Quiet Healing Center

Open Heart-Space Meditation Workshop with Samrat
2020-03-21 - 2020-03-22, 2020-02-29 - 2020-03-01, 2020-01-25 - 2020-01-26 | Quiet Healing Center, India
Open Heart-Space Meditation is a simple practice of becoming aware of the reality as it is without judgment, interpretation or reaction, and settling into its vast, luminous expanse. We learn to embrace and let go of each experience as it arises and subsides. Eventually, the mind falls silent and sinks into the open heart-space, a doorway to oneness, where the inner and outer worlds meet and merge.
We use practices from insight meditation and various spiritual traditions to help dissolve habitual patterns of closing ourselves from the reality that is ever-present in each moment.
The key pointers during this workshop will be dropping our identities and opening to an embrace of awareness and love. No previous experience needed to attend this workshop! Samrat
Samrat Das grew up in the Integral Yoga Ashram of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother at Pondicherry, India, for 21 years. He has been living in Auroville, an international township within India which aims towards human unity, for the past 20 years. Timings: 9.30 AM -12.30 PM
Price: ₹ 2,550
Please read the General Information before you apply for this wotkshop.

WaterDance 2 with Shanti & Helen
2020-03-18 - 2020-03-23
A 6-day course, mainly under water.
In this course, you will build upon the skills learned and integrated in WaterDance 1. Your perception of WaterDance’s potential will expand profoundly, while you increasingly incorporate its principles and master the movement-material within a broader repertoire of underwater moves, advanced holdings and techniques. Step by step, you will also learn how to effortlessly link different ‘ideas’ into an artful choreography of a graceful, seamless continuum-flow.
As an apprentice in the art of breath-connection, rhythm, gentleness and clarity, you will enter into an interactive flow of breath and open a new space of joy and silence within you and your clients. Prerequisites: WaterDance 1 and 10 practice sessions (or according to teacher’s evaluation).
Credits: WaterDance 2 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.
Shanti & Helen
Shanti & Helen are trained in prenatal shock therapy, shamanic family constellation and other nature connected modalities, as well as highly experienced long time Watsu and WaterDance instructors.
Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 29,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Somatic Movement with Maggie
2020-03-16 - 2020-03-17
A 2-day neuromuscular re-education (mind-body training) course in the tradition of Thomas Hanna.
Somatics is a system of slow mindful movements. It is a gentle, easy and effective way to help you manage chronic and acute pain. Other benefits include more ease in the body, better posture and deep relaxation. It teaches you to recognize, release and reverse chronic pain patterns resulting from injury, stress, or habituated postures. We will begin with a short introduction – what Somatics is, why it’s unique and how it works, and then experience a variety of fun, easy and gentle movements designed to help you create a deeper sense of awareness as to the places where you hold tension in your body.
At the end of the course there will be time for questions and a review of specific movements which can be practiced at home.
Handouts of the home practice will be given.
For further information on Somatics please visit: Association for Hanna Somatics, Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training and International Institute for Somatic Movement Education. Maggie
Originally from London, Maggie joined Auroville in 2005 where she lives and works as a massage therapist and course facilitator.
She is a professionally trained Somatic Movement Educator and offers classes, courses and individual therapies.
Timings: 9.30 AM – 5.00 PM
Price: ₹ 5,650 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Shiatsu for Watsu® with Natacha Laborde & Petra Buschfeld
2020-03-11 - 2020-03-17
A 7-day course.
Watsu, the abbreviation of WATer ShiatSU, originates from Masunaga’s Zen Shiatsu, which was transferred and adapted to warm water by the Californian Shiatsu practitioner Harold Dull. Therefore a deeper knowledge of Shiatsu is highly recommended. Shiatsu is a modality, which originated within the oldest healing system known to humanity. It restores and maintains health by adjusting and balancing the body’s primary communication network − the energy system.
About 60% of this course is on land, during which we will offer a simple Shiatsu protocol for applying pressure along the 12 main meridians (energy pathways) and some basic theory of Chinese Medicine (yin yang, 5 elements system, organ-clock). Practical exercises on land and in water will let you discover your own energy system and become more sensitive to your partner’s energy body.
To become a certified Watsu practitioner, you need to have at least 50 hours of Shiatsu and 50 hours of Tantsu, another method of land-based bodywork. Prerequisites:
Watsu 1 or equivalent course.
Credits: Shiatsu for Watsu is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu learning program and gives 50 hours of credits for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Natacha Laborde
Certified Shiatsu facilitator and practitioner. Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic and co-facilitater for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Intro and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 9 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 30,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & Liquid Flow Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2020-03-11 - 2020-03-16
A course of 6 half days. Watsu & Liquid Flow are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). Watsu, the part where the client’s face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and mental relaxation.

During the Liquid Flow part the receiver is also brought under water (with nose clip), which offers a unique experience.
The flowing interaction with water, its fluid support and warm embrace, and the practitioner’s presence provide a space for the client to experience the multi-layered benefits of this powerful and softening bodywork. Watsu & Liquid Flow offer an opportunity for profound relaxation and letting go, for building trust, for being nurtured and held, for expanding inner and outer boundaries, for releasing emotions and traumas – ultimately, for freeing body and mind in a flow unique to each client and to each session.
In this course, you will practice basic techniques and qualities (grounding, presence, stillness, movement, attention) of being and moving another body in water. You will experience floating other people and being floated, on the surface and under water, thereby creating space for deep relaxation and nurturing body, mind and spirit.
Participants in this course often appreciate the group space, which fosters deep, meaningful and nurturing connections. Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Credits: Watsu Basic is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 16 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Liquid Flow Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives an additional 11 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 11 supplementary hours with WABA. Dariya (as WABA facilitator) & Daniel have been sharing their passion for aquatic bodywork with groups since 2004.
Besides the belief that a solid technical base provides possibilities for ease and lightness in further personal growth, their main focus is to create spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 8.00 AM – 12.30 PM
Price: ₹ 15,750
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

WaterDance 1 with Shanti & Helen
2020-03-05 - 2020-03-10
A 6-day course, mainly under water.
WaterDance (also known as WATA or WasserTanzen) is a dynamic, mind- and playful movement therapy. It was developed by Peter Schröter and Arjana C. Brunschwiler in the late 80s. This course teaches the WaterDance Short Form, a simple but effective sequence, which gives you all the basic skills to take someone under water with a nose clip.
You will learn to establish – with full presence and awareness – an appropriate rhythm in alignment with your client’s individual breathing needs.
Mastering the art of breath-connection will enable you to establish a deep bond with your client in a session that inspires trust, kindles confidence, and offers presence and attentiveness which is essential when bringing someone gently under water.

Prerequisite: Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu & OBA Basic.
Credits: WaterDance 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

Shanti & Helen
Shanti & Helen are trained in prenatal shock therapy, shamanic family constellation and other nature connected modalities, as well as highly experienced long time Watsu and WaterDance instructors.
Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 29,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® for Babies with Dariya
2020-03-04
A 1-day course.
Watsu for Babies is a beautiful and spontaneous way of experiencing the first childhood years and is open to all those who would like to experience the joy of being in water with babies. In this course you will discover that emotions arising from spontaneous movements in water open extraordinary borders. They allow us to be in the present moment, simply listening to the breathing of the baby while being supported by the healing power of water.
Through some Tantsu and Ai-Chi exercises, you will start listening to yourself and to the baby you hold in your arms. You will also learn possible transitions of the Watsu sequence in order to expand it in a creative way for babies. Thanks to the collaboration with Gianni De Stefani, certified WABA facilitator, Dr. Riccardo Palumbo has been able to develop a new massage, which is introduced in this course to bring Watsu into the world of babies. Prerequisites: Watsu Basic or a degree to work with babies in water.
Credits: Watsu for Babies is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 8 hours of credit for registration as aquatic bodywork with WABA and as an elective with Watsu India. Dariya
WABA facilitator, has been sharing her passion for aquatic bodywork with groups since 2004. Besides the belief that a solid technical base provides possibilities for ease and lightness in further personal growth, her main focus is to create spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 9 AM – 6 PM
Price: Rs 4,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 2 with Xavier Boisson
2020-02-27 - 2020-03-03
A 6-day course on the surface only.
Watsu 2 expands the Transition Flow taught in Watsu 1. You learn additional movements and bodywork in each position and to incorporate them in a session.
You also learn about the meridians and acupressure points in Watsu and to creatively explore your own movements, while following the client’s tendency to move. Practicing acupressure massage, lifts, pushes and pulls introduced at this stage, helps developing the ability to explore and play with energy. Prerequisites: Watsu 1.
Credits: Watsu 2 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Xavier Boisson
WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and 2 and Tantsu, and a WaterDance practitioner. He is also specialized in working with pregnant women (and their partner). Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 30,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Petra Buschfeld
2020-02-25 - 2020-02-26
A 2-day course.
Woga is the union of two words: water and yoga. It is based on yoga poses and stretches modified for warm water. Thanks to decrease in gravity, water allows greater ease of movement, unblocks articulations, lengthens and melts muscles, and removes negative tensions, thereby preventing stress, insomnia and anxiety. Water yoga is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in pool water, which is waist-to-chest high. You do not need to know how to swim.
Sessions are structured like their yoga equivalents on land: breathing, warm-up exercises, a series of poses, and a relaxation period. The difference is that you are in a warm water pool!
Focus of Woga 1&2 is Hatha Yoga in water (asanas in standing position, on the wall, in floating position, and under water), pranayama and meditation. Prerequisites: No previous experience required (also no need to know how to swim).
Credits: Woga 1&2 (Yoga in Water) is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 12 supplementary hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic and co-facilitater for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Intro and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 9 AM – 6 PM
Price: ₹ 6,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Reiki Level 1 with Tania
2020-02-24 - 2020-02-25, 2020-01-20 - 2020-01-21
Reiki is an ancient, non-intrusive therapy. As a hands-on healing art, it enhances the body’s own innate ability to heal itself and restore harmony to the body, mind and spirit. Anyone can learn Reiki. One need not have any special healing skills, unique gifts, or prior experience. Reiki Level 1 will attune you to effectively channel the Universal Life Force for healing and transformation. In this workshop you will learn:

the history and 5 principles of Reiki;
the human aura and chakra system;
how to channel Reiki energy for self-healing and healing others;
Reiki Level 1 initiation, which opens up the flow of Reiki energy;
hands-on practice and Reiki Level 1 manual.

Tania
Tania initially pursued Reiki for her own personal healing, and then felt guided to become a practitioner. She completed her Reiki master level, in the traditional Usui system, in 2016. Since then Tania has been offering Reiki healing sessions and Reiki intensives in India and in Europe. Timings: 9.00 AM – 5.30 PM
Price: ₹ 6,900 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Tantsu® 1 with Xavier Boisson (part 2)
2020-02-22 - 2020-02-24
A 6-day course in total, this being part 2 (second 3 days).
Tantsu grew out of Watsu. Watsu is a form of aquatic bodywork developed in the 1980s by Harold Dull, floating and stretching people in warm water. In Tantsu, the unconditional holding of Watsu is brought back onto land.
Tantsu offers a deep state of listening and creates an unconditional union and cradle of connected breath and presence. The trust established by this cradle and its creative exploration make it ideal for giving a Tantsu session to anybody. During the first four days, you will be exposed to the basics of Tantsu: cradling someone in a comfortable hold, which gives access to a deep level of relaxation and stillness. The micro-movements that appear will guide your moves, stretches and rotations of shoulders, arms, hips and legs, thereby releasing blockages in the energy flow.
The following two days will take you deeper into body-listening and exploration of various possible body movements. You will also gain knowledge about meridians, hara, and the connection between mind and body.
In this intensive Tantsu will become a joyful expression of caring love. Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Credits: Tantsu 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Xavier Boisson
WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and 2 and Tantsu, and a WaterDance practitioner. He is also specialized in working with pregnant women (and their partner). Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 29,250 (lunch included) for part 1 and 2 together.
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Mantra & Yantra Sastra Workshop with Swami Omkar
2020-02-22 - 2020-02-23
Invoke the Divine Sound & Cosmic Energy inside You Mantra Sastra is the Indian science of cosmic sound, which teaches that you can understand the creation through cosmic sound, called mantra. By using mantra you can attain a higher spiritual level and merge with the supreme sound.
Practicing mantra is one of the oldest yoga practices called Japa Yoga. Swami Omkar will guide you into the world of cosmic sound and teach you how to practice mantra in your daily life. Your mind and inner world will become vibrant and alive through practicing mantra. Mantra Yoga helps to:

promote mental and physical health;
keep your living space and surroundings peaceful;
unlock your brain activity to a higher level;
create a vibrant life.

Yantra Sastra is an ancient tool to access cosmic energy. Based on sacred geometry, Yantra is a physical device, which helps us to navigate through life; it can be energized and used as a tool for your life and beyond.
In this workshop, you will create a Yantra for health, wealth, overcoming obstacles, and for spiritual growth. You will draw your own Yantra and energize it. The workshop will also enable you to guide others to create their own Yantra for a better life.
A copper plate, copper needle (to draw your Yantra) and booklet are provided.

Swami Omkar

Swami Omkar has been teaching Vedic science and wisdom in India and abroad. He likes to share his deep knowledge with everyone, who is eager to learn these ancient Mantra and Yantra methods to improve their lives and realise their dreams.
Timings: 9.30 AM – 4.00 PM
Price: ₹ 7,500 (lunch and material included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & Breathing with Xavier Boisson
2020-02-20 - 2020-02-21
A 2-day journey of exploring and discovering your breath and its applications in Watsu. You will also integrate the practice of Watsu qualities and the power of working with your receiver’s breath. Several topics will be discussed such as the link between breathing and yourself as a giver, but also breathing and your energetic connection with the receiver. You will also be exposed to the anatomical basis of our respiratory system to better understand its functioning.
To incorporate all these elements into your water work, you will practice, explore, share your feelings, and practice again and again… Prerequisites:
Watsu Basic or Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic.
Credits: Watsu & Breathing is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 15 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Xavier Boisson
WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and 2 and Tantsu, and a WaterDance practitioner. He is also specialized in working with pregnant women (and their partner). Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 9,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Tantsu® 1 with Xavier Boisson (part 1)
2020-02-17 - 2020-02-19
A 6-day course in total, this being part 1 (first 3 days only).
Tantsu grew out of Watsu. Watsu is a form of aquatic bodywork developed in the 1980s by Harold Dull, floating and stretching people in warm water. In Tantsu, the unconditional holding of Watsu is brought back onto land.
Tantsu offers a deep state of listening and creates an unconditional union and cradle of connected breath and presence. The trust established by this cradle and its creative exploration make it ideal for giving a Tantsu session to anybody. During the first four days, you will be exposed to the basics of Tantsu: cradling someone in a comfortable hold, which gives access to a deep level of relaxation and stillness. The micro-movements that appear will guide your moves, stretches and rotations of shoulders, arms, hips and legs, thereby releasing blockages in the energy flow.
The following two days will take you deeper into body-listening and exploration of various possible body movements. You will also gain knowledge about meridians, hara, and the connection between mind and body.
In this intensive Tantsu will become a joyful expression of caring love. Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Credits: Tantsu 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Xavier Boisson
WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and 2 and Tantsu, and a WaterDance practitioner. He is also specialized in working with pregnant women (and their partner). Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 29,250 (lunch included) for part 1 and 2 together.
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 1 (TF) & OBA® 1 - Fluid Body with Gianni De Stefani
2020-02-15 - 2020-02-24
This 8-day course (with a 2-day break after 5 days) on the surface as well as under water is a “classic” in our course repertoire.
During the Transition Flow (TF), you will acquire the skills to connect the basic movements you have learned in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions.
You will also learn about your own body mechanics and how to support and move each person as effortlessly as possible. OBA 1 – Fluid Body focuses mainly on underwater movements, where the whole body can be moved in playful new ways. Especially designed movements allow the whole spine to swing and let the energy flow again. Because of the weightlessness of the body in water, the radius of joint movements becomes wider and the whole body can be moved in a playful and new way. Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tensions can be released. This form of therapy invites you to experience a completely unique way of healing in water and undertake a journey back to your origins, into the endless depth of your inner ocean.
On land, you will be introduced to both Co-Centering and Tantsu, and explore and share what being held means to you and others. Prerequisites:
Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu Basic & OBA Basic.
Credits: Watsu 1 (TF) & OBA 1 – Fluid Body is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 59 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Gianni De Stefani
Travels worldwide since more than 30 years as organizer and WABA facilitator. He facilitates Watsu Basic, Watsu 1, 2 & 3, Anatomy for Watsuer, Adapted Watsu, Watsu & Meditation, Watsu for Babies, OBA, Woga, Water Gymnastics and Rehab. Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM (no course on 20 & 21)
Price: ₹ 36,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & Pregnancy with Xavier Boisson
2020-02-13 - 2020-02-14
This 2-day course offers water students and practitioners the necessary tools for giving sessions to pregnant women and gaining a deeper insight into the fascinating world of pregnancy and birth in relation to aquatic bodywork. It also offers specific indications and contra-indications in the context of pregnancy and will allow you to give precious support to future mothers. With Watsu, we can help relieving specific pains and create psychological conditions to better prepare pregnant women for childbirth. The course also focuses on the prenatal energetic relation between parents and child and how the future father can fully participate in the pregnancy. With Watsu, the family history starts well before birth… Prerequisites: Watsu Basic or Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic.
Credits: Watsu & Pregnancy gives 15 hours of credit as an elective with Watsu India. Xavier Boisson WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and 2 and Tantsu, and a WaterDance practitioner. He is also specialized in working with pregnant women (and their partner). Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 9,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Basic & OBA® Intro with Petra Buschfeld
2020-02-10 - 2020-02-12
A 3-days course on the surface and under water.
Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). While Watsu is the mother of all water therapies, created by Harold Dull in the 1980s, OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed afterwards by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz. It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of the joints in connection with breathing and energetic work conducted both on the surface and under water.

Watsu, the part during which the receiver’s face remains on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics to work with someone in water. During the OBA part the receiver is brought under water (with nose clip), which offers a unique experience.
Watsu & OBA offer an opportunity for profound relaxation and letting go, building trust, being nurtured and held, expanding inner and outer boundaries, releasing emotions and traumas – ultimately, for freeing body and mind in a flow unique to each client and each session.
In this course, you will practice basic techniques and qualities of being (grounding, presence, stillness, movement, attention) while moving another body in water. You will experience floating other people and being floated, on the surface and under water, thereby creating space for deep relaxation and nurturing body, mind and spirit. Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Credits: Watsu Basic is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 16 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. OBA Intro is part of the Watsu India training program and gives additional 8 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 8 supplementary hours with WABA. Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic and co-facilitater for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Intro and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 14,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & Meditation with Dariya
2020-02-08 - 2020-02-09
A 2-day course.
Meditation is an important tool to listen, accept and know ourselves, and to become more intuitive towards ourselves and others.
In our understanding, the purpose of meditation is to cultivate presence and peace of mind, which foster possibilities to connect to our unique essence and the world around us. It also encourages development of our intuition and perception through the heart, besides perception through the rational mind. This might at times support making choices from a deeper place.
Meditation essentially helps to develop our capacity for personal expansion and is the basis for our ability to deeply listen to, and be fully present with the person we float during a Watsu session. Prerequisites:
Watsu Basic or Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic.
Credits: Watsu and Meditation is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 15 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Dariya
WABA facilitator, has been sharing her passion for aquatic bodywork with groups since 2004. Besides the belief that a solid technical base provides possibilities for ease and lightness in further personal growth, her main focus is to create spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 9 AM – 6 PM
Price: ₹ 9,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Transforming Control into Trust – a Guided Journey with Julia & Svenja
2020-02-07 - 2020-02-09
The more we allow ourselves to acknowledge our inner parts that are not “all that pretty”, the more we will start taking charge of our lives and move towards our real strength and personal power. Those inner parts of us have often been kept in the dark.
What if…
… we start to open that door and shed some light on them?
… we could accept them as an important part of ourselves?
By embracing them we can eventually live more from a place of love, trust and courage.
Let’s try, see, feel and live our Fears and Control patterns and let them move out of their frozen state and melt into Love and Trust.
To experience your being in a holistic approach, we guide you using tools such as bodywork, dance, creativity and meditation, while creating a safe space for reflection and sharing. Who is the target audience?
People, who have a serious interest in interacting with themselves and are curious to learn more about their patterns and belief systems and on how to expand their opportunities. Hardly anyone lives to their own potential; there is much that holds us back and limits us. It is important to remove heavy stones, which hide the entrance to the treasury.
What is the workshop about?
We want to offer an opportunity of therapeutic work on oneself, which uses the power and dynamics of a group. It’s about dealing with your own patterns and blockages and inviting more freedom and ease into your life. The therapeutic, self-reflective and exploratory work that you undertake is guided and supported by two experienced therapists and coaches. In selecting and applying suitable methods, we draw upon years of experience in working with individuals and groups in the context of therapy, training and counseling.
What are the goals?
The aim is individual growth in terms of self-development and healing. Letting go of the old and explore new inner ways, of which we are often only partially aware. We invite participants to embark on an inner voyage of discovery and awaken the wonders that dwell in all of us. Through a trustful and supportive atmosphere, you can reach your goals easier and in a more direct manner through the collective field activated by the open-heart energy of the group dynamics.
Which methods do we use?
Our repertoire of methods includes therapeutic bodywork, talk-therapeutic methods, free and guided movement/dance, imaginative creativity, meditations and dream travel, introspection and reflection, exchange with a partner, and small and larger group work. All methods used have been professionally acquired, tested and refined over many years of practice. Julia
Julia is a graduate Psychologist specialized in Clinical and Organizational Psychology. She is also a trainer in communication, a Hypnosystemic coach and consultant (Milton Erickson Institute), a mediator and facilitator (Artop Institute), as well as a certified dance teacher (Terramedus School).
She has followed further education and acquired experience in various therapeutic methods e.g. The Wholeness Work® and Core Transformation by Connirae Andreas, Generative Trance by Stephen Gilligan, Systemic Body Therapy and Systemic Constellation Work.
For about 12 years, Julia has been counseling individuals and groups in developmental, healing and change processes. She is fascinated and enthusiastic about the depth and ease with which healing can happen, when we are open to turn within and around us in love and acceptance. For her, the central element is love. Julia recently joined Auroville. Svenja
Svenja is a Psycho-Somato Therapist certified at L’École du Corps-Conscience, Montpellier, France. She has been practicing as a therapist since 2005 and started teaching Somato Therapy in France from 2009.
The method is an original mix, comprising several manual techniques and psychotherapeutic tools such as Gestalttherapy, Bioenergy, Rebirth, Creativity and Visualisation combined with verbal exchange and mental healing. Breathing helps creating the link between body and mind, while touch can act as a healing and transformative tool; verbal exchange allows integration of freed emotions. As such, Somato Therapy is based upon a holistic vision of the human being.
Svenja lives in Auroville since 2017 and devides her time between her therapy sessions (Inner Body Work under the LEAD umbrella) and the Auroville Housing Service. Timings:
Friday: 2 – 7 PM
Saturday: 9 AM – 12 & 2 – 7 PM
Sunday: 9 AM – 12 & 2 – 5 PM
Price: ₹ 8,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Petra Buschfeld
2020-02-03
Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace. It focuses on listening to the body and presence; it represents a way to come back to our heart, to an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant. It is an invitation to feel, awaken and celebrate the energy of our being. When immersed in warm water during the Watsu Yoga Round, the body does not suffer from the effects of gravity; the flow of movements and stretching alternated with moments of stillness invite a progressive well-being: body and mind become free to dance!
Prerequisites: No previous experience required (also no need to know how to swim).
Booking: 0413 2622329 / 9488084966 or E-mail: quiet@auroville.org.in Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic and co-facilitater for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Intro and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 3.00 – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 300
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Inner Watsu® with Watsu India Team
2020-01-31 - 2020-02-06
This 7-day course is for experienced water students, who want to dive deeper in the different layers of Watsu.
“When your psychological energy returns beyond the period of the first childhood and penetrates in the heritage of your ancestral life, it is here that your deep spiritual world, whose existence you had never suspected, opens itself wide.” C. G. Jung With this beautiful citation of Jung, we want to indicate the direction of the deep inner work that is carried out during this Inner Watsu course. Through an interdisciplinary approach and discussion on issues related to aquatic bodywork and personal growth, you will deepen your experience and understanding of working with human beings in warm water. In this intense course you will be exposed to different topics, including Art of Touch, Boundaries/Intimacy, Chakras & Pranayama, Communication skills, DE.ME.LE (group and individual work), Ethics/Profession & Marketing, powerful Meditation techniques, Quality of Relation, Rebirthing, Self-Awareness/Breath-Awareness, and Shiatsu.

Prerequisites: Watsu 2 or an equivalent course.
Credits: Inner Watsu is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

This course is guided by a collective team of teachers. Please be aware that this is a deeply touching course and therefore avoid other activities during the time of the course! Timings: 9 AM – 6.30 PM (plus at least one evening!)
Price: Rs 29,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2020-01-29 - 2020-01-30
A 2-day course.
Woga is the union of two words: water and yoga. It is based on yoga poses and stretches modified for warm water. Thanks to decrease in gravity, water allows greater ease of movement, unblocks articulations, lengthens and melts muscles, and removes negative tensions, thereby preventing stress, insomnia and anxiety. Water yoga is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in pool water, which is waist-to-chest high. You do not need to know how to swim.
Sessions are structured like their yoga equivalents on land: breathing, warm-up exercises, a series of poses, and a relaxation period. The difference is that you are in a warm water pool!
Focus of Woga 1&2 is Hatha Yoga in water (asanas in standing position, on the wall, in floating position, and under water), pranayama and meditation. Prerequisites: No previous experience required (also no need to know how to swim).
Credits: Woga 1&2 (Yoga in Water) is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 12 supplementary hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Dariya
WABA facilitator, has been sharing her passion for aquatic bodywork with groups since 2004. Besides the belief that a solid technical base provides possibilities for ease and lightness in further personal growth, her main focus is to create spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 9 AM – 6 PM
Price: ₹ 6,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Holistic Rebalancing Massage Training with Ananda
2020-01-27 - 2020-02-05
“Body-mind-energy has a natural, self-balancing, self-healing capacity. The therapist simply plays the role of a catalyst using effective techniques, loving energy and meditative presence.”
Holistic Rebalancing is a powerful balancing tool for body-mind-energy based on healing techniques developed in 80’s. It’s a synthesis work combined with deep tissue massage, joint release, energy work, breath work, body awareness and meditation. In this 10-days course you will learn:
• powerful techniques of joint release to melt & relax, deep tissue massage to release pain/holdings/memory, and energy work to heal from inside;
• the physical and energetic body anatomy;
• breath work and tools for body awareness;
• reading and various approach of different body types;
• 5 types of touch related to the 5 elements: water, fire, air, earth, space;
• special focus on neck, shoulder & back;
• meditations to be healthy and energetic as a hollow bamboo for the natural healing process;
• effective ways to give deep healing sessions effortlessly;
• to hold space with changing body-mind-emotions-energy. Ananda is a meditator, facilitator and therapist, focusing on wellness and connecting with inner essence through body, mind, emotions and energy.
He started his journey long ago to travel inside and outside, exploring various forms of yoga, meditation, mystics and energetic spaces. Practicing healing sessions for over 10 years, Ananda is professionally trained with international certifications for various forms of healing such as Watsu, Aquawellness, Foot Reflexology, Hypnotherapy, Pranic Healing, Alchemy of Touch – Rebalancing.
Having left behind his profession as a software architect 5 years ago, he shares his meditation retreats and rebalancing across India, Vietnam and Europe to connect with the essence of love and freedom inside. Timings: 9.00 AM – 4.30 PM
Price: ₹ 29,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA® Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2020-01-21 - 2020-01-26
A course of 6 half days. Watsu & OBA are aquatic bodywork modalities given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). Watsu, the part where the client’s face stays always on the surface, introduces the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water in order to create a profound state of both physical and mental relaxation.

During the OBA part the receiver is also brought under water (with nose clip), which offers a unique experience.
The flowing interaction with water, its fluid support and warm embrace, and the practitioner’s presence provide a space for the client to experience the multi-layered benefits of this powerful and softening bodywork. Watsu & OBA offer an opportunity for profound relaxation and letting go, for building trust, for being nurtured and held, for expanding inner and outer boundaries, for releasing emotions and traumas – ultimately, for freeing body and mind in a flow unique to each client and to each session.
In this course, you will practice basic techniques and qualities (grounding, presence, stillness, movement, attention) of being and moving another body in water. You will experience floating other people and being floated, on the surface and under water, thereby creating space for deep relaxation and nurturing body, mind and spirit.
Participants in this course often appreciate the group space, which fosters deep, meaningful and nurturing connections. Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Credits: Watsu Basic is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 16 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. OBA Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives an additional 15 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 15 supplementary hours with WABA. Dariya (as WABA facilitator) & Daniel have been sharing their passion for aquatic bodywork with groups since 2004.
Besides the belief that a solid technical base provides possibilities for ease and lightness in further personal growth, their main focus is to create spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 1.00 – 6.00 PM
Price: ₹ 18,250
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Ancient Vedic Healing Course with Swami Omkar
2020-01-18 - 2020-01-19
In this workshop you are exposed to the ancient art of Vedic Healing through Prana Vidya or the Knowlegde of Prana, the universal life force which permeates all creation. Prana Vidya offers the knowledge of gaining, restoring and uplifting Prana in our body. It also explains how to transfer this life force to other people, as Prana can be given to others, who are sick or in an imbalanced state.
Human beings are driven by five types of Prana that reside in different parts of our body. If our body contains all five kinds of Prana in a sufficient level, we are in good health, feel happy and fulfilled, and experience unlimited love and compassion. If there is an imbalance, problems manifest in body, mind or soul. Prana Vidya was already used in Vedic times and its concepts are clearly described in the ancient writings of the Vedas and Upa-Vedas. Whereas most of the common spiritual healing methods deal with chakras and kundalini, Prana Vidya works with the Prana body. Advantages of Prana Vidya:
♦ Simple to learn and practice.
♦ All types of life styles can experience and practice Prana Vidya.
♦ Healing based on Prana Vidya does not have any side-effects for the healer.
♦ While learning Prana Vidya, its healing power can already be experienced.
♦ All kinds of mental and physical problems can be cured.
♦ Character, memory power, and thought processes can be improved.
♦ Can also be used for success in education, wealth, peace, and relationships.
♦ Purifies our inner being and uplifts our spiritual life. Swami Omkar

Founder of “Pranava Peetam Trust”, has been teaching Prana Vidya in India and abroad and likes to share his knowledge with everyone, who is eager to learn this ancient Vedic Healing method.

Timings: 10.30 AM – 5.30 PM
Price: Rs 6,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Adapted Watsu® with Gianni De Stefani
2020-01-17 - 2020-01-19
A 3-day course, on the surface only.
In this course, you will apply the qualities and techniques of Watsu to persons with special needs or disorders, whether physical or mental. You will also start using pool noodles and working with people, who are particularly rigid or afraid to be held due to trauma, culture or water fear. In regular Watsu, you acquire the necessary confidence to allow people to relax in your arms. In this course you will learn an indispensable basis, on land and in water, about the functioning of the body, so that you can adapt and offer a pleasant session to persons with special needs.

Prerequisites: Watsu 2 plus 100 hours of aquatic bodywork training or Watsu 1 plus 200 hours of aquatic bodywork training.
Credits: Adapted Watsu is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 25 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Gianni De Stefani
Travels worldwide since more than 30 years as organizer and WABA instructor. He teaches Watsu Basic, Watsu 1, 2 & 3, Anatomy for Watsuer, Adapted Watsu, Watsu & Meditation, Watsu for Babies, OBA, Woga, Water Gymnastics and Rehab. Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 14,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Foot Reflexology Training with Ananda
2020-01-15 - 2020-01-19
“Feet have roots to touch the heart of the earth…
hands have wings to reach the mystery of the sky… “ What is Holistic Reflexology ?
Holistic Reflexology is deeply relaxing, healing & balancing tool for body-mind-energy. With meditative presence, loving energy & by activating and relaxing nerve endpoints, lymphatic nodes and energy points in hands and feet, we support harmonizing internal organs, blood circulation, nervous, hormonal, lymphatic systems and boost immunity.

What is Holistic ? I don’t believe in this Holistic stuff ?
Holistic means whole. Healing happens if we tune our body-mind-energy with whole of our potential. Body-mind-energy has natural, self-balancing, self-healing capacity. The healer simply plays the role of a channel/catalyst using effective techniques, loving energy and meditative presence.
There is nothing to believe blindly but scientific tools to learn, experience and integrate. What do we learn in this training ?
Welcome to intensive journey to explore and deepen with:
• anatomy of physical and energy body and yogic science
• warmup, self-healing techniques and use of supportive tools
• reflexology techniques & sequence for organs, nerves, hormones
• specific sequence for lymphatic flush drainage & energy balancing
• reading various body types and variations in approaches to apply
• meditations to be open channel of sensitivity, presence and loving energy
• effective ways to give deep healing sessions effortlessly. Ananda is a meditator, facilitator and therapist, focusing on wellness and connecting with inner essence through body, mind, emotions and energy.
He started his journey long ago to travel inside and outside, exploring various forms of yoga, meditation, mystics and energetic spaces. Practicing healing sessions for over 10 years, Ananda is professionally trained with international certifications for various forms of healing such as Watsu, Aquawellness, Foot Reflexology, Hypnotherapy, Pranic Healing, Alchemy of Touch – Rebalancing.
Having left behind his profession as a software architect 5 years ago, he shares his meditation retreats and rebalancing across India, Vietnam and Europe to connect with the essence of love and freedom inside. Timings: 9.00 AM – 4.30 PM
Price: ₹ 14,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.
