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| Alexander |
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Alexander is the originator of the Healing Dance. He is one of WABA's senior instructors; since 1991 he has led over 170 week long 50-hour intensives in Anatomy, Massage, Barefoot Shiatsu, Watsu, Healing Dance and WaterDance. Alexander presently leads trainings in the US, Europe, Israel and Brazil, teaching in English, German or Portuguese as required. His trainings are known for their humor, humanity and technical expertise.
Alexander came to the holistic arts following a 25-year career as a ballet and modern dancer, teacher and choreographer. In 1980 he began the study of holistic massage at the International School of Professional Bodywork in San Diego, completing the 1000 Hour Massage Therapist Training in 1983. He went on to become qualified as a Trager Practitioner in 1986, subsequently studying with Milton Trager himself. In 1990 he became a Watsu Practitioner at Harbin Hot Springs in northern California under the tutelage of Harold Dull, the originator of Watsu. In 1993 he studied WaterDance from one of its founders, Arjana Brunschwiler. He developed Flowing Touch Massage on land, also innovating an advanced level to WaterDance. Alexander taught for nine years at the School of Shiatsu and Massage at Harbin Hot Springs. He spends most of the year traveling, but calls San Diego home for four to five months a year. Alexander has written over eighty articles on teaching and aquatic bodywork available for free download at http://aquaticwritings.tripod.com |
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| Inika |
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| Inika has been an aquatic body worker since 1996, working intensively at Harbin Hot Springs as a Watsu, WaterDance and Healing Dance Practitioner. She has over 2800 hours of training and over 4500 hours teaching aquatic bodywork. Inika has been teaching Watsu and Healing Dance since 1999. She brings grace to the water and conveys that grace to her students through her knowledge of movement and experience in yoga, tai chi, dance, meditation. Aquatic bodywork is her passion. |
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| Thery |
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| Theri has well over 2,200 hours of Aquatic Bodywork training and is certified by WABA as an instructor for Watsu and Healing Dance. She is also the instructor for Aquaternatives and for all the WABA Assistant and Teacher Training courses. Besides teaching locally and nationwide, she is on the WABA board of directors and is the chair of the WABA Education Standards Advisory Committee. Theri's reputation as a teacher is based on her technical genius, clarity and sensitivity to the needs of every student. |
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| "Aayal & Suzanne are teachers of Introdoction to Healing Dance & Basic Healing Dance" |
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Ayal and Suzanne are a creative team in every sense, givng birth to their first child, Lidya, in June of 2005. Alexander is honored to count Ayal and Suzi as his friends and colleagues.
Ayal has exhibited his art in Israel, the US, Italy and France. He organized performances of WaterDance in Paris and Italy and provided the impetus for Alexander to create his Healing Dance water ballet in Israel. In a country depressed by internal and external conflict, Ayal works is a peacemaker, working to integrate the organizers and practitioners of the various disciplines of aquatic bodywork in Israel. His recently created website, healingdance.co.il will contribute towards this goal.
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| Studied psychology at Purdue University in Indiana, fine art at Bezalel Acadamy of Fine Art, marble sculpting at Pietra Santa in Italy and bronze casting in Amsterdam, Holland. He studied classical ballet and modern dance, as well as Tai Chi. Ayal sails his own yacht in the Mediterranean, and recently completed a roundtrip voyage from Israel to Turkey. |
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I started early and became a competitive swimmer, later worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor's am a body and soul therapist, a Bach Flower therapist, a deep tissue massage therapist ,Reiki I & II and a qualified Hydrotherapies. Today I run a private clinic with my Husband{Ayal Shifron}We are the sole representatives of Healing Dance in Israel offering a therapist certification of HD and WD in Israel ,I specialize in Water Phobias and work with children privately. I owe much of my Aquatic education to Alexander Georgeakopoulos with which I have studied extensively for the past 5ys and I am proud to be one of his Junior Instructors of Healing Dance.
Suzanne Abudraham Shifron combines in her life the roles of mother, wife, artist, aquatic practitioner, organizer and teacher. In her words, "Working in water heals my self. It reminds me of a deep memory in my body. I was in the water since I was young. To be in water and to treat people were what I wanted to do. Today, giving sessions of aquatic bodywork combines both of these desires. I have a feeling of destiny about this work; it is what I want to do. It provides an excuse to give love; people need love."
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