Harold Dull (born 1935) is an American aquatic worker and poet known as the creator of Watsu, originally developed in the early 1980s in Harbin Hot Springs, California. He is also known for his poetry, as founder of the Worldwide Aquatic Body Association (WABA), and as the creator of Tantsu and Tantsuyoga. Watsu is a form of aquatic bodywork in which a practitioner or therapist carries a soft, moving, stretched, and massaged receiver in deep chest-deep water for deep relaxation and aquatic therapy.
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Harold Dull was born in 1935 in Seattle, Washington.
Education
Harold Dull received BA and MA degrees at the University of Washington. Dull also gets proficiency in several languages.
Dull began writing poems in 1955, while a student of Stanley Kunitz and Theodore Roethke at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1957 he participated in regular poets meeting with Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan in San Francisco, and published several poetry books with Renaissance San Francisco pressing Open Space and White Rabbit Press.
Beginning in 1976, Dull studied at Zen Shiatsu in America and in Japan, where he studied with Shizuto Masunaga, the original creator of Shiatsu. He also studied with Reuho Yamada and Wataru Ohashi, the teachers who first introduced Shiatsu to the United States.
Watsu Development
In the early 1980s, while teaching at the Shiatsu and Massage School in Harbin Hot Springs, California, Harold Dull began adapting Zen Shiatsu for water. He experimented with people floating in the natural springs of warm water, combining breathing patterns, the presence of meditation, and the meridians that spanned the session. He calls this a new form of Watsu aquatic body work, a contraction of Air Shiatsu. Dull finds that Watsu induces deep relaxation, with profound physical and emotional effects.
Dull, with his background in the creative arts, poetry, and teaching of English, originally focused on Watsu as a meditation and nurturing practice, and emphasized "heart connection". In the 1980s Dull practiced and developed techniques with various volunteers from the Harbin community, especially massage therapists and yoga practitioners. Originally Watsu developed for everyone - teens, young and old adults, pregnant women, athletes, and those who suffer from stress. Various providers now offer Watsu, including psychologists, psychiatrists, physical therapists, massage therapists, and laymen.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s physical therapists and other health care providers began using Watsu with their patients for a variety of orthopedic and neurological conditions. In those early years, there was some resistance to Watsu among those trained in conventional health care, mainly because of the roots in Shiatsu and close physical contact. As more therapists have incorporated Watsu into their treatment program, Watsu gained increased acceptance as a form of aquatic therapy, and Watsu is now practicing spas, clinics, health centers and hospitals around the world.
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Contribution
Watsu
Dull is most prominent for his work creating and developing Watsu. Watsu is a form of aquatic bodywork used for relaxation and passive aquatic therapy, characterized by one-on-one sessions in which a practitioner or therapist gently cradles, moves, stretches, and massages the receiver in the chest warm water.
Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA)
Dull founded the World Water Association (WABA), and served as president for several years. The Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Registry (WABR) stores records for students and professional aquatic body workers.
Harbin Massage School of Hot Springs and Watsu facility
Harold Dull has had a long-term relationship with Harbin Hot Springs, which is widely known as the birthplace of Watsu. He lived there starting in 1980 as a teacher and resident, owning and managing a massage school from 1985-2008, and helping to design and build Watsu's extensive aquatic facilities.
In 1979, the Niyama Healing Art School was founded in Harbin Hot Springs. In 1985, the school was purchased by Harold Dull and renamed the Shiatsu School and Massage, which was then purchased and operated by the Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA). In 2008, the school was purchased and operated by Bodywork Career Institute, LLC. In 2013, the school was purchased by Harbin Hot Springs and started operating under the Harbin School of Healing Art.
Teaching
Dull teaches Watsu and Tantsu courses around the world. He has taught in 27 countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, and almost every country in Europe.
Poetry
Harold Dull's poetry was published in volumes collected in 2007.
Tantsu and Tantsuyoga
Harold Dull develops Tantsu to "bring back to the land maintained by Watsu, and the joy of the movement is liberated when it hovers a person with a heart". Tantsu's form "gradually builds trust through unconditional holding". Tantsuyoga is a related form that "celebrates unity".
Publications
Dull publications regarding Watsu, Tantsu, and poetry:
- Dull, Harold. 1958. Poetry Birds. Press the White Rabbit . ASIN: B001VELDPA.
- Dull, Harold. 1963. The Wood Climbed Down Out . Press the White Rabbit. ASIN: B0067ANA9K.
- Dull, Harold. 1964. The door . Open Space Publishing. ASIN B003QA28SI.
- Dull, Harold. 1967. Star Year . Press the White Rabbit. ASIN B002SGQ8F0.
- Dull, Harold. 1987. Tantric Bodywork in Soil and at Water, Sheet Page Edition . Harbin Springs. ASIN: B003DWUFUC.
- Dull, Harold. 1991. Tantra Bodywork on Land and in the Water . Aquatic Bodywork Association Worldwide. ISBN: 978-0944202005.
- Dull, Harold. 1993. Watsu: Release the Body in Water, first edition . Publishing Harbin Springs. ISBN: 978-0944202043
- Dull, Harold. 1997. Watsu: Release Body in Water, 2nd edition . Publishing Harbin Springs. ISBN: 978-0944202111.
- Dull, Harold. 2004. Watsu: Release Body in Water, 3rd ed. . Issuing Watsu. ISBN 978-1412034395.
- Dull, Harold. 2007. Finding Ways for Water: Poems Collected 1955-2007 . Issuing Watsu. ISBN: 978-1604616576.
- Dull, Harold. 2008. Watsu: Release the Body in Water, 4th edition . Issuing Watsu. ISBN 978-1605853710.
- Dull, Harold. 2008. Tantsu: Yoga Hati . Issuing Watsu. ISBN 978-1607250111.
- Dull, Harold. 2010. Watsu Basic and Explorer Paths . Issuing Watsu. ISBN 978-0984451500.
Awards and awards
Dull has received numerous accolades for his contribution in creating Watsu:
- Aquatics International Award from the United States Water Fitness Association
- Respected at the National Aquatic Training Conference in Japan
- Tsunami Spirit Award, 1998, from the Institute of Therapeutic and Aquatic Rehabilitation.
See also
- Harbin Healing Arts School
- Worldwide Whole Body Registry
References
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