The year Harold Dull created Watsu®, the world's first
Aquatic Bodywork, he created Tantsu® to bring back
onto land Watsu's nurturing holding, and the joy in the
movement freed floating someone level with the heart.
Today Tantsu has evolved into a practice in which
everyone can share that joy with new Core Whole
Body Holds. These provide a containment in which it
is safe to go deep within as breathing connects and
movements resonate through our bodies, sometimes
spontaneous, sometimes exploratory and playful and
creative, sometimes leading us into a deeper stillness
than we have ever shared with another. There are no
long sequences or points to memorize. Tantsu is being
with someone without intention, breathing and
listening with your whole body as you lean in or rock
their back free, or stretch an arm or leg and, when
called, pull the other arm or leg into the dance. No part
of our being is left out of the dance. Freed from the
confines that esoteric interpretations place upon other
paths, freed from any intention to heal or fix that can
accompany bodywork, Tantsu is a new way to be with
others, a new humanism, a way to access and share
our creative joy in the interplay of breath, movement
and stillness.Everybody hold Everybody to your Heart.
Hold the World.
Hold your family. Hold a stranger. Hold the unemployed. Hold a politician.
Start holding each other today.
Download a Core Cradle lesson from the book as a pdf. View utube videos.and/or
Order the above book which has 250 holds and moves photographed in color in Italy of
the Core Tantsu that everybody can share as well as Partner Tantsu, and
the Therapeutic Tantsu of Practitioners. DVDs available.
and/or
Attend
a 3 hour class that will get you started with your first whole body hold
or
our Basic Tantsu weekend and learn the whole Core Tantsu
or
our Watsu Tantsu Free Flow workshop and explore the creative engagement
of our life force on land and in water. Bring Watsu's flow into your Core Tantsu
on land. Learn the way to continue exploring with others in water.
Class Schedule
Note: After any of the above classes you have access to others who list themselves on our Registry.
An immersion Tantsu Practitioner Training is offered on Sardegna, July 3 - 25, 2009