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Minakshi is approved by the

1. National Certification Board for
Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

NCBTMB # 394182
as a continuing education
Approved Provider

Each 50 hour course is recognized for 50 CE hours.

Each 16 hour course is recognized for 16 CE hours.

2. Florida Department of Health (#50-6353)

Florida Board of Massage recognizes 50 hours (including 2 for Ethics) for Watsu.

Each 16 hour course is recognized for 16 CE hours.

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3. WABA certified

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Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association
(WABA) Certification Program

WABA oversees the instruction and practice of WATSU®,

WaterDancing® , Aquatic Shiatsu, and Jahara® Technique.

If you wish to have your courses credited (50 hours for each level)

towards the admission to more advanced courses, you

must register as a student with WABA.

At Watsu® I, you may purchase for $30 the book

Watsu® Freeing the Body in Water and

will receive a logbook to record practice sessions

and classes wherever taken.

Requirements to be registered as a practitioner

with WABA are listed below.

Professionals will be able to transfer credits. 

Please  e-mail for updates and answers to your questions.


530 HOUR WATSU® PRACTITIONER

(Coursework can be reduced to a minimum of 230 hours
 for those who are licensed to work with the body. 
See below for further details.)

WATSU® I (50 CE hours)

WATSU® II (50 CE hours)


an elective which can be

50 hours of any other authorized WABA courses

(repeating WATSU® I, II or III is recommended)

Click here for Audit Link


20 (one hour) recorded sessions giving,

and 10 sessions received from professional WABA practitioners

demonstrate mastery in an individually arranged session

See Demonstrate Mastery Link

WATSU® III (50 CE hours)


50 hours of Anatomy/Physiology

100 hours of Shiatsu and/or Fire and Water

50 hrs. Body/Heart/Mind Preparation

50 hrs. Internal Watsu® (Presence of Being)

CPR

Continuing Education (50 hours every 3 years)

                  

 



REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE WITH LICENSE TO TOUCH
(RN's, PT's, PTAs, MT's, OT's, RT's, Cottas, ATC's,
Professional Bodyworkers, Spiritual Advisors, etc.)

Students must be physically able to do the work and
enter an above ground pool with the ladder provided.

WATSU® I (50 CE hours)

WATSU® II (50 CE hours)

an elective which can be

50 hours of any other authorized WABA courses

(repeating WATSU® I, II or III is recommended)

Click here for Audit Link


20 (one hour) recorded sessions giving,

and 10 sessions received from professional WABA practitioners

demonstrate mastery in an individually arranged session

See Demonstrate Mastery Link

WATSU® III (50 CE hours)

CPR

Continuing Education (50 hours every 3 years).

(Aquatic) Shiatsu would be your first continuing education course,

if you do not have 100 hours of previous training.

 Continuing Education and WABA Fees

There is a $50 fee to be added to the Registry as

a Practitioner. Those who wish may be listed to the public

(and access postings for employment) for the rest of their

first year at no additional cost. This public listing can be

renewed each year as long as a minimum of 50 hours of

WABA classes has been added to your transcript in the

Registry during the previous 3 years.

International Programs

In Europe the minimum number of hours required to be
listed on the Registry as a practitioner is 550. This can be
done by adding additional practice sessions or
supervisions to the above program, or by completing the
variant Watsu Italia Somaterapista program, or the IAKA
Practitioner program. Elements from these programs may
be included in the hours required for the above.
Periodically check the WABA web site for additional
programs in Europe and other countries and for details
and updates to the above.

 

WATERDANCE® PRACTITIONER

Watsu® Practitioner requirements plus WaterDance® I, II, and III.

Each WaterDance class is 50 hours long.
Any 100 hours of bodywork may be substituted for the Shiatsu requirement



   

 

Learning outcomes will be assessed by demonstrating a complete session

on the last day of the program.

Students learn body mechanics and how to support and gently stretch their clients in warm water.  They will learn to co-ordinate their movements with the receiver's breath and be sensitive to their boundaries, adapting moves as necessary for each individual.  In Watsu® I and II they will learn a sequence with seamlessly flowing transitions.  In Watsu® II, Shiatsu points and additional techniques are facilitated by correct hand placements based on a understanding of the bony structure of the skeleton and especially the vertebral column.  In Watsu® III students will learn additional advanced positions, expand their WATSU® vocabulary, enhance their spontaneous creativity and develop their own personal style.

Our courses conclude with a formal assessment and the participants who successfully pass this assessment will receive a Certificate.  We have a form which we fill in during the completion session Friday morning.  The assessment is based on the information in the above paragraph.  The form is available for viewing in the logbook.  The logbook can be viewed and downloaded at the www.waba.edu web site.  On the homepage there is a choice for students to logon.  Choose this, and find and print the logbook.

 

Minakshi
Marathon  FL  33050
305-743-2624

minakshiwatsu@comcast.net

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