Waterdance
Encyclopedia
Waterdance is a type of therapy
which takes place in water. While wearing nose clips, a person is taken under water and guided, pulled, swayed, and "flown" while being regularly brought to the surface for breath. It is akin to watsu
. It is featured in the movie The Waterdance
.
Physical therapy
Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...
which takes place in water. While wearing nose clips, a person is taken under water and guided, pulled, swayed, and "flown" while being regularly brought to the surface for breath. It is akin to watsu
Watsu
Watsu, a portmanteau of water and shiatsu, is a form of therapeutic bodywork performed in warm water pools . The receiver of a Watsu treatment is supported by the practitioner, creating a sensation of floating...
. It is featured in the movie The Waterdance
The Waterdance
The Waterdance is a 1992 semi-autobiographical movie about a young writer who becomes paralyzed in a hiking accident and works to rehabilitate his body and mind at a rehabilitation center. It stars Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe and Helen Hunt as a married woman with whom he is...
.