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This massage training consists of six days, divided into four days (9 till 12 February) and two days (18 and 19 February).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 […]

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

A 3-day course, on the surface only. In this course, you will apply the qualities and techniques of Watsu to persons with special needs or disorders, whether physical or mental. You will also start using pool noodles and working with people, who are particularly rigid or afraid to be held due to trauma, culture or […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our […]

A course of 6 half days.Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).Watsu, the part where the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and […]

A 6-day course. Watsu, the abbreviation of WATer ShiatSU, originates from Masunaga's Zen Shiatsu, which was transferred and adapted to warm water by the Californian Shiatsu practitioner Harold Dull. Therefore a deeper knowledge of Shiatsu is highly recommended.Shiatsu is a modality, which originated within the oldest healing system known to humanity. It restores and maintains […]

The OBA final evaluation day is the last step to complete your training in Oceanic Bodywork Aqua.During this day, you will give a “hands-on” session to your teacher and present your personal work about OBA to the group.Prerequisites: Successful completion of OBA 3. Credits: OBA Evaluation Day is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) […]

Tutorials are excellent opportunities to refresh, adapt and further explore the techniques and sequences acquired in Watsu 1 and their effects on both giver and receiver.Special attention is given to details of the movements and their necessary adaptations according to the size, buoyancy and flexibility of the receiver. By refining the gracefully flowing transitions of […]

A 7-day course on the surface only. Watsu 2 expands the Transition Flow taught in Watsu 1. You learn additional movements and bodywork in each position and incorporate them in a session. You also learn about the meridians and acupressure points in Watsu and creatively explore your own movements, while following the client's tendency to […]

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 […]

KaHuna is an ancient massage technique, which originated in the South Pacific. KaHuna body workers use their hands, as extension of the heart, as well as forearms and elbows in long fluid strokes, while performing traditional dance steps. The training consists of two 5-day courses during which you’ll learn the magic of KaHuna in the […]

A 2-day course. Meditation is an important tool to listen, accept and know ourselves, and to become more intuitive towards ourselves and others.In our understanding, the purpose of meditation is to cultivate presence and peace of mind, which foster possibilities to connect to our unique essence and the world around us. It also encourages development […]

A 2-day course on the surface and under water. OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid 80’s. It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of […]

Tutorials are excellent opportunities to refresh, adapt and further explore the techniques and sequences acquired in Watsu 2 and their effects on both giver and receiver.Special attention is given to details of the movements and their necessary adaptations according to the size, buoyancy and flexibility of the receiver. By refining the gracefully flowing transitions of […]

A 7-day course on the surface only. Watsu 3 is for people who have given enough practice sessions to develop a comfortable, intuitive awareness of how to float another person and who are ready to adapt and further explore aquatic bodywork outside the fixed form of Watsu 2.Powerful stretches and advanced techniques are introduced while […]

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

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 […]

A 2-day course. Woga is the union of two words: water and yoga. It is based on yoga poses and stretches modified for warm water.Thanks to decrease in gravity, water allows greater ease of movement, unblocks articulations, lengthens and melts muscles, and removes negative tensions, thereby preventing stress, insomnia and anxiety.Water yoga is based on […]

In this 6-day course, you will: - acquire the basics of WOGA - be able to use the potential of yoga in shallow water - learn a WOGA exercise repertoire - receive didactic and methodical material to offer WOGA courses and/or incorporate WOGA into your water fitness classes.Topics addressed: Yoga philosophy in general, background of […]

An 7-day course geared towards aquatic bodywork practitioners, who have successfully passed ATC Watsu and would like to become Watsu instructors. This course is offered by a collective team of experienced teachers, who over more than a decade of experience have gained a deep knowledge of passing on these aquatic bodywork techniques.Topics to be addressed […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our […]

A course of 6 half days.Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).Watsu, the part where the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and […]

A 6-day course with mainly under water work."Diving into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. In timeless vastness, going inside, feeling free and secure, and diving into a weightless world". In this first course of 50 hours, we will approach […]

A 2-day course on the surface and under water. OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid 80’s. It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of […]

A 6-day course on the surface and under water.Oceanic Bodywork® Aqua is a method of bodywork, that takes place in a warm water pool (35 °C). It combines elements of soft stretching movements, massage and joint release as well as energy and breathwork in a unique way. Deep relaxation on a physical and emotional level […]

A course of 6 half days.Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).Watsu, the part where the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and […]

A 2-day course. Woga is the union of two words: water and yoga. It is based on yoga poses and stretches modified for warm water.Thanks to decrease in gravity, water allows greater ease of movement, unblocks articulations, lengthens and melts muscles, and removes negative tensions, thereby preventing stress, insomnia and anxiety.Water yoga is based on […]

A 2-day course on the surface and under water. OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid 80’s. It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of […]

A 6-day course with mainly under water work."Diving into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. In timeless vastness, going inside, feeling free and secure, and diving into a weightless world". In this first course of 50 hours, we will approach […]

This massage training consists of six days, divided into four days (9 - 12 November) and two days (18 - 19 November).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 […]

A 4-days' course for anyone, who likes to be introduced to massage and bodywork.Lomi Lomi is an ancient Hawaiian massage style which uses long fluid rhythmic strokes to treat the whole body. The practitioner uses the hands as instrument of the heart. Energetic, emotional and muscular blockages are released allowing oxygen, blood circulation  and life […]

Hot stones massage is used to help relax and ease tense muscles and damaged soft tissues throughout the body.During a hot stone massage, smooth, flat, heated stones are massaged directly on the body and placed on specific parts of the body. The stones are usually basalt, a type of volcanic rock that retains heat. In […]

A 6-day course on the surface as well as underwater. In WATA Fundamental Class, we focus on the three fundamental aspects of WaterDance: vertical grounding, posture (of both the giver and receiver) and the breath. In WaterDance, our most basic move is the Water Breath Dance, in which we float someone in our arms and […]

A 2-day course. Woga is the union of two words: water and yoga. It is based on yoga poses and stretches modified for warm water.Thanks to decrease in gravity, water allows greater ease of movement, unblocks articulations, lengthens and melts muscles, and removes negative tensions, thereby preventing stress, insomnia and anxiety.Water yoga is based on […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our […]

A course of 6 half days.Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).Watsu, the part where the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and […]

A 5-day course on the surface only.In this course you will be taught to connect the basic movements and positions you have learned in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions and to adapt this work to people of different sizes, shapes, and dispositions.You will also learn about your own body mechanics and how to […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our […]

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 […]

A 2-day course on the surface only.Watsu is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). Watsu, where  the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and mental […]

"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 […]

A 2-day course. Meditation is an important tool to listen, accept and know ourselves, and to become more intuitive towards ourselves and others.In our understanding, the purpose of meditation is to cultivate presence and peace of mind, which foster possibilities to connect to our unique essence and the world around us. It also encourages development […]

A 5-day course on the surface only.In this course you will be taught to connect the basic movements and positions you have learned in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions and to adapt this work to people of different sizes, shapes, and dispositions.You will also learn about your own body mechanics and how to […]

A 1-day course. Watsu for Babies is a beautiful and spontaneous way of experiencing the first childhood years and is open to all those who would like to experience the joy of being in water with babies.In this course you will discover that emotions arising from spontaneous movements in water open extraordinary borders. They allow […]

"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 to wholeness. Prana Yoga is based on Hatha yoga, Pranayama, Meditations & Siddha. Through conscious postures, breathing, movement & stillness open the self enhancing, transforming, healing, grounding & tuning the energy flow to rejuvenate the body-mind-energy, build immunity, enhance sensitivity, perception, expand awareness, enrich self-healing […]

Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our […]

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 […]

A course of 6 half days.Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).Watsu, the part where the client's face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and […]

A 6-day course. Watsu, the abbreviation of WATer ShiatSU, originates from Masunaga's Zen Shiatsu, which was transferred and adapted to warm water by the Californian Shiatsu practitioner Harold Dull. Therefore a deeper knowledge of Shiatsu is highly recommended.Shiatsu is a modality, which originated within the oldest healing system known to humanity. It restores and maintains […]