Healing Dance® Above & Below with Ashaman
January 7, 2027 - January 12, 2027
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 Healing Dance. From the feedback of practitioners working with Above & Below we know that it is indeed making going under 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 to breathe and bringing the giver to a joy in movement and presence.
This class offers a copious toolbox of moves that are simple, elegant and intriguing to enrich your experience in the underwater world.
A written and photo manual are provided and an MP4 of the sequence is made available.
This is a core course in the Underwater Practitioner Certification. It is 50 hours in length over 6 days and may be taken before or after Shape & Space.
Prerequisites: Healing Dance 1 plus Healing Dance Underwater Basics or WaterDance 1.
Credits: Healing Dance Above & Below is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.
Ashaman
I have been dancing and healing in the water since my first training with Alexander in 1999, when I discovered an altogether unexpected love for aquatic bodywork. I realized that I could apply postural movement awareness from martial art to this unique shared therapeutic dance in warm water, and the fluidity and dynamic grace inherent in aquatic bodywork immediately touched my center. Integrating my passions for body awareness, enhanced consciousness through movement, and relating, I studied most of the prominent aquatic modalities, and in 2005 was among the early few certified to teach Healing Dance by Alexander. Since then I continue to immensely enjoy leading Healing Dance trainings in the United States, Europe, Israel and India. I am currently one of a small handful of instructors who certify Healing Dance Surface practitioners. I teach the Introduction to Healing Dance, Healing Dance 1 & 2, Relating & Mirroring, Healing Dance Underwater Basics, and the 50 hr underwater course Shape & Space.
In addition to my experience in the water I am a very active father of a 3 ½ year old son, have practiced and taught Eastern and Western bodywork for over 20 years, am fascinated with breath and the martial arts, instruct sustainable movement and fitness practices, have worked as a climbing arborist in the tall trees of Hawaii and am a dedicated student of the classical & flamenco guitar… and I look forward to meeting you in the water!
Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 39,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.
