Aquatic Bodywork : WATSU® & WATA®

For whom: For everyone who loves water and for those who want to heal a water trauma

The aquatic bodywork is a massage in warm water (35 celsius) that combines gentle graceful movements, stretching, acupressure, mobilization of the joints in connection with breathing, conducted both on the surface (WATSU®) and underwater (Waterdance®).

A WATSU®  Session (WaterShiatsu) starts with a relaxation phase on the water surface, where your body is just floated, your head is supported, allowing you to relax and your breathing to deepen and flow naturally. Harmonious spiral and wave movements alternate with energetical work in stillness.

WATA® (WaterDance) : If you are open to it, the underwater phase begins. You receive a  noseclip that keeps water from entering your nose. Manuela connects with the natural flow of your breathing to dive and surface your head, in a way that allows you to let go and relax. You enter the underwater 3-dimensional world while gravity disappears.

GOALS

• Water is an amazing transformative element that allows to experience deep relaxation and an emotional/ spiritual journey
• Very useful in case of back pain, tension, migraines, insomnia, burn-out, depression, etc.
• Release of unconscious blockages, healing of traumas such as fear of water, lost twin, abandonment wound, etc.
• For pregnant women: excellent preparation for giving birth, for letting go, sensation of weighlessness and connection with the child's world, etc.
  
  

APPROACH
​I accompany you on the physical as well as on the verbal level and cares to give space for your feelings. You will be supported according to your state of mind and individual needs (physical well-being, psychosomatic therapy...).

Video with elements of WATSU, WaterDance and Healing Dance
Article about Watsu

PRICE, VENUE
CHF 170.– (60.– for renting the private 35°C therapy pool)
Venue: « Ahoi» in Bollwerk by Bern main train station.
Duration: 1h15 including the verbal exchange before and after the session. I am recognized by the EGK and SWICA health insurance. If it is paid by the insurance, the session costs 180.-. Some others insurances pay a little participation for it.
I can also give sessions for several people who invite me in another therapy pools.

WATSU DUET OFFER :
CHF 200.- / 2h (+entries in the SPA or private pool) for 2 following sessions (e.g. for a couple, family, friends) . While one is receiving a session, the other relaxes in warm water and can witness or support the tenderness of a water session.

REFERENCE: I am an aquatic bodyworker (WATSU® practitioner, WATA® teacher, intensive training in Healing Dance) and Esalen Massage practitioner. I learned the water techniques  by the pioneers between 2005-2010 and give sessions regularly since 2005. I started to teach my own training, «Aquatic Bodywaves», that I developed as an integration of my dance and therapy know how.
Trained in processwork (shamanism, non violent communication, inner child, Gestalt, "Learning Love" training, somatic psychotherapy and so on).

Offer a voucher for a WATSU®/ WATA® session: CHF 100.- without pool entry and160.-/ 170.- including an excusive use of a private pool or the entrance in a SPA. A voucher valid for Esalen Massage or WATSU costs CHF 165.-.

Cancelation policy : please until 24 hours before, after this you have to cover the costs of the session and the pool.