OBA FED (Final Evaluation Day) with Gianni De Stefani
2023-02-27 | Quiet Healing Center, India
The OBA final evaluation day is the last step to complete your training in Oceanic Bodywork Aqua. During this day, you will give a “hands-on” session to your teacher and present your personal work about OBA to the group. Prerequisites: Successful completion of OBA 3.
Credits: OBA Evaluation Day is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 8 supplementary 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: ₹ 4,950 / 3,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 1 Tutorial with Petra
2023-02-27
Tutorials are excellent opportunities to refresh, adapt and further explore the techniques and sequences acquired in Watsu 1 and their effects on both giver and receiver. Special attention is given to details of the movements and their necessary adaptations according to the size, buoyancy and flexibility of the receiver.
By refining the gracefully flowing transitions of Watsu’s major positions and perfecting your own body mechanics, you will support and move each person as effortlessly as possible. Petra Buschfeld

Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and co-facilitator for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Basic, OBA 1 and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Price: ₹ 1,800 / 1,450
Please read the General Information before you apply for this intensive.

Watsu® 2 with Gianni De Stefani
2023-02-28 - 2023-03-06
A 7-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 incorporate them in a session.
You also learn about the meridians and acupressure points in Watsu and 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.

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: ₹ 31,500 / 25,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Healing Dance 1 with Ashaman
2023-03-07 - 2023-03-12
A 6-day course, on the surface only.
Healing Dance 1 constitutes a paradigm shift for the student of aquatic bodywork. It sees the body as at home in the water and hydrodynamic in its form, healing in the flow of movement. It understands the psyche as needing not only nurture and closeness, but space, freedom and acceptance of self-expression, as well. More than anything else, Healing Dance 1 is the wave. In addition to seven full-body waves, the sequence encompasses various circles, figure eights and releases, all balanced by the stillness of positional sanctuaries, and woven together with flowing transitions.
The study of body mechanics extends beyond the familiar Horse and Warrior Stances to include different walking patterns that allow traveling across the pool. Healing Dance principles are discussed on land and practiced in the water. These include moving by example, creative imbalance, the rhythmic field and dosing movement. Finally, you are introduced to Relating and Mirroring, the goal of all technical study, the art of sensitively accompanying the movement impulses and unwinding of receivers. A written and photo manual are provided and an MP4 of the sequence is made available.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Healing Dance or Watsu 1.
Credits: Healing Dance 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

Ashaman
“I have been dancing in the water since my first training with Alexander in 1999. The fluidity and dynamic grace inherent in aquatic bodywork immediately touched my center, and integrated my passions for body awareness, movement and relating. I studied many of the prominent aquatic modalities, and was certified to teach Healing Dance by Alexander in 2005. Since then I continue traveling to teach in the USA, Spain, Italy, Israel, Hawaii, India and Hungary. I love discovering new people, waters, and countries through this beautiful art.
In addition to my experience in the water, I have practiced and taught bodywork for over 20 years, instruct individuals and groups in sustainable fitness and movement practices, and am perpetually fascinated with exploring and expanding awareness through the body. Outside of the teaching field, I have worked at diverse interests ranging from performing classical musician to climbing arborist. I look forward to meeting you in the water!” Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 31,000 / 24,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

KaHuna Massage Training – Basic Course with Sang
2023-03-08 - 2023-03-12
KaHuna is an ancient massage technique, which originated in the South Pacific.
KaHuna body workers use their hands, as extension of the heart, as well as forearms and elbows in long fluid strokes, while performing traditional dance steps.
The training consists of two 5-day courses during which you’ll learn the magic of KaHuna in the beautiful surrounding of the Quiet Healing Center. The basic course includes Meditation and Yoga, Chantings and Prayers, Huna philosophy, traditional Hula dance steps, and lots and lots of massages. To understand the depth of KaHuna, it helps to have an understanding of the Hawaiian Huna philosophy and how it relates to bodywork and healing. A fundamental belief of Huna is that everything seeks balance and love. So while technique is an important part of the massage, much of the work is done by Love/Aloha.
The Hawaiians view all aspects of the body as one and believe that the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual are all part of the “whole” self – when healing is effected on one level, all levels are affected. Illness is a state of tension, which leads to resistance that blocks energy movement. KaHuna helps releasing these blockages, while at the same time giving the energy a new direction.
Dance work or hula movements, combined with the breath work of the practitioner are also important and form an integral aspect of KaHuna. The movements are important to assist the energy flow both within the practitioner and the recipient. Healing is increased by Aloha: Aloha received and Aloha given. This is the Essence of KaHuna! Sang
Sang was trained at the Mettes Institute in Australia and has been a facilitator at the Institute from 2003-2006. She introduced Hawaiian massage courses to Auroville in 2006 and has been teaching Lomi Heartwork, Lomi’Ili’Ili (hot stone massage) and KaHuna bodywork ever since.
She is trained in other massage modalities, but her heart beats for the beauty of the Hawaiian way! Timings: day 1: 9 am – 6 pm / day 2, 3 & 4: 7 am – 6 pm / day 5: 7 am – 3 pm)
Price: ₹ 25,000 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & Meditation with Dariya
2023-03-13 - 2023-03-14
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: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 9,250 / 7,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA Basic Liquid Joy with Frédéric Latour (Fred)
2023-03-13 - 2023-03-14
A 2-day course on the surface and under water.
OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid 80’s.
It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of the joints in connection with breathing and energy work conducted both on the surface and under water.

During this OBA Basic Liquid Joy course, you will experience how to work in the water and on land. You’ll learn a number of simple movements, on the surface (with and without cushion and noodle), as well as underwater. Afterwards, you’ll be able to share them with friends and relatives, creating unforgettable moments.
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.
OBA offers 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.
Prerequisites: No previous experience required.

Credits: OBA Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives 15 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 15 supplementary hours with WABA. Fred
OBA Basic Liquid Joy Instructor and Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 9,750 / 7,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 2 Tutorial with Dariya
2023-03-14
Tutorials are excellent opportunities to refresh, adapt and further explore the techniques and sequences acquired in Watsu 2 and their effects on both giver and receiver. Special attention is given to details of the movements and their necessary adaptations according to the size, buoyancy and flexibility of the receiver.
By refining the gracefully flowing transitions of Watsu’s major positions and perfecting your own body mechanics, you will support and move each person as effortlessly as possible. 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: 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Price: ₹ 1,800 / 1,450
Please read the General Information before you apply for this intensive.

Watsu® 3 with Gianni De Stefani
2023-03-15 - 2023-03-21
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: ₹ 31,500 / 25,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Healing Dance Integration Day with Ashaman
2023-03-22
The Healing Dance 1 Integration Day is a bridge between Healing Dance 1 and 2, a day of guided review and refinement of the Healing Dance 1 material, to ground it in the body before adding more material with Healing Dance 2.
There will be time to give and receive, to further assimilate the movements and sequence from HD 1 with guidance and instruction, to continue making the principles and body mechanics of Healing Dance “your own”. The Integration Day is a prerequisite for taking Healing Dance 2. Prerequisites: Healing Dance 1.
Credits: Healing Dance Integration Day is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 8 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

Ashaman
“I have been dancing in the water since my first training with Alexander in 1999. The fluidity and dynamic grace inherent in aquatic bodywork immediately touched my center, and integrated my passions for body awareness, movement and relating. I studied many of the prominent aquatic modalities, and was certified to teach Healing Dance by Alexander in 2005. Since then I continue traveling to teach in the USA, Spain, Italy, Israel, Hawaii, India and Hungary. I love discovering new people, waters, and countries through this beautiful art.
In addition to my experience in the water, I have practiced and taught bodywork for over 20 years, instruct individuals and groups in sustainable fitness and movement practices, and am perpetually fascinated with exploring and expanding awareness through the body. Outside of the teaching field, I have worked at diverse interests ranging from performing classical musician to climbing arborist. I look forward to meeting you in the water!” Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 4,850 / 3,850 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Healing Dance 2 with Ashaman
2023-03-23 - 2023-03-28
A 6-day course, on the surface only.
Healing Dance 2 asks the question, “How do we earn trust and gain access to the body at the beginning of a session?” The answer it provides lies in the trance-inducing Back Waves and in our quality of touch. In this training, we continue the study of spatial mandalas beyond the waves of Healing Dance 1 into the spiral, the eight and the spiral eight. Healing Dance 2 also focuses strongly on bodywork. It offers a toolbox replete with massage techniques and stretches integrated into the flow of movement. The course delivers the fullness of Healing Dance’s surface repertoire with an entirely new set of mini-sequences including Seaweed 2, The Starfish, Adonis Waves, Arm Waves, and Klimt. Healing Dance 2 carries further the emphasis on Relating and Mirroring by which students hone the all important art of responding to the kinetic and feeling states of their receivers. A written and photo manual are provided and an MP4 of the sequence is made available.

Prerequisites: Healing Dance 1 & Healing Dance Integration Day.
Credits: Healing Dance 2 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

Ashaman
“I have been dancing in the water since my first training with Alexander in 1999. The fluidity and dynamic grace inherent in aquatic bodywork immediately touched my center, and integrated my passions for body awareness, movement and relating. I studied many of the prominent aquatic modalities, and was certified to teach Healing Dance by Alexander in 2005. Since then I continue traveling to teach in the USA, Spain, Italy, Israel, Hawaii, India and Hungary. I love discovering new people, waters, and countries through this beautiful art.
In addition to my experience in the water, I have practiced and taught bodywork for over 20 years, instruct individuals and groups in sustainable fitness and movement practices, and am perpetually fascinated with exploring and expanding awareness through the body. Outside of the teaching field, I have worked at diverse interests ranging from performing classical musician to climbing arborist. I look forward to meeting you in the water!” Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 31,000 / 24,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2023-03-30 - 2023-03-31
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 – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 7,750 / 6,250 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Instructor Training Course (ITC) Woga® with Dariya & Petra
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-06
In this 6-day course, you will:
– acquire the basics of WOGA
– be able to use the potential of yoga in shallow water
– learn a WOGA exercise repertoire
– receive didactic and methodical material to offer WOGA courses and/or incorporate WOGA into your water fitness classes. Topics addressed:

Yoga philosophy in general, background of Hatha Yoga and Pranayama
Practical and theoretical knowledge of the physical laws of water, which serves as the basis for a good general body feeling/image.
Methodology and didactics for planning lessons in teaching Woga.

Prerequisites:
WOGA 1&2 and a certified activity as instructor in aquatic sports or as bodyworker instructor, or long time bodyworker in any kind of activity.
Credits:
ITC Woga is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 42 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. Petra Buschfeld
Certified acupuncturist, WABA facilitator for Watsu Basic, Watsu 1 and co-facilitator for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Basic, OBA 1 and Woga 1 & 2. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 26,250 / 21,000 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Instructor Training Course (ITC) Watsu® with Watsu India Team
2023-04-09 - 2023-04-15
An 7-day course geared towards aquatic bodywork practitioners, who have successfully passed ATC Watsu and would like to become Watsu instructors.
This course is offered by a collective team of experienced teachers, who over more than a decade of experience have gained a deep knowledge of passing on these aquatic bodywork techniques. Topics to be addressed will be:
• Role of an instructor
• Creating and maintaining a safe container
• Managing communication
• Teaching styles
• Watsu skills
• Teaching land and pool classes
• Ethics
• Business practices Prerequisites: Successful participation in ATC Watsu and have two times assisted in Watsu 1 (with two different instructors).
Credits: ITC Watsu is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 70 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

This course is guided by a collective team of teachers. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 42,000 / 33,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Fred & Roberto
2023-04-12, 2023-12-18
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: 9488084966 or E-mail: quiet@auroville.org.in Timings: 3.00 – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 500
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2023-04-18 - 2023-04-23
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 instructor) & 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 pm – 6.00 pm

Price: ₹ 18,750 / 14,950
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Dariya & Daniel
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-30
A 6-day course with mainly under water work. ”Diving into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. In timeless vastness, going inside, feeling free and secure, and diving into a weightless world”. In this first course of 50 hours, we will approach water in a playful and friendly way, beginning to learn the various techniques of this wonderful work in hot water. We will see the 3 phases of a session: working on cushions and floats, working on the surface and underwater. At the end of this course you will be able to offer friends and acquaintances a complete OBA session. More about OBA:
Developed by Kaya Femerling & Nirvano Martina Schulz, OBA is a deeply relaxing form of aquatic therapy, which takes place in a warm water pool..
It combines elements of soft stretching movements, aquatic deep tissue massage, and joint release, as well as energy and breath work in a unique way above and below water. Especially designed movements allow your whole spine to swing and energy to flow again.
This form of aquatic therapy invites you to experience the healing energies of water in a new way. Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tensions can be released. Special positions may remind you of how you felt to be held as a child.
You might dive into a wondrous world of memories, of floating weightlessly in the protective womb of your mother, of diving right back into that very space where you were surrounded by soft warm water. OBA invites you to experience again the nurturing qualities of being held and loved, and to rediscover trust, peace within yourself, and a sense of coming home.
Prerequisites: OBA Basic or Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 1 or WaterDance 1.
Credits: OBA 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credits for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Dariya (as WABA instructor) & 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 – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 32,250 / 25,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA Basic Liquid Joy with Fred
2023-08-12 - 2023-08-13, 2023-10-21 - 2023-10-22
A 2-day course on the surface and under water.
OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C). OBA (formerly called Aquawellness) was developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid 80’s.
It combines elements of light movements and stretching, massage and mobilization of the joints in connection with breathing and energy work conducted both on the surface and under water.

During this OBA Basic Liquid Joy course, you will experience how to work in the water and on land. You’ll learn a number of simple movements, on the surface (with and without cushion and noodle), as well as underwater. Afterwards, you’ll be able to share them with friends and relatives, creating unforgettable moments.
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.
OBA offers 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.
Prerequisites: No previous experience required.

Credits: OBA Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives 15 hours of credit for registration with Watsu India and 15 supplementary hours with WABA. Fred
OBA Basic Liquid Joy Instructor and Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 9,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Fred
2023-08-16 - 2023-08-21
A 6-day course on the surface and under water. Oceanic Bodywork® Aqua is a method of bodywork, that takes place in a warm water pool (35 °C).
It combines elements of soft stretching movements, massage and joint release as well as energy and breathwork in a unique way. Deep relaxation on a physical and emotional level can happen. Specially designed movements allow your whole spine to swing and your energy can flow again. The radius of your joint movements becomes wider and your whole body can be moved in a playful new way because of its weightlessness in the water.
Consciousness and perception of your body changes and you can perceive it with a heightened awareness. Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tension can be released. Oceanic Bodywork® Aqua nourishes the soul and invites you to get to know the healing energies of the water in a totally new way. Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tensions can be released. Meditation can happen in a very easy and natural way.
You might dive into a wondrous world of memories, of floating weightlessly in the protective womb of your mother, of diving right back into that very space where you were surrounded by soft warm water. OBA invites you to experience again the nurturing qualities of being held and loved, and to rediscover trust, peace within yourself, and a sense of coming home.
During this course, you will experience how to work in the water and on land. You’ll learn a number of movements, on the surface (with and without cushion and noodle), as well as underwater. A lot of time for practice and integration will be offered. Prerequisites: OBA Basic or Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 1 or WaterDance 1.
Credits: OBA 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credits for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Fred
OBA Basic Liquid Joy and OBA 1 Fluid Body facilitator. Watsu Practitioner and Watsu Basic instructor in training. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 32,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2023-09-19 - 2023-09-24
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 instructor) & 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 pm – 6.00 pm

Price: ₹ 19,950
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Petra Buschfeld
2023-10-14 - 2023-10-15
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, Watsu 1 and co-facilitator for Shiatsu for Watsu. She also facilitates OBA Basic, OBA 1 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.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Fred
2023-10-24 - 2023-10-29
A 6-day course with mainly under water work. ”Diving into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. In timeless vastness, going inside, feeling free and secure, and diving into a weightless world”. In this first course of 50 hours, we will approach water in a playful and friendly way, beginning to learn the various techniques of this wonderful work in hot water. We will see the 3 phases of a session: working on cushions and floats, working on the surface and underwater. At the end of this course you will be able to offer friends and acquaintances a complete OBA session. More about OBA:
Developed by Kaya Femerling & Nirvano Martina Schulz, OBA is a deeply relaxing form of aquatic therapy, which takes place in a warm water pool..
It combines elements of soft stretching movements, aquatic deep tissue massage, and joint release, as well as energy and breath work in a unique way above and below water. Especially designed movements allow your whole spine to swing and energy to flow again.
This form of aquatic therapy invites you to experience the healing energies of water in a new way. Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tensions can be released. Special positions may remind you of how you felt to be held as a child.
You might dive into a wondrous world of memories, of floating weightlessly in the protective womb of your mother, of diving right back into that very space where you were surrounded by soft warm water. OBA invites you to experience again the nurturing qualities of being held and loved, and to rediscover trust, peace within yourself, and a sense of coming home.
Prerequisites: OBA Basic or Liquid Flow Basic or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 1 or WaterDance 1.
Credits: OBA 1 is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credits for registration with WABA and Watsu India.

Fred
OBA Basic Liquid Joy, OBA 1 Fluid Body instructor and Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 32,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Birenda Massage Course with Jean-Louis & Sivacoumar
2023-11-09 - 2023-11-12
This massage training consists of six days, divided into four days (9 – 12 November) and two days (18 – 19 November). Birenda Massage is a unique Indian massage therapy, which was developed by Birenda, an accomplished therapist from Bengal with 50 years of experience.
To facilitate the learning process, the course material consists of three sections: the first part is dedicated to back massage; during the two other sections, you’ll learn how to massage the legs, arms and front of the body.
You’ll also learn how to prepare yourself before massaging a person, create a trusting relationship with your client, and offer relevant information afterwards.
Manual and certificate upon completion of the course! Jean-Louis
After receiving a long, in-depth personal training from Birenda himself, Jean-Louis has been offering massage treatments over the past 25 years. As an accomplished therapist, he has also been teaching this innovative body treatment to both beginners and experienced therapists in India and abroad. Sivacoumar
Sivacoumar has been working as a Birenda massage therapist since 2018. During this period, he was personally trained by Jean-Louis to become a Birenda massage instructor and will co-teach this course together with him. Dates:
* 9 – 12 November 2023 (module 1)
* 18 – 19 November 2023 (module 2)
(36 hours in total)
Timings: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Price: ₹ 20,950 (including manual and lunches)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Hawaiian Massage Course: Lomi Lomi Basic with Sang
2023-11-23 - 2023-11-26
A 4-days’ course for anyone, who likes to be introduced to massage and bodywork. Lomi Lomi is an ancient Hawaiian massage style which uses long fluid rhythmic strokes to treat the whole body. The practitioner uses the hands as instrument of the heart.
Energetic, emotional and muscular blockages are released allowing oxygen, blood circulation and life to flow more freely. This massage brings balance and a heart-opening peace to body, mind and spirit.
During this course, you’ll learn:
* an ancient Hawaiian massage technique;
* connect to your heart through meditation;
* give and receive a series of healing massages.
No previous experience required. Certificate upon completion of the course. Sang
Sang was trained at the Mettes Institute in Australia and has been a facilitator at the Institute from 2003-2006. She introduced Hawaiian massage courses in Auroville in 2006 and has been teaching Lomi Heartwork and KaHuna bodywork ever since. Timings: 8 am – 6 pm (34 hours)
Price: Rs 18,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Lomi'Ili'Ili. Hawaiian Hot Stones Massage Course with Sang
2023-12-01 - 2023-12-03
Hot stones massage is used to help relax and ease tense muscles and damaged soft tissues throughout the body. During a hot stone massage, smooth, flat, heated stones are massaged directly on the body and placed on specific parts of the body. The stones are usually basalt, a type of volcanic rock that retains heat.
In this 3-day course, you’ll learn how to use the stones and hands as an extension of the heart. The course also includes body brushing, balancing, sacred rituals, and Hawaiian chanting.
No previous experience required. Certificate upon completion of the course. Sang
Sang was trained at the Mettes Institute in Australia and has been a facilitator at the Institute from 2003-2006. She introduced Hawaiian massage courses in Auroville in 2006 and has been teaching Lomi Heartwork and KaHuna bodywork ever since. Timings: 8 am – 6 pm (30 hours)
Price: Rs 16,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

WATA Fundamental with Roberto
2023-12-10 - 2023-12-15
A 6-day course on the surface as well as underwater.
In WATA Fundamental Class, we focus on the three fundamental aspects of WaterDance: vertical grounding, posture (of both the giver and receiver) and the breath.
In WaterDance, our most basic move is the Water Breath Dance, in which we float someone in our arms and let them sink a little as they breathe out and rise with them as we both breath in. This creates a connection that can be carried into all above and underwater moves. We also practice the beginning and end of a session and the basic movements, which form the essential core of this form of Aquatic-Body-Healing-Work.
The second part of this training is dedicated to a playful and at the same time attentive introduction to bring our partner underwater. Fears or apprehensions of going underwater will be given the time needed to open up and to be integrated.
On land:
Various tools like guided meditations, body- and energy work, active breathing exercises, communication skills and conscious contact with the earth, shall help to balance the four elements in and around us.
Prerequisites: No previous experience required.
Credits: WATA Fundamental is recognized by WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association) and gives 50 hours of credit for registration with WABA and Watsu India. Roberto
Roberto is a Watsu and WaterDance practitioner, and a WATA Fundamental instructor. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 31,500
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2023-12-16 - 2023-12-17
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 – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 7,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Dariya & Daniel
2023-12-19 - 2023-12-24
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 instructor) & 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: ₹ 19,950
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.
