Quiet Healing Center

Foot Reflexology Training with Ananda
2021-03-16 - 2021-03-20, 2021-01-25 - 2021-01-29 | Quiet Healing Center, India
“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: ₹ 15,000 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Conscious Touch with Verena
2021-03-13 - 2021-03-14
This workshop is designed to increase trust through conscious touch as an instrument for healing and connection.
During this workshop, you will:
· gain a better knowledge of the body;
· learn basic massage techniques;
· develop trust and concentration;
· activate healing energies;
· relieve stress and anxiety;
· practice hygienic massage standards in personal and professional situations.
You will also learn different ways to develop a deeper heart connection.
Open to all, who would like to learn how to touch with love, care, presence, and skill.
Prerequisites: No previous knowledge required.
Verena

Verena studied social work (Diplom), is an Esalen® Massage Therapist, Wingwave® Coach and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Trainer (Dr. E. Jacobsen). She is experienced in working with groups and likes to share the approach of being in heart full contact.

Timings: 9.30 AM – 6.00 PM
Price: ₹ 5,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Guided Chakra Healing Meditation Workshop with Tania
2021-03-12
This workshop includes a guided chakra healing meditation, during which you’ll go on a journey throughout your body and its chakras. This meditation will nourish your body and spirit by increasing your energy levels, bringing more balance and relaxation, and giving you an enhanced feeling of well-being. It may also lead to a release of blockages caused by stress, fear, anxiety, anger etc. We’ll introduce tools which promote purification, healing, and balancing of the chakras, and offer an increased awareness of your body. We’ll also explore the importance of proper grounding, healthy breathing, listening to your body, self-love, use of crystals, and some basic energy exercises.
Tania

Tania has been practicing meditation for over 20 years. This guided chakra healing meditation was born out of her successful experiences during her own self-healing journey. She is also a certified and practicing Reiki master.

Timings: 2.00 -5.00 PM
Price: ₹ 1,250
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA® Basic with Petra Buschfeld
2021-03-08 - 2021-03-11
A 4-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 Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives additional 15 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 15 supplementary hours with WABA. Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic and co-facilitater for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Basic and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 19,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Feminine Dance Fusion Workshop with Galit
2021-03-06
Nurture yourself with one of the most ancient and beautiful forms of dance based on movements that are natural and healthy to the female form. In this workshop, we’ll release the body, open the flow of energy and embracing how we are now, while discovering the joy within. We’ll explore the technical foundation of tribal fusion belly dance and learn new options of movements.
We invite creative self-expression to allow women finding their way to reconnect with their femininity and power.
Gailt

Galit has been teaching belly and tribal fusion dance since 2011. Trained at Arabeque Oriental Dance School, Jerusalem, with Rachel Brice, master of Tribal Fusion dance.

Timings: 9.00 AM – 12.00 PM
Price: ₹ 1,250
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® for Babies with Dariya
2021-03-02
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: 8.45 AM – 6 PM
Price: ₹ 4,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Petra Buschfeld
2021-02-26 - 2021-02-27
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 Basic and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 8.45 AM – 6.30 PM
Price: ₹ 7,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Open Heart-Space Meditation Workshop with Samrat
2021-02-19 - 2021-02-20, 2020-03-21 - 2020-03-22
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.

Watsu® 1 (Transition Flow) with Dariya & Daniel
2021-02-15 - 2021-02-19
A 5-day course on the surface only. In this course you will be taught to connect the basic movements and positions you have learned in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions and to adapt this work to people of different sizes, shapes, and dispositions. You will also learn about your own body mechanics and how to support and move each person as effortlessly as possible.
On land, you will be introduced to both Co-Centering and Tantsu, and explore what being held means to you and others.
Prerequisites:
Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu Basic & OBA Intro or Watsu Basic.
Credits: Watsu 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 34 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. 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: 8.45 AM – 6.00 PM
Price: ₹ 21,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA® Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2021-02-08 - 2021-02-13, 2021-01-12 - 2021-01-17
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: ₹ 18,950
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Somatic Movement with Maggie
2021-01-30
A 1-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: ₹ 2,850 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Liquid Flow Essence with Dariya & Daniel
2021-01-25 - 2021-01-31
A 7-day course.
Liquid Flow is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). Developed at the Quiet Healing Center, Auroville, Liquid Flow is inspired and based on the forms and qualities of Watsu, OBA, Healing Dance, and WaterDance.
With a complete sense of presence and attention, the practitioner moves, folds, stretches, and massages the receiver’s floating body on the surface, inducing a profound state of both physical and mental relaxation. Depending on the choice of the receiver, a session can also include an underwater part (with nose clip), which offers a unique experience of being moved under water.
The flowing interaction with water, its fluid support and warm embrace, and the practitioner’s presence provide a space for the receiver to experience the multilayered benefits of this powerful and softening bodywork. Liquid Flow offers 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 receiver and to each session. This intense course with the main Liquid Flow sequence is for students of different aquatic bodywork modalities, who wish to dive deeper into their practice.
In combination with practices on land, you will experience the profound effects of this powerful, yet softening, work.
Liquid Flow Essence is the favourite elective of many students. Inspired by different aquatic bodywork modalities, it offers a wonderful new sequence of essential mobilisation possibilities in a flow with ease and continuity.
Together with a deepening presence and unconditional holding, this course improves your therapeutic work and leads towards the essence of any aquatic bodywork: being deeply in touch with one’s essence, and experiencing a sense of timelessness and connection to ALL.
Prerequisites:
Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu & OBA Basic, and number of practice sessions given according to teachers’ recommendation.
Credits: Liquid Flow Essence is part of the Watsu India training program and gives 50 supplementary hours of credit for registration with WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and as an elective with Watsu India. 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: 8.45 AM – 6 PM (plus 1 evening!)
Price: ₹ 31,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2021-01-09 - 2021-01-10
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: 8.45 AM – 6 PM
Price: ₹ 7,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Rooted in Yourself with Dariya
2020-12-18 - 2020-12-21
WELCOME TO THIS INTERACTIVE, LONG-WEEKEND JOURNEY
EARTH – WATER – NEW MOON FIRE
Exploring our own abundant knowing and creativity…
Awakening a sense of celebration, gratitude, and honoring the sacred in daily life…

ROOTED
IN
YOURSELF

STRENGTH
TO
COMMUNITY

This residential retreat includes:

Beautiful space with nourishing food

Embodied practices; Dance, Movement, Aquatic explorations, Breath work, Meditation, Ritual…

Deep listening; relaxing and giving space to feelings & inner wisdom

Being and expressing yourself in your unique, authentic ways

Creating a “Vision Board” – visual imprint of next intentions on the path

You might walk away feeling nurtured and deeply connected…

Testimonials:

“Coming out of this retreat I feel centred, grounded, energised, empowered and inspired. I am so grateful to you for creating such a safe space that enabled us to surrender and allow whatever needed to rise to the surface. And support us in meeting this with acceptance, compassion and kindness.”
“There was a beautiful sense of community and connection that developed and I felt unconditionally accepted by everyone involved which has had a profound impact on me.”
Student of body-mind-spirit modalities
***
“I joined “Home to Yourself” weekend retreat – the 12 of us spending time together in the warm water and in a yoga room overlooking the sea, learning how to breathe deep and steady, how to surrender not only mentally, but physically, to recognize and burn away habits, memories, mental constructions that no longer serve our lives, to play games and explore our inner world, to ask questions that matter, to listen and empathize, to bathe in the full moon, to cook and eat, to kiss, to massage, to sing and dance, to bring out our life vision, to instill peace and love in ourselves and pray for the world.”
Yoga teacher – multitasker
***
“I found the retreat very balanced in term of activities, water and earth, intensity and lightness, variety of people…it was a beautiful trip to oneself and to humanity.”
Science teacher – Yogini-mama
Dariya
Dariya is passionate about creating spaces for individuals and groups to explore deeper aspects of our being and inter-connectedness. She is an Aquatic bodywork teacher (Watsu etc), Women groups facilitator (Awakening Women Institute), Dance, ritual, nature and creativity lover.
Timings: Friday 18 December (3 pm) until Monday 21 December (noon)
Price: ₹ 8,000
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2020-04-22 - 2020-04-23
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.

Conscious Touch with Bodhi & Verena
2020-04-18 - 2020-04-19
A workshop to explore how to touch with simple massage techniques.
This workshop is designed to enhance the quality of Touch. Being aware of oneself while giving attention to another person is a fundamental practice for all flourishing and sustainable relationships. This is especially important in giving and receiving Conscious Touch in Massage. Conscious Touch a powerful skill for deepening connection in all kinds of relationships. During the workshop you will experience different ways to get into deep heart contact and to practice essential elements of massage.
Goals:

Getting a better knowledge of the body
Learning basic massage techniques
Growing self awareness
Getting a deeper contact to oneself, while giving attention to another person
These massage techniques can be shared with children, family and friends.

The Seminar is open to all who would like to learn how to touch with love, care, presence, and skill.
The workshop is also useful for those in helping and healing professions.

Prerequisites: No previous knowledge required.

Bodhi

Bodhi is a Certified Holistic Therapist. She has a Diploma in Shiatsu and Divine Healing Exercises (O.D.H.A. School). She is trained in Body Balancing Biodynamic Massage, Kobido Massage, Reiki and Breathwork. She enjoys sharing her skills with others.

Verena

Verena studied social work (Diplom), is an Esalen®️ Massage Therapist, Wingwave®️ Coach and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Trainer (Dr. E. Jacobsen). She is experienced in working with groups and likes to share the approach of being in heart full contact.

Timings: Saturday: 9.30 AM – 6.00 PM / Sunday: 9.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Price: ₹ 5,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 1 (Transition Flow) with Dariya & Daniel
2020-04-16 - 2020-04-20
A 5-day course on the surface only. In this course you will be taught to connect the basic movements and positions you have learned in Watsu Basic with long, gracefully flowing transitions and to adapt this work to people of different sizes, shapes, and dispositions. You will also learn about your own body mechanics and how to support and move each person as effortlessly as possible.
On land, you will be introduced to both Co-Centering and Tantsu, and explore what being held means to you and others.
Prerequisites:
Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu Basic & OBA Intro or Watsu Basic.
Credits: Watsu 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) as part of the Watsu training program and gives 34 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. 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: 9.00 – 6.00 PM
Price: ₹ 21,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Somatic Movement with Maggie
2020-04-11 - 2020-04-12, 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.

Watsu® & OBA® Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2020-04-09 - 2020-04-14
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.

Reiki Level 1 with Tania
2020-04-03 - 2020-04-04
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.

Watsu® 3 with Gianni De Stefani
2020-04-02 - 2020-04-08
A 7-day course on the surface only.
Watsu 3 is for people who have given enough practice sessions to develop a comfortable, intuitive awareness of how to float another person and who are ready to adapt and further explore aquatic bodywork outside the fixed form of Watsu 2. Powerful stretches and advanced techniques are introduced while rolls that require a spontaneous adaptation are learned as a gateway into Watsu’s “Free Flow”.
You can only participate in this advanced course after having shown and passed your Watsu 2 mastery! Prerequisites: Watsu 2 and Watsu 2 mastery.
Credits: Watsu 3 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. 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
Price: ₹ 30,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Dariya
2020-04-01
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 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: 3.30 – 6.00 PM
Price: ₹ 300
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Shamanic Aquatic Bodywork with Shanti & Helen
2020-03-26 - 2020-03-31
A 6-day course. Water is one of the main elements in Nature, and the most important, because life itself creates new life forms in water.

We will initiate you into our holistic view of aquatic bodywork, including all elements of nature, finding the interconnectedness of earth, water, fire and air within ourselves!

We will work in water and on land with the potential and resources of each one of you individually, finding your unique strengths, beauty and gifts you share with the world (and your clients). Together we will rediscover the magic healing power of aquatic body work: touch with full awareness, intention, heart-connection, peaceful mind, being connected with the breath of life itself in harmony with our inner and outer nature, which we will celebrate during our time together.

Prerequisites: Watsu & Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu Basic & OBA Basic.
Credits: Shamanic Aquatic Bodywork is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration as a supplementary class with WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and as an elective with Watsu India.
Shamanic Aquatic Bodywork is recognized as Waterdance 3 for those participants, who have already done Waterdance 2 & logged 10 Waterdance 2 practice sessions. 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: ₹ 29,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Water & Dance with Dariya & Daniel
2020-03-24 - 2020-03-25
A 2-day celebration for ALL lovers of movement and flow.
We will playfully explore and express ourselves through movement and dance on land and in warm water, on our own, with partners and in group. From self-connection to allowing movements to emerge, no one deciding where to go, the doors open for non-verbal communication and deep sharing… Connecting on land to our deeper longings, we give the body permission to find its own way of expression and possibly contacting others. Warm water with its sense of weightlessness and fluidity invites us to let go and experiment with our own organic and fluid way of movement.
Let’s celebrate this journey together!

Prerequisites: No previous experience required.
Credits: Water & Dance gives 15 hours of credit for registration as a supplementary class with Watsu India. 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: 9 AM – 6 PM
Price: Rs 7,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

“Niramaya” Ayurvedic Therapeutic Massage Course with Dr. Sankar
2020-03-23 - 2020-03-28
Dr. Sankar developed this unique “Niramaya” Ayurvedic therapeutic massage technique, using the traditional concepts of Ayurvedic massage and marma (vital points) therapy in combination with modern anatomy and physiology.
A hands-on approach is used to learn this innovative massage, which rejuvenates the client and, at the same time, takes care of the well-being of the therapist. You will also learn to control your breathing before, during and after the massage, to protect yourself from negative energies, and to become a receptive channel for transferring positive healing energies to your client.
In addition, you will be introduced to the basic principles of Ayurveda as well as anatomy, physiology, yoga, meditation, and breathing.
Hailing from a traditional Ayurvedic doctors family, Dr. Sankar is a gifted 5th-generation doctor, who has been teaching in Asia and Europe. He also heads “Ayurtoday”, an Ayurvedic therapy centre in Guruvayur, Kerala.
Course syllabus

A brief history and philosophy of Ayurveda
Basic fundamental concepts of Ayurveda
Satva, Rajas, Tamas (Trigunas/3 qualities or properties of the universe)
Panchabhootas (5 great elements of the universe)
Vata, Pitha, Kapha (Tridoshas)
Saptha Dhatus (7 structural elements of the body)
Basic education of how to understand prakruthi (temperament/constitution) and vikruthi (present situation of the person in comparison with the tridoshas)
Some Sanskrit terminologies used during the classes
Introduction to modern anatomy and physiology needed for the course
Yoga postures needed for the course
Breathing techniques needed for the course
Rituals to be performed for the course
Protection techniques

Course materials provided by Ayurtoday

Basic booklet that includes the study material for the courses
Uniform for the course
Certificate upon successful completion of the course

Dr. Sankaranarayanan.K.P (alias Dr. Sankar) and “Ayurtoday”
Dr. Sankar was born on 30th January 1978 to an Ayurvedic doctor couple, whose family has been practicing Ayurveda for more than a century and manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines over the past 80 years.
After his studies at St. Thomas College, he was selected to pursue his education at the Ayurvedic Medicinal College in Kerala and received a university degree in 2002.
As the 5th generation doctor, Dr. Sankar became the head of the Sri Guruvayurappan Ayurveda Nursing Home, a small, but beautiful Ayurvedic centre in the temple town of Guruvayur, Kerala. The centre was founded in 1984 by his father Dr. K. R. Prabhakaran, a well-known Ayurvedic physician in those days. The Ayurvedic manufacturing unit was set up much earlier by his father’s uncle in 1924.
Dr. Sankar has been improving the nursing home and its manufacturing section ever since, while taking care that the traditional Ayurvedic values are not lost. He has also been travelling to many Asian and European countries to train students in Ayurveda and to give workshops, conferences and consultations.
With the aim of propagating this ancient Indian system of medicine and making it available to all those with a genuine interest, Dr. Sankar founded AYURTODAY. Please click on www.ayurtoday.com for more information. Timings: 9.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Price: ₹ 17,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this intensive.

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.
