Contrary to bodywork we do in a gravity field where the client’s body is stabilized on a treatment table, in the water, the body is free to move around and be moved, locally or entirely stretched in unusual directions and ways. The entire spinal column can be moved with snake-like and spiral waves which are impossible to achieve outside the water. Hip and shoulder joints can be decompressed more easily and be guided into new movements in a less painful environment. The hydrostatic pressure of water simulates hundreds of soft hands sustaining and massaging the entire body from all directions simultaneously.
