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WATSU® 1 - Immersion

50 CEU's

Instructed by:
Ahara Vatter, Senior WABA Instructor

March 7 - 13, 2025
(Friday - Thursday)
Register by emailing the instructor for more information:
Ahara Vatter: 303-808-9606
aharava1@hotmail.com
Dear water loving people,
I am excited about offering WATSU® 1 March 7-13 at Harbin Hot Springs, the birthplace of WATSU®. This is the first WATSU® class at Harbin since the Valley Fire in 2015. A special thanks to Harbin and the events coordinators for making this happen. It is a special honor to teach this first WATSU® class at Harbin in 9 1/2 years. It is truly the kickoff class! Come be a part of the bringing WATSU® classes back to Harbin!
 
Ana Malachowski will be assisting the class. She is also part of organizing and getting the information out.
 
The class is being held at the Harbin Domes upper pool. Our opening circle starts in Dome 3 on land on Friday March 7 at 4pm. Please arrive by 3:50pm to finish finances and settle. We'll finish our first day at 8 :15pm.

All five of the full days of class will start in the water at 8:30 am and end at 6:30 pm.
We will finish class on the last day, Thursday March 13th, by 3pm.
 
The class is limited to 10 students.
If you are interested, please let Ahara know and she can send you more details for class and how to enroll.
 
The cost of the class is $1000 dollars. There is a $250 deposit to hold your space in class which is included in the total. There is a request to stay on the Harbin property which makes getting to class more easeful and allows you to emerge in the Harbin experience.
 
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN WATSU® 1:
•    The fundamentals for floating someone
•    6 positions used in floating someone and specific techniques in each
•    Alignment and body mechanics to float someone safely (for you and them)
•    Flow transitions and the basic principles of working in water
•    An hour-long practice sequence including intake, opening and completion
•    Touch and principles of working with someone in the water
•    The Ethics and Benefits and Contraindications of working in water
Anna and I look forward to welcoming you to WATSU® 1 at Harbin.
If you have any questions or concerns or just want to connect, please be in touch.
Many blessings, we look forward to what we can create together.

Registration Cost: $1000 dollars. There is a $250 deposit to hold your space in class which is included in the total. Cost does not include Lodging/Camping.

Register for this workshop, then make your Harbin Hot Springs lodging or camping reservations at: https://harbin.org/reservations.
Ahara Vatter
About Ahara Vatter
New Mexico
WABA Instructor of Watsu 1,2 & 3; Instructor of Healing Dance 1 & 2 and Healing Dance Underwater Basics, Polarity Life Coach, National Certified Medical Massage Therapist, Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. Ministers license (Center of Soulful Living). Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula and Instructor for Sacred Window School and Ayurved Sadhana. Co-developer and teacher of Soul Alchemy. Works with persons with trauma through Sustainable Love Healing & Training Institute.
Ahara Vatter aharava1@hotmail.com>

Ahara is a Senior WABA Instructor.
She teaches WATSU® 1, 2, 3 & Basic WATSU® and Healing Dance 1 & 2, Healing Dance® Underwater Basics, Healing Dance Relating & Mirroring & Intro to Healing Dance®. Ahara also teaches her own aquatic pillow and sound class.
She teaches aquatic classes mostly in Colorado, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina, but is happy to travel to other locations.
Ahara has various skills in her background. She is a CMT as well as a Nationally Certified Medical Massage Therapist. She taught yoga for 25+ years and trained with Hawaiian Kahunas. For 12 years through 2020 Ahara worked with a team of practitioners in Santa Fe with people in life transitions and healing life traumas.

Ahara is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Practitioner and Polarity Life Coach. She is an Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula and Pancha Karma Specialist. She currently teaches PostPartum classes through Ayurved Sadhana School. She served on the WABA ESAC (Educational Standards Advisory Board) for 4 years and was chair on the WABR ethics committee for 8 years.

Ahara has a private practice in Santa Fe, NM. She studies Qi Ging and Dao Yin and enjoys cooking, traveling and the outdoors.
See her website to learn more about her, her work and offerings.
LiquidLightBodyworks.com

Register by emailing the instructor for more information:
Ahara Vatter: 303-808-9606
aharava1@hotmail.com

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