Watsu / water shiatsu / water work

When I was living in Alter do chao in the amazonian part of Brazil, I became good friend with one english guy named mark.
Mark was 12 year older than me and also born in the year of the monkey ( chinese astrologi)
He had been doing massages , diffrent ways of healing, and one of them was called Watsu.
Watsu or water shiatsu or a combination of ways of moving an other person in the water.
The first session was just a short introduction. He always support the head and the neck with one arm or hand.
Then he moved me,pushed me around , pulled me. Since the human body is about 70% water it is quite flexible. The whole session felt very relaxing. He did some good stretches and bends. Breathing slowly in with my nose and out with my mouth. He also moves him self around in the water while moving me.
He told me after we where done , that my mucsel pressentage was much more than fat, and because of this I sunk, and he had some minor difficulties keeping the body up by the surface.

Very keen on continuing this work I went the day after and bought nose plug and some foaters. ( something infloateble the one normaly would put around a young childs arm when he or she starts to learn to swim )
The session two. I was preparred that this one would start above water like the last one, then he would give me the nose plug , I would put it on and take a deep breath and the he would move me under water.

I will admit being under water is not my strongest side, but with the nose plug and in th arm of my trusted friend I felt good. The movement under water felt amazing, he did much more and the sensation was of stillness and peace. totalmente calmeness. I often though I was water, sometimes air. felt fluient and flowing, felt like waves. Got over my anxiousness of being under water and not having enough air.
I was able to held my breath more and more. And as I did so mark started to keep me under water longer time.
I played with my breath. realized that when the last air bubble is blown out, and the mind think ( now I need to breath in) then it can actually be so peacefull, not at all with panic. I was able to be there fairly long at this stage. Relaxed, and just waiting till I got up to then breath in long and soft again. All with my mouth of course since I had a nose plug on.
At some point I wsa on the surface and mark gently took of my nose plug. We did some few more movement before he pulled me to where it was shallow and pushed my legs and hips down so I could sit on the sand.
AAAAHHHHHHH!!! Felt so relaxed and calm, in mind, like a long good meditation. Saw things more clearwith my eyes.
The sun was now almost down. And darkness coming. I sat there for a while , before going up.

Next day session three. This time in the middle of the day, sunny. It was very nice everytime I came to the surface this time, with closed eyes, I could see everything orange and yellow, shades of light red and dark orange furthest away from the sun, then as I took the long deep breath before being turned down into water colors became blue and green whill being upside down.

Mark felt the relaxedness in me and we both notised how I could hold my breath very long now, just letting out slowly but certain one by one small air bubble. Holding it, keeping the air with this calm and stillness.
Sometimes things felt funny, in a good way. Had to laugh a little when I came to the surface. Mark both push, pulls, shakes and moves me, sometimes holding me hands, sometimes the feets. hips, legs or body.
I had many thoughs about healing.
How Hugs, nice words, smiles, love, massage and sone terapi is healing. I thought I should become a healer, since I have hands that heals, and the ability to give good massages. And a mind caring for others and wanting to help them.

We later on two more occations had sessions, Mark and I. I learned from this ancient asian art and tradition that it is important to be fluent and going with the flow, no resist, not be stiff, but soft and moving.

Mark who had been doing this proffetionally for many years , but not so much recently got very inspired and said to me he wanted to continue doing this when he got back to europa. I hope to see my friend there some day and continue our practise and healing.
thank you mark!!