Whilst studying for my degree, I would spend hours in the water exploring what my body could do; through swimming, breath-work, yoga-stretches, playful acrobatics, free-diving and simply just ‘being’ immersed. The more I played, I started to feel that I wanted to share my growing understanding of what the water offers and had a strong vision of myself standing in the water supporting, in the stillness, someone's floating body. And I knew this vision would be part of my future path.

At the time, there was very little work being done in such a way and it wasn't until several years later that I discovered a doorway to my training. After qualifying; as a registered Shaw Method teacher and Ai Chi instructor in 2000 and in Watsu Basic and Level One in 2003, I worked extensively with thousands of people in both the UK and abroad; from people who were nervous in water to Iron Man tri-athletes and Channel swimmers, from dancers and students training to teach, to those with back injuries, health complaints and others recovering from strokes or surgery.

It was during my experiences over this time that I began to recognise there was a visible moment, whilst working with people, when I could see a clear transformation within how someone was connecting with the water. At this moment I felt they had become a ‘Waterbody’; a moment when the person had let go of trying too hard to ‘conquer’ it and begun instead to let the water hold and support them as they moved through it. As I made this discovery I started to incorporate different approaches and techniques within my work to help deepen people’s ‘Waterbody’ understanding and consequently began to form Waterbody™ as unique approach with which to connect to the water.

To find out more about Waterbody™ you can visit: www.waterbody.co.uk