WATSU® is the first form of Aquatic Bodywork. Harold Dull began developing it in 1980 floating his Zen Shiatsu students in the warm pool at Harbin Hot Springs applying its stretches and moves. In the years since, with the help of countless others in classes, clinics and spas around the world, Watsu has evolved into what many consider the most profound development in bodywork in our time. While other modalities are based on touch, the holding that working in water necessitates, brings the receiver to a new level of connection and trust. This, combined with the therapeutic benefits of warm water and the greater freedom of movement it encourages, creates a modality that can effect every level of our being. Harold also developed Tantsu to bring Watsu's nurturing whole body holding and stretching back onto land.

Watsu has documented benefits in decreasing pain and improving quality of and is appropriatefor people with: traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, arthritis, cancer survivors, Fibromyalgia, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and chronic pain. As well Watsu is great for able bodied persons wanting to release tension, relax and have an experience that is often described as “bliss.”

Unlike physiotherapy in the water the Watsu Therapist supports the receivers head and neck so they can completely relax, letting go of physical restraints and with that often the mind chatter. And that’s where the healing can begin.