Presence of Being™ with Shantam

Presence of Being™ is a warm-water therapy course in which we explore the water’s magical way of providing a nurturing environment for Self-discovery. Using the gentle quality of the warm water as the medium and our willingness to be Present as the catalyst, we will discover what happens when we are devoted to truly being with ourselves. In fully allowing rather than resisting what is, and offering unconditional acceptance to whatever reveals itself we discover a vast well-spring of peace within. This embodied recognition then naturally becomes a compassionate invitation that we extend to others.

On the part of the provider, this requires a repeated willingness to meet our own edges, to become aware of whatever belief systems are in place for us and to discover what motivates us as therapists. In Presence of Being™ we stabilize our orientation as pure awareness and remember our fluency as a sensorial perceptual Being. Through experiential investigation with loving kindness and sensitivity we welcome all aspects of ourselves and honor the innocence behind our coping mechanisms. We thus liberate where we have become fixated to a conceptual map over a perceptual map. We entrain to the warm water environment as an invitation to explore our essential nature and to discover the inherent Grace that reveals itself when we meet each other there.

Whether you are relatively new to warm water therapy or have been practicing for years, this course is meant to assist you in deepening your connection with Self and others.

Presence of Being™ is the essence of the Fluid Presence™ Provider training in addition to serving all other forms of Aquatic Bodywork Therapy modalities.

Prerequisite Possibilites: Fluid Presence™ Foundation, Watsu®, WaterDance™, Healing Dance,  Mentoring or Instructor permission. Presence of Being™ Intake Form is required.

To support the exploration of what happens when we focus awareness without agenda we may employ:

•  The Healing Power of Unconditional Presence

•  Self Inquiry & Meditation

•  The Art of Conscious Touch & Breath Connection

•  Establishing Rapport

•  Equanimous Communication Skills

•  Ethics of Warm-Water Holistic Therapy

•  Becoming an Extension of the Water

•  Awareness Exercises

•  Embodied “Neutral”

•  Breath as the Portal to Presence

SPACE IS LIMITED to 12 participants so we recommend that, if you are serious about attending, you send a deposit to hold your space.

Deposits can be sent via PayPal to shantam@h2om.com. You will receive written confirmation and additional information.