Alexis Lee ties her skills of a certified Watsu Therapist/Instructor, Montessori teacher and variety performer into a class filled with ease, humor, and grace by breaking down the essence of each water movement. From Hawaii, she brings the spirit of Aloha into each class, to create a relaxing atmosphere. Alexis is an accredited Holistic Healthcare Practitioner, as well as a certified Aquatic Bodyworker and Zen Shiatsu practitioner.

Andrew Yavelow is a bodyworker and bodywork instructor with a background in Aquatic modalities, Trager, Shiatsu, Cranio Sacral, and Massage. He is also a dancer, musician, writer, yoga practitioner, and 20-year old recipient of holistic healing therapies. He values intentional touch as a path to embodiment and conscious awareness.

Bill Anderson is a CMT, HHP (Holistic Health Practitioner), Watsu Practitioner, and practicing Reflexologist. He was introduced to Reflexology in 1969 at which time he began a self study program. In 1990 he started his professional practice after studying with Dwight Byers and other teachers from the International Institute of Reflexology. Bill is on the Massage Therapy teaching staff at Trinity College in San Jose, CA.

Cameron West, CMT, has been uniquely involved with Watsu for 14 years. From the beginning of her training it was her strong belief that Watsu could be used as a valid therapeutic modality for the reduction of pain and muscle re-education. This belief and passion has led Cameron to become one of Watsu’s strongest advocates and a well-known Instructor of Watsu. It is Cameron’s intention to provide her students with a creative, wholesome environment for learning to increase core awareness, and an opportunity to explore a deeper spiritual attitude towards Health.

Carlisle Douglas, MA, CMT, maintains a full-time massage therapy practice in Arcata, CA. Primarily clinical in her approach to bodywork, she incorporates muscle energy techniques, positional release, myofascial release and deep tissue techniques in a Swedish style massage to facilitate injury recovery, chronic pain management and proactive health maintenance. Carlisle applies her 20 years experience as an educator to creating a learning environment that is fun, comfortable and nurturing. Her courses facilitate the intellectual learning of massage theory, technique and anatomy while encouraging the application of intuition, creativity and personal style. By focusing on concepts, as opposed to routines, students develop the skills to think independently about how to best address clients’ unique needs. Carlisle is vigilant in coaching each student to adopt excellent body mechanics and injury prevention measures to ensure longevity as a massage practitioner.

Carrie Rowell is a licensed massage therapist who has been doing intuitive bodywork for over 15 years. She lived in Hawaii for over six years and apprenticed Lomi Lomi with a Kahuna. She spent the last four years traveling and teaching massage, sacred dance and women’s empowerment workshops all over the world. She currently has a private practice in Santa Monica, CA.

Diane Tegtmeier, MSW, NCTMB, and Certified Watsu Practitioner has explored healing work from the perspective of social work, massage, energy work and Watsu practice over the last 17 years. This has given her the opportunity to work along the full continuum of physical, emotional and spiritual human process - in talk and touch. Before that her understanding of relationships was grounded in studies of physiology and ecology. Diane’s teaching experience includes anatomy/physiology, personal growth and healing workshops and graduate social work instruction in loss and grief. With an appreciation for the necessity of ethical guidelines, she brings warmth, humor and reverence to what can happen when we try to live them in day to day practice.

Ed Lark is a certified massage therapist with over 20 years experience in the field. He specializes in neuromuscular myofascial trigger point therapy and orthopedic massage. He has a clinically oriented private practice in Sebastopol, California, working with physicians, osteopaths, naturopaths and chiropractors in west Sonoma County. Ed loves teaching and has taught at several leading schools in Northern California.

Harold Dull, BA, MA, is the president of the Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association, and the creator of Watsu, Tantsu, Co-centering and Watsu CQ. Harold has trained with the foremost Zen Shiatsu teacher in Japan, Shizuto Masunaga (author of “Zen Shiatsu”), and the two foremost teachers in America, Reuho Yamada and Wataru Ohashi. The profundity and effectiveness of the bodywork forms he has created reflect his passionate practice and deep understanding of energy and the body; the creativity of these forms reflects his background as a poet in the San Francisco Renaissance. His current book “Watsu: Freeing the Body in Water” is an eloquent testament to the power of both his writing and his bodywork. Harold speaks several languages, which allows him to teach his work all over the world. He has been honored with the International Aquatics Award from the United States Water Fitness Association; honored at the National Aquatic Exercise Conference in Japan; and in 1998 received the Tsunami Spirit Award from the Aquatic Therapy and Rehab Institute.

Inika Spence is a Watsu and Healing Dance instructor. She has been an aquatic bodyworker since 1996, working at Harbin Hot Springs as a Watsu, Waterdance and Healing Dance practitioner. She has over 2000 hours of training in aquatic bodywork. Inika brings grace to the water and conveys this grace to her students through her deep knowledge of movement in the water. Her work has been influenced by Yoga, T’ai Chi, dance and meditation. Inika is able to impart the joy of movement and gentle touch to her students in an easy, flowing environment.

Jim Gilkeson, BA, CMT, CST is a creative bodywork therapist, teacher of energy healing and the author of “Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth”. In his private practice, Jim combines subtle energy therapy with cranio-sacral work and therapeutic massage. His background in meditation and spiritual practice and his love for experiential learning have made him keenly attentive to the developmental and initiatory dimensions of bodywork and energy healing. His teaching style is warm, personal and fun, reflecting his passion for inspiring students to find their unique qualities and callings, as well as for teaching solid principles and practices of energy healing.

Kat Stenvers, Watsu Instructor, has been a committed bodyworker for many years. She has a background in Watsu, Shiatsu, and Jahara® Technique, and holds certificates as personal trainer, health and fitness instructor, Pilates instructor and Yoga instructor. Kat’s gentle and loving nature make her a patient and much-loved Watsu teacher. She is a mother of three and currently lives in Sedona, Arizona.

Keesha Standley, CMT, CSBP, YBRI, has been teaching Massage since 1996 in California and Australia. She is a warm and lovely human being whose understanding of bodywork and gentle approach make her a superb teacher for beginners as well as the experienced. She lives in Sacramento where she maintains her own private practice in Massage and Craniosacral Balancing and teaches Massage and Yamuna® Body Rolling.

Linda deLehman has a degree in Interdisciplinary Social and Behavioral Sciences. She has furthered her education with studies in holistic health, hypnotherapy, body/mind courses and oriental medicine. Linda is a Certified Hypno-Anesthesiologist, has owned a private business and has worked as an acupuncture and a Chinese pharmacist assistant. She has extensive studies in WATSU, Wassertanzen and other Sub-Aquatic bodywork techniques. Since moving to Switzerland, she has repeatedly assisted and co-taught with Harold Dull in California, Hawaii, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, Brasil and Slovania. In 1997 she became the WABA European Coordinator. Linda currently resides in Italy where she teaches WATSU level I, II and III, TANTSU I and II, and Inner WATSU (Sub-Aquatic Experience) in five different languages, in various European countries.