Healing Dance Underwater Practitioner Certification in the United States
Water Courses and Sessions |
Prerequisites |
Hours |
1. Introduction to Healing Dance Underwater or WaterDance I |
Watsu I or Healing Dance Introductory Weekend |
16 or 50 |
2. Above and Below |
Healing Dance I and WaterDance I or AQUATHERICS® class AQUATERNATIVES® foundation or Supervision with Senior HD Instructor |
50 |
3. Shape and Space |
WaterDance I or AQUATHERICS® class AQUATERNATIVES® foundation or Supervision with Senior HD Instructor |
50 |
4. Integration Weekend |
both Healing Dance underwater courses and 30 logged sessions |
16 |
5. Final Supervision |
Integration Weekend |
2 |
6. Send copies of course, integration and supervision certificates, as well as session log form to WABA with $50. |
Successful |
Total: 168 |
Additional Requirements: 1) 16 hours of dance /movement courses, such as Continuum, Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement, etc. Additional Explanation: Passing on to the next stage of the training track is dependent on a successful outcome of the previous stage. You may be asked to audit a course, do a supervision or do extra sessions if the instructor feels it is necessary before continuing. A requirement of 30 sessions altogether in a ratio of 20 given to 10 received. These sessions to be completed and logged before the final supervision. The sessions given could be in any underwater modality studied. The received sessions all be of Healing Dance, up to four received from peers and a minimum of six from Practitioners. The Final Supervision may be done with Inika Spence, Alexander George or Mary Thomas. Underwater Practitioner status gives you a certificate, a listing on the Healing Dance website and the right to say and advertise that you are a Healing Dance Underwater Practitioner. For instance, "I am a Healing Dance Underwater Practitioner." For those living in the US and Canada to stay current on the WABR registry as a Healing Dance Underwater Practitioner, one would pay a $50 fee for a two year listing, thereafter $25 per annum. For those living in Europe there is a one-time $50 fee for a permanent listing. You may study Healing Dance wherever you
wish, but to work as a Practitioner or Underwater Practitioner we ask you to follow the Healing Dance
guidelines established in the country in which you live. At most, this means
logging in a few extra hours of training and sessions should you move to a
country with a more rigorous program than the one in which you qualified.