Touching Essence™ and Healing Dance™

Women's Wellness & Aquatic Bodywork Immersion

with Ellen Watson & Michael Hallock

October 16 - 22, 2023

Greenfield’s Hotel, Bumi Sehat, Yoga Barn, Ubud - Bali

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Here’s what you can expect from this program:

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Ellen and Michael are combining their love of moving bodies…in the water and on the table.  Their love of supporting the deepest relaxation and surrender possible, knowing that energy moves and healing happens in an open system.  Michael’s aquatic bodywork practice, Healing Dance has evolved over the past 20 years of living in Bali and practicing with and training thousands of people. This program includes 20 hours of time in the salt water pool at The Yoga Barn, offering students a certification at the Introductory level.  Touching Essence’s Women’s Wellness brings lessons from the water to the table.  Both practices are fluid yin or feminine art forms. Ellen will share a specific protocol for working on the spleen meridian, supporting balance for the reproductive system.

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Spaces for our event are limited to 20 people;  we encourage you to reserve your spot today. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your skills, connect with like-minded professionals, and contribute to the health and well-being of pregnant women and their families.

We believe that every woman deserves to feel supported and empowered throughout her life and especially during her pregnancy journey.

Registration is open now; please click on this link for registration and payment,  or for more information, please contact us at Contact@Ellen-Watson.com.

Touching Essence-Women’s Wellness

Ellen shares her protocols for supporting the female reproductive system and cycles, allowing for the integration of Healing Dance’s Aquatic bodywork with Table Touch.  Ellen will share simple protocols for receiving symptoms of PMS, Ovulation, and balancing the endocrine/hormone systems. We will work with an essential oil blend for breast health and learn a protocol for self massage using the essential oil blend.

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Aquatic Bodywork

The course delivers the fullness of Healing Dance's surface repertoire with an entirely new set of sequences emphasising massage and multi-dimensional bodywork in the flow of movement. The result is the release of subconscious tension and holding patterns for a whole new level of freedom and aliveness for the receiver.

Certification: Course certified by Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA) & Healing Dance Institute. Apply hours towards Healing Dance or Watsu Practitioner Certification.

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Meet Your Leader

  • A woman with long gray hair sitting on a chair beside a massage table, where another woman is lying down with a colorful blanket, in a cozy room with a wooden cabinet, a landscape painting of mountains and trees, and a white fluffy rug on the wooden floor.

    Ellen Watson

    Celebrates her 35th year in the staff and faculty of the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, where she studies, practices and teaches various ways of meditative practice, massage and movement. Ellen is a teacher of Esalen® Massage & Bodywork, 5Rhythms by Gabrielle Roth, Holotropic Breathing, SpiritDanceSoulSong®, Vibrance®, Touching Essence ™, Wake Up & Roar. From 1984 to 2003, Ellen developed and administered the Movement Arts Program in Esalen. In 1996 she founded MovingVentures (www.movingventures.org), which offers workshops, retreats and training courses in Esalen, Bali, China and other parts of the world. Visit: www.TheVibranceCollective.com, to learn more about Vibrance.

  • A man with curly gray hair smiling while holding a woman in a kayak who is floating on her back in a body of water.

    Michael Hallock

    Known affectionately as “Michael Watsu”, Michael is a Watsu therapist and a teacher of the Healing Dance form of aquatic bodywork. He approaches the therapy as an art form, and each session is an intuitive dance unfolding deeper connection with oneself. In 1995 Michael first experienced aquatic bodywork and discovered a quality of presence and peace he had never known. It was "love-at-first-float" and one of the early experiences that propelled him into a journey of self-discovery. He found what was to become a life-long passion for healing arts, yoga and meditation that has since taken around the world to develop himself and share with others. A pioneer of aquatic bodywork in Asia Pacific, Michael resides in Bali and teaches internationally.

SCHEDULE

Schedules may change to meet group needs

Monday, October 16, 2023

Afternoon : Check-in

Evening: Welcome Dinner at Greenfield Hotel

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday ( October 17,18,19,21, 2023)

Morning: Breakfast Buffet at Greenfield’s, Walk to The Yoga Barn Salt Water Pool - Healing Dance with Michael

Lunch Break : Enjoy one of the numerous choices in cuisine at local warungs & cafes close by

Afternoons :

Touching Essence Table Time with Ellen,

Healing Dance with Michael,

Touching Essence Table Time with another Healing Dance Class

Thursday, October 20, 2023

Morning : Breakfast at GreenFields, shuttle to Bumi Sehat for Women’s Wellness with Ibu Robin and Ellen

Lunch : in Nyuh Kuning Village

Afternoon : Table touch for pregnant women and Bumi Sehat Staff

Evening: Balinese Dinner at Huts Rock Cottages

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Morning: Practice at Greenfield’s integrating what you have learned

Afternoon : Check-out

Pricing & Accommodation

Greenfield-Semampai

Panorama ricefield-view, big terrace or balcony, spacious rooms, nicely furnished, double-bed, marble bathroom with bathtub and separate hot shower, AC, telephone, minibar, hair dryer, safety box, electric kettle.

Hotel room with a large bed, red curtains, a balcony with outdoor lounge chairs, a carved sculpture, and lush green scenery outside.

$ 2,160

Available 2

Greenfield-Kemenyan

New building, panorama rice field view, big terrace or balcony, spacious rooms, nicely furnished, double or twin bed, bathroom with bath tub and separate hot shower, AC, telephone, minibar, hair dryer, safety box, electric kettle.

Hotel room with white bed, towel swans, and tropical view of palm trees outside balcony.

$ 2,280

Available 10