EARTH
> WATER
In 1995, back from a long
journey in Southern Casamance (Senegal), I
was wondering what I could give back to the people who had hosted me,
providing food, friendship, palm wine, love, good vibes and laughter,
protection,
apart from memorable angling and wood canoe steering lessons.
My wise friend Michèle told me to go and see Yuichi
Kawada Sensei. Crucial meeting with an inspiring teacher.
Deep healing time. Fifteen years later, here I am, Libran Snake,
wandering, meandering, practicing and teaching bodywork round the
world. Just giving back here what I once got there.
THAI YOGA MASSAGE
Centuries ago, a dynamic bodywork
therapy based on yoga and Ayurveda was born in the temples of Thailand.
In this unique healing system of Thai Yoga Massage (also called Nuad Bo
Rarn and widely known as traditional Thai massage) the practitioner
guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures while palming
and thumbing along the energy "Sen" lines and pressure
points. Together these actions result in a comprehensive full body
treatment that relieves muscular tension, improves circulation, boosts
the immune system and balances the body energetically.
Thai Yoga Massage is performed on a mat on the floor; both client and practitioner are dressed in comfortable clothing allowing ease of movement and flexibility. No oils or creams are used.
Thai Yoga Massage is performed on a mat on the floor; both client and practitioner are dressed in comfortable clothing allowing ease of movement and flexibility. No oils or creams are used.
"Thai Yoga Massage exemplifies the four divine states of mind
described in Buddhist teachings. These are: loving kindness,
compassion, vicarious joy and equanimity. Thai Yoga Massage is
traditionally taught and practiced with the aim of embodying these
states in action. For this reason the massage is sometimes referred to
as "meditation in
movement". During a good Thai Yoga Massage the receiver would
experience this meditation as a state of clear, calm and vivified
embodiment."
(Howard Evans)
(Howard Evans)
WATER
> EARTH
The first session of Watsu I
got from my friend Cathy was a pure
delight. A real bliss. Endless giggles. Ripples. Joy. And a revelation:
I was made for this. This is for me. I am here to let the whole world
know about this wonderful technique! The practice of Watsu and
Wata today allows me to combine my strong passion for massage
with
my experience as a professional dancer and my delight to be in water.
WATSU
The Watsu (Water Shiatsu) is an
amazing aquatic bodywork technique developed in the early 1980s by Harold Dull in the
hot pools of Northern California. I work in a private swimming pool,
whose water is heated to 34°C and contains very little
chlorine.
Watsu combines different forms of touch and massage with deep
stretches, joint manipulation, postural and energy work. Warm water
helps self-healing energy to flow more naturally, as well as relieves
physical, psychological or emotional tensions. The privileged intimacy
that is created during a session increases self-consciousness and
self-confidence in and outside the water.
Please note that it's not even necessary to know how to swim. Your neck is supported at all times and your face is never submerged.
Please note that it's not even necessary to know how to swim. Your neck is supported at all times and your face is never submerged.
WATERDANCE
The Wata (Wasser Tanzen -
Waterdance) could be the underwater sister of Watsu. After a gentle
beginning, the recipient is
being given a nose clip and will gradually be brought underwater on his
exhale. This three-dimensional session, apart from having all the
positive effects
of a Watsu, will moreover enhance the recipient's awareness of his
own breath, and invites him to a gentle exploration of letting go. No
minimum lung capacity is required ... and as for Watsu, it is not even
necessary to know how to swim. A session lasts about an hour and a half
(shower included).
""It was like yawning. I
enjoyed the
well-being, the eyes closed and the smooth ebb and flow on that water
which swept the obstacles, that water which carried us like a colossal
chest, that water, always there for our rest, transmitting lives and
loves, words and thoughts. (...)
DEEP UNDER THE LEVEL OF STORMS I WAS, SLEEPING. MOVING DEEP INSIDE SOUNDS AND COLOURS, LIKE A SEA DIAMOND.
Here, no flood of thoughts, but only the stroke of the wave and desire, mingling, touching, ebbing and flowing, running - INFINITE DEPTH OF PEACE."
(Anaïs Nin)
DEEP UNDER THE LEVEL OF STORMS I WAS, SLEEPING. MOVING DEEP INSIDE SOUNDS AND COLOURS, LIKE A SEA DIAMOND.
Here, no flood of thoughts, but only the stroke of the wave and desire, mingling, touching, ebbing and flowing, running - INFINITE DEPTH OF PEACE."
(Anaïs Nin)
