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Healing Dance®
Underwater Basics

Instructed by Inika Spence-Whaley

June 16 - 20, 2025
(Monday - Friday)
Register by emailing the instructor:
inikasati@gmail.com
Healing Dance® Underwater Basics (HDUB) is designed as a first underwater course for students who have already taken surface courses, such as WATSU® I or Healing Dance I. HDUB is a 5 day course that specifically prepares you to take Shape & Space and Above & Below, the two major underwater trainings of Healing Dance. The transition to submerging receivers rather than merely supporting them on the surface entails learning several skills before one can take a receiver safely underwater. The fundamentals covered in the course include how to a) read the breath precisely; b) signal appropriately; c) offer and remove the nose clip; d) unweight the head on submerging; e) give the head freedom underwater; f) gauge the amount of time spent underwater; g) maintain the absolute space; h) soften the hands in grips; i) use one's weight and breath to create deep movements; j) travel in the pool, and k) pre-support the head on surfacing. Participants learn a surface warm-up followed by a sequence of thirteen submergings arranged in an order that could be used in a session. A written and photo manual are provided and an MP4 of the sequence is made available. This is a core course in the Underwater Practitioner Certification.

It is 42 hours in length over 5 days and serves as a prerequisite to Shape & Space or Above & Below.
Registration Cost: $800 Early birds get a discount! + Accommodations/Camping
Prerequisite: Healing Dance I or WATSU I
Register for this workshop, then make your Harbin Hot Springs lodging or camping reservations at: https://harbin.org/reservations.
About Inika Spence-Whaley
Water has always been my element. As a small child, I was building sandcastles and playing in the waves at the beach. When a friend recommended I visit Harbin Hot Springs and experience being “swished around” in the water, I went — and got hooked! I spent 20 years there, playing, experimenting, and learning this work in the “Mother” warm pool, where aquatic bodywork was born.
After taking a Healing Dance class with Alexander George in 1996, I knew it would be “my modality.” I learned how the water guided me into flowing movements and transitions. My classes are shaped by my extensive experience as a practitioner (1996-present). I bring grace to the water and convey it to my students through my knowledge of movement and my background in yoga, tai chi, dance, and meditation.

I’ve had the great fortune of studying with the founders of Aquatic Bodywork. I began teaching in 1999 and have since taught in many countries. In 2013, I became the Director of the Harbin School of Healing Arts until it tragically burned, along with the retreat center, in 2015.

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