to: • rejuvenate your body-mind-spirit; • build your immunity; • enrich […]

Prenatal Work with Oceanic Bodywork® Aqua. Your physical life begins at conception, which offers you a formless, boundless, and timeless existence to develop safely in your mother's womb. This environment allows you to undergo all stages of evolution in a short time, providing love, warmth, and the freedom to move weightlessly. Even as an adult, […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and being present, offering a way to reconnect with your heart and experience an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken, and celebrate the energy of your […]

A basic knowledge of anatomy is essential for any aquatic bodywork practitioner. This 6-day course offers both theoretical and hands-on learning about anatomy relevant to Watsu and focuses on planes and axes of movements, joint mechanics, physiology, metabolism, and on muscles and their lengthening.Theory and practice will take place on land and in water. Through […]

Shiatsu is a modality, which originated within the oldest healing system known to humanity. It restores and maintains health by adjusting and balancing the body's primary communication network − the energy system.About 60% of this course is on land, during which you will learn a simple Shiatsu protocol for applying pressure along the 12 main […]

A course of 6 half days.. A Watsu & OBA session offers an opportunity for profound relaxation and letting go, for building trust, for being nurtured and held, for expanding inner and outer boundaries, for releasing emotions and traumas – ultimately, for freeing body and mind in a flow unique to each client. In Watsu […]

The Integration Day offers a refinement of techniques and principles that you have learned during the Liquid Flow Essence course. It is also a prerequisite to join Liquid Flow Deepening.Prerequisites: Liquid Flow Essence. Credits: Liquid Flow Essence Integration Day gives 4 hours of credit for the Liquid Flow Provider Certification program.     Dariya (as […]

This massage training consists of six days.Birenda Massage is a unique Indian massage therapy, which was developed by Birenda, an accomplished therapist from Bengal with 50 years of experience. To facilitate the learning process, the course material consists of three sections: the first part is dedicated to back massage; during the two other sections, you’ll […]

A 2-day course. Woga is a combination of two words: water and yoga. It is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in water that is waist-to-chest height. Woga focuses on Hatha Yoga in water, including asanas performed in standing position, against the wall, in floating position, and under water. The course […]

A 6-day course on the surface. Watsu 2 expands the Transition Flow taught in Watsu 1. You will learn additional movements and bodywork for each position and how to incorporate them in your practice sessions. You will also study the meridians and acupressure points, which are relevant in Watsu, and creatively explore your own movements, […]

A 7-day course on the surface. Created by Harold Dull in the 1980s, Watsu is given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C) and known as the mother of all other aquatic bodywork modalities.In this 50-hour course, you will first learn the basic movements and positions of Watsu. Then, you will connect them with long, […]

Tantsu was developed by Harold Dull in the same year he conceived Watsu with the intent to bring on land the same principles provided in Watsu. The basic principles of Zen Shiatsu are further amplified in Tantsu, where a person is totally contained in a whole-body holding position, called Tantsu Cradle.A Tantsu session includes passive […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and being present, offering a way to reconnect with your heart and experience an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken, and celebrate the energy of your […]

A 2-day journey of exploring and discovering your breath and its applications in Watsu. In this course, you will learn to integrate the practice of Watsu qualities and explore the power of working with your receiver’s breath.Several topics will be discussed, including the link between breathing and yourself as a giver, as well as your […]

During this 6-day course, you will gain a fundamental understanding of Woga, enabling you to harness the benefits of yoga in warm, shallow water. The program includes learning a diverse range of Woga exercises, as well as receiving didactic resources for conducting Woga classes or integrating Woga into your aquatic fitness classes.The course covers: • […]

This training is a further step in the Tantsu learning process, during which you will explore additional cradles and practice how to adapt a session to individual needs. Tantsu is usually performed on the ground, on a futon or a soft support. In this course, you will also practice how you can adapt all cradles […]

A 7-day course on the surface. Watsu 3 is for students, who have given enough practice sessions to develop a comfortable and intuitive awareness of how to float another person and are ready to further explore aquatic bodywork beyond the fixed form of Watsu 2.After mastering the complete Watsu 2 sequence, Watsu 3 will open […]

A 7-day course, on the surface as well as under water.Liquid Flow Deepening is an extension of Liquid Flow Essence with a focus on process work and refinement of flow and touch, both on the surface and under water. It also includes free movement and contact dance in water as well as acquiring tools for […]

In this course, we will focus on three fundamental aspects of WaterDance: vertical grounding, posture of both giver and receiver, and the breath. The key movement is Water Breath Dance, in which you will float someone in your arms allowing them to gently sink as they exhale and rising with them as you both inhale. […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and being present, offering a way to reconnect with your heart and experience an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken, and celebrate the energy of your […]

The Integration Day offers a refinement of techniques and principles learned during the Liquid Flow Deepening course. There will also be time to answer questions both on a collective and on an individual level. This integration day is one of the prerequisites for becoming a certified Liquid Flow Provider.Prerequisites: Liquid Flow Deepening. Credits: Liquid Flow […]

A course of 6 half days.. A Watsu & OBA session offers an opportunity for profound relaxation and letting go, for building trust, for being nurtured and held, for expanding inner and outer boundaries, for releasing emotions and traumas – ultimately, for freeing body and mind in a flow unique to each client. In Watsu […]

A 6-day course on the surface and under water. “Dive into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. Dive into a weightless world and explore a timeless vastness, feeling free and secure”.In this first 50-hour OBA course, we will continue to […]

A 2-day course. Woga is a combination of two words: water and yoga. It is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in water that is waist-to-chest height.Woga focuses on Hatha Yoga in water, including asanas performed in standing position, against the wall, in floating position, and under water. The course also […]