Healing Dance® Underwater Basics with Ashaman
December 26 - December 30
Healing Dance® Underwater Basics (HDUB) is designed as a first underwater course for students who have already taken surface courses, such as WATSU I or Healing Dance I.
HDUB is a 5 day course that specifically prepares you to take Shape & Space and Above & Below, the two major underwater trainings of Healing Dance. The transition to submerging receivers rather than merely supporting them on the surface entails learning several skills before one can take a receiver safely underwater.
The fundamentals covered in the course include how to
a) read the breath precisely;
b) signal appropriately;
c) offer and remove the nose clip;
d) unweight the head on submerging;
e) give the head freedom underwater;
f) gauge the amount of time spent underwater;
g) maintain the absolute space;
h) soften the hands in grips;
i) use one’s weight and breath to create deep movements;
j) travel in the pool, and
k) pre-support the head on surfacing.
Participants learn a surface warm-up followed by a sequence of thirteen submergings arranged in an order that could be used in a session. 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 42 hours in length over 5 days and serves as a prerequisite to Shape & Space or Above & Below.
Prerequisites: Healing Dance 1 or Watsu 1.
Credits: Healing Dance Underwater Basics is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 42 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: ₹ 32,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.
