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All the documents from the entire site are collected here for easier access. For PDF downloads of written and photo manuals for Watsu, Healing Dance and WaterDance go to the page of each technique.

Excerpts from Lao-Tzu
A Short History and Overview of Healing Dance
The Healing Dance Trainings
Terminology
The Technique
Body Mechanics
Finessing the Head
Suggestions for Beginning a Session
Movement as Medicine
Flow, Movement, Positions and Transitions
Lightness, Weightlessness and Sensitivity
Rhythm
Breath
Channeling
Principles of Sequence
Principles of Improvisation
Presence
Inika's Warm-up
Above and Below
Shape and Space
The Hydrodynamic Body in Passive Motion
    Introduction
    The Water Body
    The Passive Body
    The Hydrodynamic Body
    Levering the Body
    The Sources of Aquatic Movement
    An Analysis of Ten Foundation Moves

The Return to Water
Fathoming WaterDance
The Origins of WaterDance, by Aman
What is WaterDance?
WaterDance Compared to Watsu
The Elements of WaterDance
Technical Notes
The Phase of Initial Submerging
The Hands
The Movement Categories
The Aura in Water, an interview with energy therapist, Manuel Schoch
Breath Tecniques for Water Distress Therapy by Ilana Lam
Clinical Applications of WaterDance, an interview with Erez Beautus
An Interview with Avital Baduach
An Interview with Roni Zehavi-Oz
Sessions in the Sea
Inversions
Interactive WaterDance
What Do I Say?
A WaterDance Feedback Form

Watsu I

Care of the Neck and Lower Back
Communicating Before the Session
Watsu and Water
From the Receiver's Point of View
Ethics and Boundaries
Watsu in the Shadow of Love: working with the fearful
Finishing the Watsu
The Transition Flow: a psycho-physical analysis

Forms:
     • To help you have a better session...
     • Watsu Feedback Form

Watsu II

The Zen of Watsu
Physiological Adaptations During a Watsu Session, by Shankar, with an Introduction by Peggy Schoedinger
Benefits of Watsu
Increasing Flexibility
What is Shiatsu?
Working with Sinkers
Working with Motion Sensitivity
Points Specifically Addressed in the Sequence and Additional Points
Working with Pregnancy
Watsu and the Meridians

From Emmanuel’s Book Channeled by Pat Rodegast
Some Thoughts on Teaching
Pool Etiquette: Guidelines for Teaching
From Group Discussions with Students
Praise or Confirmation?
Warm-ups, Games and Movement in the Water
Meditations in the Water
Process in the Water
The Opening Land Session
Dance and Movement on Land
Meditations on Land
Processes on Land
Bodywork on Land
Barefoot Shiatsu
An Interview with Theri Thomas
The Water Sutras of Nadar Xeel
     The Nature of Water
     Body Mechanics of the Giver
     Technique in Relation to the Receiver
     Advancement
     Instruction
     The 141 Sutras Without Commentary

Der Nacken und der untere Rücken
Watsu "Bodymechaniks"
Das Vorgespräch
Watsu und Wasser
Grenzen und Ethische Aspekte
Watsu im Schatten der Liebe
Aus der Sicht der Empfangenden
Der Abschluss
Das Zen des Watsu

Tanz der Heilung

Stil
"Bodymechaniks"
Die Verfeinerung der Kopfhaltetechnik
Der Beginn einer Session
Die Bewegung als Medizin
Fluss, Bewegung, Positionen und Übergänge
Die Leichtigkeit, Schwerelosigkeit und Achtsamkeit
Der Rhythmus
Die Atmung
Der Channeling
Prinzipien der Improvisation
Prinzipien einer Sequenz

O Pescoço e a Lombar
Mecânica Básica do Corpo Durante o Watsu
O Que Devo Dizer?
Uma Indução
Watsu e Água
Limites
Terminando o Watsu
Watsu na Sombra do Amor
O Fluir Básico do Watsu: Uma Análise Psíquica e Física
Para o seu bem estar na sua sessão…
Watsu Relatório
Watsu Feedback

A Dança Curativa (Healing Dance)

Estilo
Mecânica do Corpo
Sutilezas para com a Cabeça do Parceiro
Começando uma Sessão
Movimento: o remédio para a cura
O Fluir, o Movimento, as Posições e as Transições
Leveza, Ausência de Peso e Sensibilidade
Ritmo
Respiração
Os Princípios da Improvisação
Canalização
Os Princípios Da Seqüência

WaterDance

O Que é WaterDance?
O Que Devo Dizer?
Observações Técnicas
Relatório de WaterDance

Shiatsu com os Pés (Barefoot Shiatsu)

Shiatsu com os Pés
Informações Gerais e Conselhos

The White Dog
Walkin' in the Night


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