AQUASOMA® Essential Specialist training
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AQUASOMA® Intro
By the end of this module you will be able to use your newly acquired skills with your pre-existing aquatic therapy patients, or give (unpaid) trial sessions of Aquasoma® to friends and acquaintances.
Course format:
- face-to-face training (~ 2 days), online lessons and homework
- alternatively: fully online training
Number of credits: 1 AECS
Prerequisites: none, open to everybody
AQUASOMA® Intro
It introduces you to the basic principles and techniques of AQUASOMA®. You will get a taste of the wonders of giving and receiving AQUASOMA® in a safe and stimulating learning environment.
The core of this module focuses on creating the best conditions for the recipient to relax; for this reason the work focuses on the head and trunk.
Main topics covered in this module:
- Basic health and safety training.
- Work on the "core" for stability and dynamic balance.
- The first position.
- Body reading
- Creating the "setting".
- The void that fills the space.
- Connection and contact.
- Working with the "tonic-emotional dialogue".
- The first 4 principles of MKS watsu:
- Meeting and leading
- Safety and comfort
- Support
- Breath
- The ABC's of a session.
- TriCS™.
- The 5 Points System™.
- Alignment and adjustment of axes and planes.
- Working with the water.
- Pendulum™.
- Freeing the breath, mobilizing the spine.
- Integration movements.
