a slideshow of Healing Dance Above and Below
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Healing Dance® Above and Below
This class is designed to bring the principles of Healing Dance into the underwater experience. Maintaining flow above and below the surface is integral; the material explores how to smooth out the moment of submerging and surfacing. When rhythm, movement shape and body position are pre-set at the surface, the receiver experiences a less radical change at the moment of submerging. The coursework begins taking Watsu’s Basic Moves underwater and extends this idea to the whole session, introducing a variety of takedown moves from the repertoire of the Healing Dance. From the feedback of practitioners working with Above and Below we know that it is indeed making going underwater possible for people previously unable to allow themselves to be submerged. Taking the moves below the surface becomes a fluid dance, bringing the receiver to a place where there is no need of breath and bringing the giver to a joy in movement and presence. This class offers a toolbox of moves that are simple, elegant and intriguing to enrich your experience in the water.
Here are two additional Above and Below links to YouTube: Click on these links for PDF versions of the training manuals for Healing Dance Above and Below.
Below are links to some of the articles in the written manual.
The Integration of Surface with Depth
Arabesque
Head Foot Parachute
Photo Manual
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The Hydrodynamic Body in Passive Motion
Introduction and The Water Body
The Passive Body
The Hydrodynamic Body
Levering the Body in Water
The Sources of Aquatic Movement
An Analysis of Ten Foundation Moves
Surface Warm-up
