Adapted Watsu® with Gianni De Stefani
2024-03-26 - 2024-03-28 | Quiet Healing Center, India
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: ₹ 15,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Inner Watsu® with Watsu India Team
2024-03-30 - 2024-04-05
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, powerful Meditation techniques, Quality of Relation, Rebirthing, Self-Awareness/Breath-Awareness, and Shiatsu.
Please be aware that this is a deeply touching course, and therefore avoid other activities during the time of the course!

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. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm (plus at least one 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
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-08
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.

Instructor Training Course (ITC) Woga® with Petra Buschfeld & Pooja Gautam
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-14
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. 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. Pooja Gautam
Pooja is a Watsu Practitioner and a Woga instructor. She is based in Mumbai, but offers Watsu and Aqua Yoga sessions in various parts of India. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 26,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Fred & Roberto
2024-04-15
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
2024-04-16 - 2024-04-21
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

Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding 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.

Watsu® 1 (Transition Flow) with Petra Buschfeld
2024-04-22 - 2024-04-25
A 4-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 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. 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: ₹ 22,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Fred & Ellie
2024-08-01, 2024-09-29
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: ₹ 750
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Basic with Fred
2024-08-03 - 2024-08-04
A 2-day course on the surface only. Watsu is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).
Watsu, 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.
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 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 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, 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.

Fred
Fred has been teaching for the last 30 years many topics (physical education, learning how to learn, cooperation).
The art of transferring knowledge has always been his passion.
He is a Watsu Basic, OBA Basic, OBA 1 instructor and a Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 10,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA Basic Liquid Joy with Fred
2024-08-10 - 2024-08-11
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
Fred has been teaching for the last 30 years many topics (physical education, learning how to learn, cooperation).
The art of transferring knowledge has always been his passion.
He is a Watsu Basic, OBA Basic, OBA 1 instructor and a Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 9,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Fred
2024-08-13 - 2024-08-18
A 6-day course on the surface and under water.
“Dive into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. Dive into a weightless world and explore a timeless vastness, feeling free and secure”.
In this first 50-hour OBA course, we will continue to approach water in a playful, friendly and secure way. You will build upon the basic movements you already learnt in OBA Basic and further explore the various techniques of this wonderful aquatic bodywork. You will learn the three phases of an OBA session: working on cushions and floats and working both on the surface and under water.
Upon completion of this course, you will have acquired enough material to offer a basic OBA practice session to friends and family. More about Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua (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 the water surface. Specially 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 WaterDance Fundamental or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 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
Fred has been teaching for over 30 years, sharing his knowledge across a variety of subjects including physical education, learning strategies, and cooperative practices.
The art of transmitting knowledge has always been his true passion.
He is a certified instructor of Watsu® Basic and OBA (Basic, 1, 2, and 3). Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 32,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Pooja
2024-08-28 - 2024-08-29
A 2-day course.
Woga is a combination of two words: water and yoga. It is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in water that is waist-to-chest height. Woga focuses on Hatha Yoga in water, including asanas performed in standing position, against the wall, in floating position, and under water. The course also includes pranayama and meditation. Classes follow a structure similar to land-based yoga: breathing exercises, warm-ups, a series of poses, and a relaxation period. The key difference is that you are in a warm water pool! Swimming skills are not required.
By reducing the effects of gravity, water allows ease of movements, unblocks joints, lengthens and relaxes muscles, alleviates negative tensions, and prevents stress, insomnia and anxiety. Prerequisites: No previous experience required (also no need to know how to swim).
Credits: Woga 1&2 (Yoga in Water) gives 12 supplementary hours of credit for registration as international Watsu practitioner within the Watsu India learning program. Pooja
From being fearful of water to discovering her love for water through Watsu, Pooja Gautam has been a pioneer in introducing and spreading Watsu in Mumbai and other parts of India.
Being among the foremost Indians to become WABA-certified Watsu practitioners, she’s now also the first Indian-origin Watsu instructor and teacher of Woga ITC (Water Yoga – Instructor Training Course).
Over the last few years, she has worked with 3,000+ clients, including a majority of non-swimmers and aquaphobes, for needs ranging from stress management, relaxation and rejuvenation to dealing with mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, among others.
Pooja serves as a visiting practitioner with marque hospitality and wellness brands such as St. Regis (Maldives), Six Senses, JW Marriott, Hilton, among others. Her work has been covered by renowned media brands such as The Times of India, Mid-day, Mumbai Mirror, TimeNowPlus, New Indian Express, CNN Travel, and Global Spa Magazine.
Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 7,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Basic with Pooja
2024-08-30 - 2024-08-31
A 2-day course on the surface only. Watsu is an aquatic bodywork modality given in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).
Watsu, 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.
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 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 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, 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.

Pooja
From being fearful of water to discovering her love for water through Watsu, Pooja Gautam has been a pioneer in introducing and spreading Watsu in Mumbai and other parts of India.
Being among the foremost Indians to become WABA-certified Watsu practitioners, she’s now also the first Indian-origin Watsu instructor and teacher of Woga ITC (Water Yoga – Instructor Training Course).
Over the last few years, she has worked with 3,000+ clients, including a majority of non-swimmers and aquaphobes, for needs ranging from stress management, relaxation and rejuvenation to dealing with mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, among others.
Pooja serves as a visiting practitioner with marque hospitality and wellness brands such as St. Regis (Maldives), Six Senses, JW Marriott, Hilton, among others. Her work has been covered by renowned media brands such as The Times of India, Mid-day, Mumbai Mirror, TimeNowPlus, New Indian Express, CNN Travel, and Global Spa Magazine.
Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 10,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

WaterDance Fundamental with Roberto
2024-09-03 - 2024-09-08
In this course, we will focus on three fundamental aspects of WaterDance: vertical grounding, posture of both giver and receiver, and the breath.
The key movement is Water Breath Dance, in which you will float someone in your arms allowing them to gently sink as they exhale and rising with them as you both inhale. This creates a profound connection that carries through all other surface and underwater movements.
Throughout the course, you will also learn in a playful and yet attentive way how to bring your partner under water (with a nose clip). Sufficient time will also be given for integrating fears or apprehensions to go under water. In addition, you will learn and practice the basic WaterDance movements, which form the essential core of this powerful aquatic-bodywork modality.
On land, various tools such as guided meditations, body & energy work, active breathing exercises, and practising effective communication skills will offer opportunities for connecting deeper with yourself and others.
Prerequisites: No previous experience required.
Credits: WaterDance 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 certified Watsu®, WaterDance and OBA® practitioner. He teaches WaterDance Fundamental since 2023 and holds space for Watsu Yoga Rounds.
He is also a swimming instructor, works with neurodivergent kids in water, and helps people overcome their fear of water. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.30 pm
Price: ₹ 31,500
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Roberto & Ellie
2024-09-14

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Fred
2024-09-17 - 2024-09-22
A course of 6 half days. A Watsu & OBA session 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 client.
In Watsu Basic, during which the receiver’s face remains always on the surface, you will learn the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water.
During the OBA Basic part you will bring your receiver under water (with a nose clip), thereby offering a unique experience. In this beginner’s course, you will learn and practise basic techniques and qualities such as grounding, presence, stillness, movement, and attention in moving another person in water. You will experience floating others and being floated, both 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.

Fred
Fred has been teaching for the last 30 years many topics (physical education, learning how to learn, cooperation).
The art of transferring knowledge has always been his passion.
He is a Watsu Basic, OBA Basic, OBA 1 instructor and a Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm

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

Watsu® 1 (Transition Flow) with Dariya
2024-09-24 - 2024-09-28
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 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
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 22,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® 2 with Dariya
2024-10-02 - 2024-10-08
A 6-day course on the surface.
Watsu 2 expands the Transition Flow taught in Watsu 1. You will learn additional movements and bodywork for each position and how to incorporate them in your practice sessions.
You will also study the meridians and acupressure points, which are relevant in Watsu, and creatively explore your own movements, while following the receiver’s natural tendency to move. Practising acupressure massage, as well as lifts, pushes, and pulls introduced at this stage, will help you develop the ability to play with energy and further explore this amazing water therapy. 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.

Dariya
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection.

Timings: 8.30 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 31,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

A Journey Inward for Self-Discovery with Shola
2024-10-05
Join us for an experiential meditation workshop that integrates active expression through movement, vibration, and guided self-hypnosis techniques.

This therapeutic approach provides direct access to experiencing well-being and inner stillness.

The movements activate and restore the energy flow in the body, allowing you to discover effective ways to move deeper into your inner being.

Please wear loose, comfortable clothing.

Shola
Shola has been working since 2017 at the Quiet Healing Center as a Hypnosis Regression therapist.
She has also been on a spiritual journey for several decades, undergoing intense training in several meditation techniques and teaching the art of meditation in the past.
Timings: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Price: ₹ 750
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Dariya
2024-10-10 - 2024-10-15
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
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding 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.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya & Shreya
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-18
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 the 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
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Shreya
Shreya is a certified Watsu practitioner and a physical therapist who has experience working with clients undergoing rehab for injuries, in the aquatic environment, and is currently working as a Dive Instructor. Timings: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 7,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Dariya
2024-10-20 - 2024-10-25
A 6-day course on the surface and under water.
“Dive into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. Dive into a weightless world and explore a timeless vastness, feeling free and secure”. In this first 50-hour OBA course, we will continue to approach water in a playful, friendly and secure way. You will build upon the basic movements you already learnt in OBA Basic and further explore the various techniques of this wonderful aquatic bodywork.
You will learn the three phases of an OBA session: working on cushions and floats and working both on the surface and under water.
Upon completion of this course, you will have acquired enough material to offer a basic OBA practice session to friends and family. More about Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua (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 the water surface. Specially 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 WaterDance Fundamental or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 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

Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 8.30 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 32,500 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Ellie & Shreya
2024-10-26

Ayurvedic Marma Massage Training with Sivacoumar
2024-11-16 - 2024-11-21
Discover the Healing Power of Ayurvedic Marma Massage
Are you passionate about holistic health and wellness? Do you want to expand your skills and knowledge in traditional Ayurvedic practices?
Join us for an enriching journey into the world of Ayurvedic Marma massage – a profound healing art that has been practiced for centuries to balance mind, body, and spirit.
What is Ayurvedic Marma Massage?
Marma massage is an ancient Ayurvedic technique that focuses on stimulating the 107 vital energy points (Marmas) in the body. These points, when activated, can influence the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of well-being. By applying gentle pressure and specific massage techniques, you can release blocked energy, reduce stress, enhance circulation, and promote overall health. Course Overview
Our 36-hour Ayurvedic Marma massage course is designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of Ayurveda and its therapeutic applications. This course will guide you through the foundational principles of Ayurveda, the identification and significance of Marma points, and hands-on training in Marma massage techniques.
Key Highlights:
• Curriculum: Gain in-depth knowledge of Ayurvedic principles, the Doshas, and their influence on health.
• Hands-On Practice: Learn the art of Marma massage through guided practice sessions, ensuring you gain confidence and competence.
• Expert Instructors: Study under an experienced Ayurvedic practitioner, who will provide personalized guidance and insights.
• Holistic Approach: Understand how to integrate Marma massage with other Ayurvedic therapies for a complete healing experience.
• Certification: Upon completion, receive a certificate that recognizes your expertise in Ayurvedic Marma massage.
Who Should Attend?
• Massage therapists looking to expand their skill set.
• Yoga instructors interested in incorporating Ayurvedic principles into their practice.
• Holistic health practitioners seeking to offer more comprehensive treatments.
• Anyone passionate about learning traditional Ayurvedic healing methods.
Why Choose This Course?
This course is more than just a learning experience; it’s an opportunity to connect with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, rejuvenate your practice, and bring healing to those around you. Whether you are looking to start a new career in holistic health or enhance your existing practice, our Ayurvedic Marma massage course will equip you with the tools you need to make a meaningful impact.
Embrace the journey of holistic healing with us. Reserve your spot today and take the first step toward mastering the art of Ayurvedic Marma massage!
Certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course.
Prerequisite: no previous experience required.

Sivacoumar
Sivacoumar is an accomplished Ayurvedic Marma massage therapist, who has been offering treatments at the Quiet Healing Center since 2021. He has also been teaching this ancient healing art in India and in Europe over the past few years. Dates: 16 – 21 November 2024
Timings: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm & 2.00 – 5.00 pm (36 hours)
Price: ₹ 24,950 including lunches, teaching fees, didactic material and certificate
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA Basic Liquid Joy with Fred
2024-11-29 - 2024-11-30
A 2-day course on the surface and under water. OBA (Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua) is an aquatic bodywork modality, developed by Kaya Femerling and Nirvano Martina Schulz in the mid-80’s and practiced in a warm water pool (ideally 35°C).
It combines elements of light movements, soft stretching movements , aquatic tissue massage and joint release as well as energy and breath work in a unique way both above and below the water surface. During this course, you will learn a series of simple movements and techniques, both on the surface (including floating with cushion and pool noodle) as well as under water (with a nose clip).
You will also practice basic qualities such as grounding, presence, stillness and 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.
This basic course is for everyone interested in a first exploration into the joy of aquatic therapy work.
More about Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua (OBA)
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: 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
Fred has been teaching for the last 30 years many topics (physical education, learning how to learn, cooperation).
The art of transferring knowledge has always been his passion.
He is a Watsu Basic, OBA Basic, OBA 1 instructor and a Watsu Practitioner. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 10,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® Yoga Round with Fred & Ellie
2024-12-01
Watsu Yoga Round is a powerful tool for deep relaxation and inner peace.
It focuses on listening to the body and being present, offering a way to reconnect with your heart and experience an inner silence that is fully alive and vibrant.
It is an invitation to feel, awaken, and celebrate the energy of your being. When immersed in warm water during the Watsu Yoga Round, the body is free from the effects of gravity. The flow of movements and stretching, alternated with moments of stillness, invite 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: ₹ 750
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

OBA 1 Fluid Body with Fred
2024-12-02 - 2024-12-07
A 6-day course on the surface and under water.
“Dive into the wonderful world of memories, where we, as embryos in the protective belly of our mother, floated, surrounded by warm water. Dive into a weightless world and explore a timeless vastness, feeling free and secure”.
In this first 50-hour OBA course, we will continue to approach water in a playful, friendly and secure way. You will build upon the basic movements you already learnt in OBA Basic and further explore the various techniques of this wonderful aquatic bodywork. You will learn the three phases of an OBA session: working on cushions and floats and working both on the surface and under water.
Upon completion of this course, you will have acquired enough material to offer a basic OBA practice session to friends and family. More about Oceanic Bodywork@ Aqua (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 the water surface. Specially 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 WaterDance Fundamental or Watsu 1 or Healing Dance 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
Fred has been teaching for over 30 years, sharing his knowledge across a variety of subjects including physical education, learning strategies, and cooperative practices.
The art of transmitting knowledge has always been his true passion.
He is a certified instructor of Watsu® Basic and OBA (Basic, 1, 2, and 3). Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 34,950 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Woga® 1&2 (Yoga in Water) with Dariya
2024-12-08 - 2024-12-09
A 2-day course.
Woga is a combination of two words: water and yoga. It is based on classic yoga poses and stretches, modified for standing in water that is waist-to-chest height. Woga focuses on Hatha Yoga in water, including asanas performed in standing position, against the wall, in floating position, and under water. The course also includes pranayama and meditation. Classes follow a structure similar to land-based yoga: breathing exercises, warm-ups, a series of poses, and a relaxation period. The key difference is that you are in a warm water pool! Swimming skills are not required.
By reducing the effects of gravity, water allows ease of movements, unblocks joints, lengthens and relaxes muscles, alleviates negative tensions, and prevents stress, insomnia and anxiety. Prerequisites: No previous experience required (also no need to know how to swim).
Credits: Woga 1&2 (Yoga in Water) gives 12 supplementary hours of credit for registration as international Watsu practitioner within the Watsu India learning program.

Dariya
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 8.45 am – 6.00 pm
Price: ₹ 8,750 (lunch included)
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.

Watsu® & OBA Basic with Dariya
2024-12-10 - 2024-12-15
A course of 6 half days. .
A Watsu & OBA session 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 client.
In Watsu Basic, during which the receiver’s face remains always on the surface, you will learn the qualities and body mechanics required to work with someone in water.
During the OBA Basic part you will bring your receiver under water (with a nose clip), thereby offering a unique experience. In this beginner’s course, you will learn and practise basic techniques and qualities such as grounding, presence, stillness, movement, and attention in moving another person in water. You will experience floating others and being floated, both 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 as part of the Watsu training program and gives 16 hours of credits for registration with WABA and Watsu India. OBA Basic is part of the Watsu India training program and gives an additional 15 hours of credits for registration with Watsu India and 15 supplementary hours with WABA.

Dariya
Dariya is a WABA facilitator and Liquid Flow co-founder. She has been teaching aquatic bodywork since 2004.
Her believe is, that a solid technical base provides ease towards her main focus, which is creating & holding spaces for flow, deepening and connection. Timings: 1.00 – 6.00 pm

Price: ₹ 20,500
Please read the General Information before you apply for this course.
