HOST A TRAINING
What is a Spa Provider Training?
Holders of a Spa Provider certificate are authorized to provide Watsu sessions to the clients of spas, clinics and sports clubs. Watsu Providers cannot provide private Watsu sessions. Those being registered as a Watsu Provider acknowledge that their status is that of an intern and requires an annual renewal with 50 hours of continuing education until they complete all requirements to be registered as a Watsu Practitioner through WABA. A Watsu Provider is registered in WABA just like other Watsu Practitioners.
Why host a training?
The best reason to host a training is to provide your instructors and staff with quality continuing education AT YOUR FACILITY for a fraction of the cost of attending a conference or off-site training. In addition to the savings, you and your staff get to train together in a familiar environment AND you can customize the course content to meet your specific needs and goals.
What are the benefits?
- Renew your enthusiasm and motivation.
- Improve your bodywork and become a better practitioner.
- Learn new aquatic bodywork techniques.
What's it take to be a "HOST"?
When you "host" a Training Workshop you and your facility assume the role of workshop organizer and host facility. You hire Minakshi to provide the educational content. You provide the facility, promote the event, accept registrations and collect all registration fees from attendees.
What are the costs?
The week long workshop (50 hour workshop) minimum fee is $5,000 and an additional $500 per student.
The week end workshop (16 hours) minimum fee is $2,000 and an additional $200 per student. This fee includes all course materials, registration with the Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA) and a certificate of completion for up to 12 participants. Our workshops offer Continuing Education Credits from NCBTMB and/or Florida Board of Massage Therapy.
The other costs are travel (airfare) and lodging (hotel) expenses for the presenter. You should plan on anywhere between $350 to $500 for airfare and a minimum of six nights lodging. There can also be costs for ground transportation to and from the airport and the facility, but often the host (you) can provide transportation for the presenter. Shuttle from the Keys to Miami airport is $75.
Yes, I'd like to find out more. What do I do next?
Contact Minakshi
E-mail: minakshiwatsu@comcast.net
By Phone: 1 (305) 743 2624
Course Descriptions
Pool Depth: Shallow (3' - 4.5')
WATSU®
A form of passive aquatic therapy modeled after the principles of Zen Shiatsu (massage). Watsu is always performed in a hands-on manner by the provider. The client is usually held or cradled in warm water while the provider stabilizes or moves one segment of the body, resulting in a stretch of another segment due to the drag effect. The client remains completely passive while the provider combines the unique qualities of the water with rhythmic flow patterns.
Course Title: WATSU I®
Educates participants in WATSU®'s Tai Chi-like basic moves and positions. By staying grounded and connected with the breath, you learn to let the water do the work. In its continual return to the Water Breath Dance, participants find the stillness that is the ground of presence. At this stage the basic moves and positions are connected with long gracefully flowing transitions. At all levels students learn about body mechanics - how to take care of themselves while supporting and moving others as effortlessly as possible in the water. On land we introduce Shiatsu and explore and share what being held means.
Course Title: WATSU II®
The course offers expansion of basic movements, specific Shiatsu points and introduces additional techniques. Students learn additional moves and bodywork in each position and how to incorporate them and other moves, as needed. You will learn about the meridians and points in WATSU® and explore following a client's tendency to move as well as creatively exploring your own movements. Practicing the pointwork, the lifts and stretches introduced at this stage helps develop the ability to explore and play with energy. It is recommended that you practice giving many sessions, as well as receiving them, before going on to WATSU® III or another form. (WATSU® I is a pre-requisite.)
Course Title: WATSU III®
Open to students who have successfully completed WATSU® II and have given enough sessions to be relaxed and comfortable with their technique and sequence. It is a pre-requisite of this course that the above mastery be demonstrated (see special offers). At WATSU III you develop an intuitive awareness of how to be with another person in the water and further adapt and explore outside the form of WATSU® II. Additional powerful stretches and advanced techniques will be taught. Students expand their WATSU® vocabulary, enhance spontaneous creativity and develop their own personal style. (WATSU® II is a pre-requisite.)
Fire and Water (Aquatic Shiatsu)®
Open to all bodywork students. Fire and Water® offers a clear, coherent, and most importantly, applicable base of knowledge to participants. Whether you are new to Watsu, and/or bodywork, or have been practicing for years, the information taught is invaluable. With Minakshi’s grace and skill in the water, this course is enlightening, enlivening, and enriching beyond measure. These courses are taught half on land, half in the water. On land, students are introduced to concepts of oriental Shiatsu. They learn ways of using meridians and points that are only available in the water.
Fire and Water fulfills the 100 hours of Shiatsu training required by WABA to become a WATSU® practitioner. The courses below can also be chosen as the 50 hour elective.
Course Title: Aquatic Shiatsu (Fire and Water) I
During this course students will
- learn how to touch and enjoy being in the water, while practicing gentle joint mobilizations, stretching & applying pressure
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learn the locations of the meridians
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palpate key points along the meridians including source points
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learn one back point for each meridian
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practice (in water) combining back and key points with hara massage, for each meridian
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earn positions in which the meridian stretches can be practiced along with the points learned
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educate their clients by showing simple stretches and points
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experience the many benefits of Shiatsu, including a balanced flow of energy, deep relaxation and an overall feeling of well-being. Many experience pain relief.
Course Title: Aquatic Shiatsu (Fire and Water) II
During this course students will further their understanding of concepts of oriental Shiatsu by
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having a basic understanding of "Five Element Theory"
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learning "front" points in relation to the five elements
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studying the daily rhythms of the "Ki" cycling through the meridians
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learning to diagnose their own "kyo" and "jitsu" and apply this personal understanding to a general understanding of the theory
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applying their knowledge of "kyo" and "jitsu" to the hara (on land & in the water) for a deeper understanding of deficiency & excess
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learning the location of the five elements in the hara and the front of the body and how to connect with them
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learning indications for back points based on understanding sense organs, etc. & their relationship to the five elements
- recommending "homework" for their clients based on five element theory
WaterDancing Workshops
WaterDancing I can also be chosen as the 50 hour elective
And is the first course (of 3) towards becoming a WaterDancing Practitioner.
WaterDance is performed in body temperature water in which clients wear a nose clip to be guided beneath the water into its three-dimensionality. This step requires the practitioner to have a well developed and intuitive understanding of the client’s breathing rhythm. In a WaterDance session movements on the surface alternate rhythmically with those underwater in accordance with each client’s particular needs.
We know from yoga that slowing down the breathing in a relaxed physical state calms mental activity and can help in achieving a meditative state. This occurs effortlessly in a WaterDance session. The soft, warm water gives complete support and continuously flows gently around the entire body including the face. Many people speak of feelings of joy and pulsating liveliness.
On a physical level, the use of specific holds releases and mobilizes the major joints of the body. WaterDance brings to mind the Japanese movement art of Aikido, and is also reminiscent of classical ballet. It can be like the swimming and playing of dolphins or the silent floating of a fetus in its mother’s womb.
As unique as each individual is, everyone experiences WaterDance differently. Perceptions range from the deepest states of relaxation to shifts in the perception of time and space; from regressing to childhood to re-experiencing prenatal or birth-specific events. Memories of old injuries may arise from the subconscious and the body spontaneously releases stress from the past. Some people speak of experiencing all-encompassing feelings of unity and unconditional love during and even long after a WaterDance session. In this way, WaterDance provides support for those passing through life transitions or suffering from disease states arising from low self-esteem. In the training of WaterDance practitioners, emphasis is laid upon holding a space of acceptance to allow the self-healing capacity of each receiver to emerge.
WaterDance is a form of body therapy that should only be practiced
by well-trained practitioners in a safe environment
so that the wealth of feelings and perceptions
it can draw forth are given the appropriate space to develop.
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