Team - Instituto de Formación Watsupath

About Watsupath™ Training Institute

Watsupath™ Training Institute is today the only school of Watsu® and Aquatic Therapy in the world managed
by, and aimed at professionals of health, ensuring in its curriculum the same levels of excellence in all the
countries in its area of action.

In addition to professional certification in Watsu®, Watsupath™ provides educational programs in other forms of
therapy in water and on land, including Cranio Sacral Therapy in Water™, Aquatic Integration™, Waterness
Journey™, Halliwick® Therapy, Water Dance®, Healing Dance®, Shiatsu, First Aids, Anatomy, Physiology and
Biomechanics applied to Aquatic Therapy, Cranio Sacral therapy and Traditional Thai massage.
Approaching this high level of training to different countries in Europe, North America and South America,
Watsupath™ Training Institute offers

History

Watsupath™ is created by Elisa Muñoz white in 2007, after starting her Watsu® training in Asia. Develops a
connection network that soon became a platform of communication between professionals, teachers and
students, not only of Watsu®, but of all disciplines of aquatic bodywork known in those days.
The main activity as a physiotherapist developes in her hometown, Talavera de la Reina, and in several
facilities in Madrid. Her activity as a teacher, from Madrid, little by little, goes beyond borders…Hungary, United
Kingdom, Germany, Italy, United States, Argentina… combining several disciplines on land and in water to the
service of the patient and the student.

The term Watsupath™ is registered in July 2012 together with Cranio Sacral Therapy in Water™,
as a trade mark for advertising, management and business administration, concerning the establishment of
franchise business consulting services, sales, education, training, sports and cultural activities, and medical
services.

In 2014 Watsupath™ Training Institute is created and added to the training institutes of the Worldwide Aquatic
Bodywork Registry, and its training programme is adapted to the requirements of the Continuing Education
Commission for Health Professions, accredited by the National Health System.

Elisa Muñoz Blanco

Physioterapist N. 3059. Associate Professor at Physiotherapy degree in Universidad San Pablo-CEU. WatsuPath™ Training Institute Founder and Director. CranioSacral Therapy in Water™ Creator and Instructor. Certified Watsu® 2 Instructor. Certified Ai Chi® Instructor.

Harold Dull

† July 2019

Harold Dull, is the president of the Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA), and the creator of Watsu®, Tantsu®, Co-centering and Watsu CQ. Harold has been formed with the head teacher of Zen Shiatsu in Japan, Shizuto Masunaga (author of “Zen Shiatsu”), and the two major teachers in America, Reuho Yamada and Wataru Ohashi.

Cameron West

Cameron has been a practitioner and an internationally known teacher of Watsu for over 10 years and has been instrumental in promoting Watsu, Aquatic Integration and Ai Chi into the clinical therapeutic arena.

Jun Konno

Jun Konno is a highly successful entrepreneur in the aquatic industry, a swimming coach, author and international speaker on aquatics, and Ai Chi creator. Jun is the founder and president of the Aqua Dynamics Institute, a consulting firm for fitness clubs and swimming schools in Japan and honorific member of several committees and associations.

Shinzo Fujimaki

Healer and teacher who is the founder of the innovative fusion, Shiatsu Yoga, from which he developed the warm-water practices called Energetic Aquatic Shiatsu Yoga (E.A.S.Y. also known as Clinical Ai Chi) as well as Fire and Water. These unique approaches to the therapeutic exercise maximize health through the use of acupressure and conscious, gentle yoga stretches along the body’s meridians.

Ashaman Gray

Ashaman Gray is one of a handful of teachers worldwide qualified to certify students as Healing Dance Practitioners. "The fluidity and dynamic grace inherent in aquatic bodywork immediately touched my center, and integrated my passions for body awareness, movement and relating"

Alexander George

Alexander studied WaterDance from one of its co-founders, Arjana Brunschwiler. Alexander went on to develop the techniques of Healing Dance® and Flowing Touch Massage. He is a certified instructor of the Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association, and for nine years taught at the School of Shiatsu and Massage at Harbin Hot Springs.

Sophie Costes

As a Watsu® and Waterdance professional, sophie shares individual sessions since 2008. In recent years, she has founded Waterness Journey ™, an underwater technique with a focus on interactivity and spontaneous movement. She leads ‘ContactDance’ workshops in water at international dance festivals and in Ibiza, where she lives.

Chiara Torrini

She studied Healing Arts, Bodywork Techniques and Relational Dynamics, diving into the alchemy of balance between body, soul and spirit. She has attended several training paths, in Italy, USA and around the world.

Gabriela Villalba

Her career has been developing in various professional fields: educational, artistic, therapeutic. During her training as a teacher in Argentina and in posterior years she comes in contact with different corporal and artistic disciplines. Graduated as Zen Shiatsu Therapist in 2004 by Amigos del Shiatsu School in Madrid, then performs a post-graduate course in Shiatsu & Movement.

Fernando Gallego

Fernando has been involved in aquatic activities for more than 25 years. He is a swimming coach and lifeguard instructor. He currently develops his work as Coordinator of Aquatic Therapy, promoting Watsu® at an international level.

Raquel López Paños

In contact with water from a young age, she´s been a swimmer and professional water polo player. She completed her physiotherapy studies at the European University in 2002, where she combined her work as a swimming instructor with physiotherapy degree. She is Head of Science and Research Committee of Watsupath™ Training Institute

Gaya Kiel

Gaya is an artist, she shapes and sculpts the body. She is a diversified international professional. She introduced Watsu® in the Basque country in 2008, and now offers a combination of Feldenkrais and Watsu® as a therapeutic ensemble. Currently she specialises in Germany in the Jeremy Krauss Approach.
She is the Watsupath™ Training Institute delegate for the Basque Country.

Cristina Arcos

Cristina's life has always revolved around physical activity, dance and the care of people. Curious and passionate, Watsu® captivated her from the beginning due to its integrative power. She combines her job as a Watsu® Practitioner, NSCA Personal Trainer and her workplace at the Secretary and the Communication department of the WatsupathTM Training Institute.

Juanlu Abeledo

Physiotherapist and aquatic specialist, he works in the field of neurological disorders. He combines his work with the web maintenance and branding , in collaboration with Watsupath™ Training Institute, among others.