22 – 28 March 2025
The Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (W.A.B.A. – www.waba.pro) once again organizing the World Watsu® Week 2025 event. World Watsu®Week in 2019 saw a monumental wave of cooperation all over the world, promoting the exceptional technique of water therapy Watsu® (WAter siaTSU). On Water Day 22/03/2025, the next year of this weekly meeting and education of this special technique will start for free all over the world among the professional and lay public. In some countries this week will be WORLD WATSU® WEEK from May 18th to May 25th. The week was given the name World Watsu® Week and this year, with even greater power, to introduce the water therapy Watsu® to all who are interested. Since the 1980s, when Watsu® was developed by Harold Dull, has helped many people improve their physical and mental life thanks to its holistic effects. Also this year, World Watsu® Week, will host a great number of practical demonstrations, presentations, workshops and side events all over the world, when all participants will be able to try Watsu® themselves.
“Watsu® is also a tool for improving individual mental health and well-being, which leads to greater harmony in society. When people are calmer, more balanced and less stressed, they tend to act with greater empathy and understanding towards other people.
This effect can spread further and Watsu® can thus contribute to greater peace on a personal, community and global level. Watsu® principles such as trust, respect and connection can symbolize ideals that are key to peaceful coexistence between people and cultures in today’s complicated world”.
World Watsu® Week is an event open to anyone who might be interested in this therapy. Visitors will be introduced to the concept of Watsu® and will be explained the importance of Watsu® in today’s world. Visitors will be welcome to try this unique technique and attend the side programmes. The events and the sessions are going to be for free. Throughout the long history of Watsu®, the year 2019 was mark the first time when this event was held in a large number of countries and cities at the same. The next two years, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, were limited in some countries. Also in 2025, World Watsu® Week will take place and therapists in every country and location will offer the ultimate Watsu® experience possible. An important effect of Watsu® is connecting people. We would like to provide people with a tool to be closer to each other, with understanding, empathy and trust.
WATSU® (Water Shiatsu) was created by Harold Dull in 1980. This technique was gradually developed and supplemented with aspects of massage, stretching and relaxation, and it soon entered the professional world. During this therapy, clients experience relaxation, massage, stretching and dance. The individual elements are selected individually according the client’s physical and mental needs.
WATSU® was first taught at Harbin Hot Springs, North California in the early 1980s. Harold Dull held the position of the principal of Harbin Shiatsu School and also incorporated WABA (Worldwide Aquatic Body Work Association), a promoter of this technique around the world and supervisor over the quality of professional education.
WATSU® has soon found its way into European countries. The year 1990 saw Harold Dull teach this method in Switzerland for the first time. Since then, Watsu® has spread over the whole of Europe and the world alike.
According to Harold Dull, Watsu® is for everyone – adults, children, seniors. This rehabilitation technique helps for joint pain or backache and has a strong relaxation impact. The technique has effect on meridians and body pressure points. As people experience deep relaxation during Watsu®, the technique relieves posttraumatic stress disorders and classic stress conditions or stress from overwork.
It is easy to fall for Watsu®!
More information: www.worldwatsuweek.com
