May 2020 | Sophie Costes, Waterness Journey™ instructor

The motivations and needs for someone seeking water therapy can often be different.

However water modalities gather a variety of technical tools entirely at the service of the patient.

The idea of slow and smooth movements in water heated to 35 degrees sparks in many people eager for relaxation and calm.

Yet, it may be that the idea of a close relationship with the water element is worrying for some of us. The presence and proximity that go hand in hand with floating in the water and the professional, who offers it, are also parameters that can generate a certain degree of reticence.

These elements, among many others, implicitly lead us to understand that the act of putting oneself back in the arms of someone, who is often unknown to us, requires for some a degree of trust that is not always easy and natural.

This implies a true professional attitude on the part of the therapist – both in the areas of personal accompaniment and adequately mobilize the body, as much as in great emotional intelligence.

The power of our mind can be observed in certain contexts, as interference or a voice that disconnects us from the present moment, projecting us towards past experiences in which our sense of security has been tested. Short-circuiting through an incessant chain of doubts and questioning, can invalidate the experience and take us out of reality. 

A professional therapist according to your preferred modalities (Watsu®, Healing Dance, CranioSacral Therapy in Water™, Waterness™…) will remain attentive, with the panoply of therapeutic props at his disposal, to the needs of the person and his possible limitations.

The respect and the responsibility of taking and accompanying a body back to the “oceanic state” will go together with the surrendering ability to the one that floats.

During the dive, the hydrostatic pressure acts optimally on the circulation of fluids, the metabolism in general and the breathing capacity.

The impact of gravity is greatly reduced, while the continuous support of the therapist who operates adapted movements, reduces the loads on the joints allowing increased flexibility as well as the depth of the breath, which is always in contact with one’s inner intimate state. The message of relief for both the nervous system and the mind is very conductive and positive.

Wellness is neither an idea about its healing properties nor a mere concept.

It is the phenomena that affect our physiology and emotional states.

When we create peace in the body, we experience a physiological state in which the body can effortlessly experience healing and balance leading to a state of joy, contentment and therefore inner peace.

These states are reached by the energy of the movements created during water therapy, and the coherence of the heart is the result of the quality of the relationship between therapist and patient.

The presence, the empathy and the attention a professional provides with how he looks and communicates in order to put himself at service in an appropriate way, promote and sustain Water therapy for what many consider being one of the most powerful rehabilitation tool and a genuine mediator of personal and spiritual growth.