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While developing Watsu® I saw how much even its simplest moves, with their close holding and heart and breath connection, benefit both giver and receiver. Alongside the path we needed to train professionals on, I wanted a path on which everyone could share Watsu, a world in which everybody can float and stretch each other in their arms. But the number of available pools limits that path.

Seeing this new form of Tantsu provide the essential benefits of Watsu, and the joy and ease with which it is being learned in our classes, I see a much wider path opening onto a world in which everybody, heart and breath connected, can hold, rock and stretch each other in their arms.

With that in mind I have posted a 9 minute step by step instructional video that anybody can download free and share 20 minutes of Tantsu. We are also training presenters to teach our initial 3 hour class as complete in itself, as well as being the first module of a longer training.

Both couples and singles that understand we are holding each other without any sexual intention* are welcomed to our classes. Those hosting the class may choose to limit it to those who come with a partner or friend. Those welcoming singles will encourage them to share with different participants. Those coming with a partner or friend may choose to work only with each other. Couples that feel they benefit most by keeping the Tantsu as something special to share between them will be respected, as well as those who find their relationship benefits from the opportunity Tantsu provides for deep, non-threatening, connections with others.

Each class you attend is stored on your transcript on our Registry. Their hours can be credited towards the requirements to practice or teach Tantsu. On completion of a class you will be emailed a password to check your transcript and add any feedback you wish. No one else, except an instructor you contact to sign up for an additional class, will have access to your record unless you indicate you would like to be informed of gatherings to share Tantsu in your area. In that case only your name, city and email, and what levels of Tantsu you have attended, would be visible to those sending invitations to a gathering. We encourage gatherings, which can be as short as an evening in someone's home, as a way for participants to continue sharing the benefits of Tantsu.

As more and more find in Tantsu a way to heal the wounds of separation and widen the circle of those they hold close, the need for urban Tantsu Centers will grow. We are setting up a center in California as a prototype. Once we have developed the ideal program there and proven its economic viability, we will be making it available to those who wish to develop their own urban Tantsu centers. We will be offering investment opportunities to those who wish to help us get this much needed work out to everybody. We are also developing a program for spas to add to what they offer to couples coming to their spas. .. And we anticipate the need for regional retreat centers that combine Watsu and Tantsu and are seeking a place to develop its prototype.