Aquatic Bodywork

 

Aquatic Bodywork are practices that comes directly from Shiatsu and other healing practices on land such as Authentic Movement, or Intuitive Osteopathy, and they share the same principles of movement medicine with the purpose of physical and emotional wellbeing. 

 

The session is usually a passive aquatic therapy one-on-one with a qualified practitioner or facilitator in chest-deep warm water at around 35°C = 95°F. This type of bodywork includes techniques such as Watsu®, Water Dance®, Healing Dance®, or Aguahara®. During an Aquatic Bodywork session the receiver is immersed on a journey into water where the body is stretched, massaged, and led gradually into more dynamic movements similar to a dance, that gives sense of freedom, release, and enjoyment. 

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Letting go of muscular tension, and unnecessary patterns in the body that generates unbalance, is easier in water, and your body will feel more flexible and able to do movements that are difficult to perform on land. Being carried gently by the water, without any resistance, and sometimes on embryo-like positions, may give the receiver the feeling of being nurtured and taken care of, as been back into the womb.

Receiver can decide to experience bodywork treatment in water while floating, or as option for the journey they can decide to extend it underwater, where is possible to experience the full connection with the element and maybe feel as an aquatic being.

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​The practitioner will connect with your breath and listen to your body natural rhythm and movements to guide you on your journey into water. Each session is a different experience, that can bring different emotional and physical reactions based on the receiver own personal status on the day.

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For more info please visit: Oceanicfreeflow.com

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