Healing Dancers

Comment

Comment by Christian Muller on January 13, 2009 at 11:29am

Hello fellow water workers,
I just joined up to be closer to my water brothers and sisters. My website is www.bodyofwater.org
Currently I am very interested in the effects of sound in water and our water body. Also, I've been studying embryological development and its relation to aquatic bodywork. I would love to have discussions about either of these subjects.

Water blessings to all,
Christian

Comment by Carolyn Crawford on October 8, 2008 at 4:32pm

At last, Ive got my act together and managed to join...keeping up with all the emails and 'techno stuff' is a bit of a challenge for me, but today inspired by your stories...here I am!...Thanks Laura...and Inika for posting Lana's photos. Lana came for sessions almost every week for just on four years ...she was a beautiful bright soul, with restricted ability to speak but maximal ability to communicate. It was amazing to be able to share her joy and sometimes frustration and pain along with many giggles and moments of total peace in the water. Sessions were sometimes strong and active and sometimes slow and sleepy, they included watsu and aquatic integration....but it was the waves of healing dance that often brought the first smile...vortexes brought out the dancer, side saddles were great for sleeping in and working sore backs, hara 8s for tight tummy muscles...there werent many moves Lana couldnt experience and enjoy...
Lana's Mum,Barbara came to every session and so there was often a sense of it being a three way experience. I overheard Barbara say one day 'Carolyn can do anything with Lana'...so yes heartwarming moments of surprise from family...seeing what we could do together in the water. But even better
for me I think,was that over time the 'cerebral palsy', not actually...but in terms of the relationship,almost dissappeared and although there were specific stretches to help balance the body and massage to tight sore areas...many times Lana and I just became 'you girls' .....exploring , playing, being together in the water...just people being....
Of course it wasnt like that in the beginning, ..like Laura, I was initially a little daunted and 'the disability'
was very much in the foreground. That was one of
Lana's gifts to me, to go past the external...no matter how extreme the restrictions may initially appear...we can still find the place to connect and be together...of course!! Thanks Lana!
Lana died unexpectedly, but very peacefully in her sleep earlier this year...and yes Im sure she is looking down and very happy to see her photos up on the 'web'!!

Comment by Sulis (Sara Firman) on September 21, 2008 at 2:34pm

One of my favorite terms used by the creator of Healing Dance, Alexander Georgeokopolous is 'creating spacial mandalas'. Water allows the most incredible circular flow - as is clear in the above photo of Inika working. And that generates a kind of 'energy' that really does seem to have healing in it. For me, it is like a hologram of the water vortex!

• First
• Previous
• Next
• Last