World Watsu Week

Learn about Watsu by watching a demonstration, receiving a complimentary 20 minute session(first come, first served) and talking with experienced practitioners. If you would like to receive a session, bring your swimsuit and a towel.

The event will be held from 3:00 to 7:00 on Monday April 30th, 2007 in San Mateo. Clients with special needs are invited at 3:00, from 4:00 to 5:00 is reserved for pregnant clients and prenatal caregivers, and 5:00 to 7:00 is open to everyone.

Watsu is a passive form of aquatic bodywork that supports and gently moves a person in a swimming pool heated to nearly body temperature. The weightless support of the warm water promotes a deep state of relaxation, while muscle tension is decreased and stress is relieved.

The Watsu therapist guides the client through graceful, fluid stretches and flowing, rhythmic movements. The experience can induce physical release, and be nurturing, meditative, and blissful.

Pregnant women have a special appreciation for Watsu. There is feeling of lightness and release from gravity while floating in water. The warmth and slow passive movements ease tensions common to pregnancy. The experience offers an escape from the sensations and demands of the outside world and a time for turning inward.

The event is hosted by:
Steven	Donna
For over a year Steven studied, worked, and lived at the Watsu Center at Harbin Hot Springs. There he studied aquatic bodywork and at the same time Western massage. The way we move in the water has influenced his work on land, and knowledge of traditional massage enhances his water work. Steven's bodywork combines gentleness with strength and flows with a relaxing confidence.	Donna studied and worked closely with the creator of Watsu, Harold Dull, as an assistant instructor and resident aquatic bodyworker at his school, The Watsu Center, and has been a professional bodyworker at other spas and retreat centers. Her style has been described as intuitive, graceful and nurturing with a grounding Earth energy.