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  01-Watsu Basis  
  If you want to find out for yourself what Watsu is all about, this introductory course is for you. Participants will practise a number of basic Watsu principles and moves. This basic course is an admission requirement for the professional courses Watsu I, II and III.  
 
 
 
  02-Watsu I  
  WATSU I offers a large number of new techniques, positions and moves. Participants learn how to make smooth transitions from one position to another. Particular attention is focused on individual posture and movement in the water. The workshop will also elaborate on such themes as ‘closeness and boundaries’ and ‘dealing with emotions’. There will be an introduction to the study of meridians.  
 
 
 
  03-Watsu II  
  In Watsu II, the focus is on exploring and, in particular – on fine-tuning the movements already learned. Quality of touch is all-important. Attention is devoted to inner exploration and therapeutically oriented themes. Massages and Shiatsu are worked out in detail and integrated in the water. On completion of WATSU II, participants are officially qualified to conduct client-sessions. Quality control is provided through an extensive system of supervision.  
 
 
 
  04-Watsu II Update  
  A refresher Watsu II, with WABA variants, preparing for the Watsu III class of Harold Dull.  
 
 
 
  05-Watsu III  
  This advanced course is designed for experienced practitioners of Watsu. The course revolves around ‘Free Flow’ – free, improvised movement, and the development of personal style. Participants learn to refine their own movement vocabulary and to supplement it with a number of new techniques.  
 
 
 
  06-Wata I  
  Wata , Wassertanzen, or Waterdance is an advanced technique. Prerequisite is Watsu I. Wata I will teach the short form which includes learning to establish a rhythm that works with each client's breathing needs and to move all body types through the water with security, ease and graceful fluidity , giving the receiver a profound sense of freedom and joy.  
 
 
 
  07- Basic Healing Dance  
  This Healing Dance course ( 60 hours ) is accredited for the Watsu Practitioner certificate. This allows you to take Watsu 3 or Healing Dance as special subject electives. Watsu I is a prerequisite for this course.

In Healing Dance the entire session takes place above the surface of the water, yet the free and waving movements may elicit many of the same responses experienced in a Wata session. The form follows the natural tendencies of the body moving in water in a variety of waves, circles and figure eights with the legs free to experience the sensation of the water flowing past.

Positional sanctuaries, releases, creative stretches and transitions are part of this level. Students learn the principles of relating and mirroring, moving by example, generating a rhythmic field, and applying advanced body mechanics to be able to travel smoothly across the pool to create "virtual currents." 		 
 
 
 
  08 - Advanced Healing Dance  
  Advanced Healing Dance builds on the moves and positions already learned in Basic Healing Dance and adds in spirals, some effective bodywork techniques and new mini-sequences. These include Seaweed II for working the upper body, Arabesque for its strong stretches and flying circles, the tender, low key Chagal, the nurturing Klimt and some creative stepwork.

Also included in this class are exercises to help students adapt and improvise in their work. Ideas for sequencing a Healing Dance session are discussed, and the concept of channeling movement is explored. It delivers the fullness of Healing Dance's surface repertoire giving particpants the tools and confidence to dance with their receivers. 		 
 
 
 
  09 - Above and Below  
  This class is designed to bring the principles of Healing Dance into the underwater experience. Maintaining flow above and below the surface is integral; the material explores how to smooth out the moment of submerging and surfacing.

When rhythm, movement shape and body position are pre-set at the surface, the receiver experiences a less radical change at the moment of submerging. The coursework begins taking Watsu’s Basic Moves underwater and extends this idea to the whole session, introducing a variety of takedown moves from the repertoire of the Healing Dance.

From the feedback of practitioners working with Above and Below we know that it is indeed making going underwater possible for people previously unable to allow themselves to be submerged. Taking the moves below the surface becomes a fluid dance, bringing the receiver to a place where there is no need of breath and bringing the giver to a joy in movement and presence. This class offers a toolbox of moves that are simple, elegant and intriguing to enrich your experience in the water.		  
 
 
 
  10 - Healing Dance Shape and Space  
  Shape and Space is the fourth Healing Dance level to come into existence after the Basic, Advanced and Above and Below trainings. It consists mostly of material Alexander had developed as early as 1993 and first taught in the US and in Europe as an advanced level of WaterDance. Shape and Space consists of a beautiful and exciting repertoire of moves and an exploration of free flowing improvisation.

It is a collection of dives arranged in a viable order, one that could be used outside of class time practice in a real session. In their construction, the dives embody a language with its own grammar and syntax. The key idea in Shape and Space is learning how to create pure, generous movement shapes that speak their embedded messages to the receiver while conveying her across the length and breadth of the pool. The movements of Shape and Space are rooted in human developmental movement; in the animal movement of dolphins, seals, sharks, manta rays, snakes and jellyfishes; in elemental movement patterns seen in flowing water, and in archetypal templates that mirror our relation to spirit.

The principle of chaos is honored in movements of a dynamic, arrhythmic, angular quality and also appears in formless free flow. In addition, Shape and Space explores the art of adaptation to and facilitation of the interactive receiver. Shape and Space is for those practitioners who believe in the healing power of movement and want to learn how to dance with their receivers in the water.		  
 
 
 
  10-Healing Dance Refresh  
  Healing Dance Refresher A one day workshop, refreshing the techniques of Healing Dance I. For anyone who attended a Healing Dance I class, and prerequisite for Healing Dance II.  
 
 
 
  11-Shiatsu & Tantsu Workshop  
  Tantsu is a form of Shiatsu which was developed by Harold Dull. It is based on Watsu movements, but is done on land.

During this weekend workshop, Tantsu will be practised in combination with Shiatsu techniques and the study of meridians. Participants will work both on land and in water, thus constantly adapting the techniques to land and water settings.



  
 
 
 
  12-Spiraldynamic Workshop  
  Functional anatomy in water. A practical awareness of the body’s potential for free, spiraling movements, as used in WATSU. During this course, the techniques first practised on land, are immediately transferred to the aquatic setting. About 6 hours per day are spent in water.  
 
 
 
  13-Supervisions/Sessions indiv.  
  A supervision is an individual lesson, in which the student gives a session to the teacher. The teacher in turn will give feedback and practical advice to the student. it is an obligatory part of the Watsu training.  
 
 
 
  14-Watsu II Integration  
   
 
 
 
  15-Fluid Beginnings  
   
 
 
 
  16-Ai Chi  
   
 
 
 
  17-Trial Days  
   
 
 
 

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