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- Make the benefits of both giving and receiving Aquatic Bodywork available to everybody
Practice attentive and active listening; tracking (Selwa Said heart-aware approach)
The Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association oversees aquatic bodywork training and certification programs and their ethical application; coordinates research; and helps provide access to the benefits of a aquatic bodywork. Practitioners, Instructors, and Training Institutes are members of WABA. Other individuals and organizations who want to help are welcome to become WABA members.
WATSU® is the abbreviation for “Water Shiatsu” and is the world’s first form of Aquatic Bodywork. It is a deep relaxation technique based on zen shiatsu and developed since the 1980s by the poet Harold Dull.
WATA is the abbreviation of the German “WasserTanzen” (Water Dance). WATA is a technique in which the receiver (wearing a nose clip) is gradually guided underwater in a three-dimensional gravity.
Healing Dance is an holistic, aquatic technique developed by Alexander George in 1993. It consists of ten trainings. In seven of these, techniques are taught in which the receiver remains on the surface of the water. The three remaining trainings are subaquatic, featuring a variety of submergings.
A holistic practice created in the late 1980s by Nirvano Martina Schulz and Kaya Femerling. Rooted in presence, breath, and movement, Oceanic Bodywork® blends massage, joint mobilization, energy and somatic awareness with the natural elements; water (Aqua) and earth (Fire & Earth). Each element offers a unique path to relaxation, integration, and balance of body, mind, and spirit.
"Jahara® is based in awareness of body mechanics and the Gentle Power of Water™. It was created and developed in California in 1995 by Mario Jahara. The Jahara Global Team™ mission is to teach and develop the method true to its essence and philosophy."
Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association
P. O. Box 228 – CH-6802 Rivera
Switzerland
