When I was pregnant with my son, Jayden, six or seven years ago, we had just moved to Ashland, Oregon, and discovered Jackson Wellsprings, the warm hot spring water filled public pool. My husband, Benjamin, used to take me there on those HOT 100 degree+ summer afternoons to float me in the pool. The blissful experience of floating weightless and held in his nurturing arms while my child floated in my womb was beyond my expression in words. Ben and I could both feel our little sweet one, moving in my belly as the three of us breathed together, swishing through the warm water. My mind would reach a state of being which must have been similar to the clear meditative presence of my unborn child, and there we would meet. I would emerge from our watsu session in a clear meditative calm, my body relaxed, my emotions balanced for a change. I always resolved in those moments to spread the word to pregnant women across the globe that the experience of Watsu Aquatic Bodywork is beautiful, unique, and an opportunity not to be missed.
Benjamin studied Watsu Aquatic Bodywork with Lexi and Terry in San Diego, and went on to take classes at Harbin Hot Springs with Harold Dull, who came up with the watsu technique, based on his shiatsu training. This is Benjamin's true talent and gift to the world.
