OVERALL BENEFITS OF AQUATIC BODYWORK - WATSU
Warm water and the continuous support it provides is ideal for freeing the spine. It takes the weight off the vertebrae and relaxes the muscles.
Buoyancy and warmth relax the muscles, unlock the joints and release the body from gravity.
Unrestricted by contraction, the circulation can carry away metabolic wastes from the muscles, thereby reducing soreness and fatigue.
The reduced requirements of oxygen found in states of weightlessness help calm respiration.
The relaxation of tension in the spine and musculature removes excess pressure on the nerves, improves the tone and functioning of the whole body and the organs those nerves service. It allows the spine to be moved in ways impossible on land.
- Decrease muscle tension
- Increase range of motion
- Decrease pain
- Increase superficial circulation
- Improve breathing pattern
- Improve posture
- Normalize tone
- Reduce stress/anxiety
- Improve body awareness
- Discovery / release of emotional stress
- Improve sleep
- Increase energy, less fatigue
- Increase / unblocking of creativity