OCEANIC BODYWORK Aqua® (OBA) was developed by Nirvano Martina Schulz and Kaya Femerling at the end of the 1980s. They taught and developed it under it‘s original name - "Oceanic-Aqua-Balancing"

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OBA® a form of bodywork, that takes place in a warm water pool (34 - 35 °C), combining elements of soft stretching movements, massage and joint release as well as energy and breathwork in a unique way. It invites deep relaxation on a physical and emotional level.

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Specially designed movements allow your whole spine to swing and your energy can flow again.

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The radius of your joint movements becomes wider and your whole body can be moved in a playful new way because of its weightlessness in the water.

 

OBA® nourishes the soul and invites you to get to know the healing energies of the water in a totally new way.

 

Chronic physical pain as well as emotional tensions can be released. Meditation can happen in a very easy and natural way.

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What is covered:

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I. Bodywork in warm water:

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• Learning the sequences of an OBA® session and their specific movements.

• Relaxing bodywork and massage-techniques on the water surface.

• Bodywork, stretching, waving and spiralling techniques, joint release and holding positions under the water surface.

• Facilitation of breathing techniques above and under water.

• Exercises for steadiness and centring in the water.

• Practice of body and breath awareness.

• Sensibility about the breathing-reflex.

• Play under water.

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II. Integration on land:

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• Integrating and transforming your own process in the safety of the group.

• Dancing, centring- and grounding-exercises.

• The art of touch.

• First anatomical background knowledge.

• First medical background knowledge.

• Meditation.

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