Concepts and Principles

Concepts are the essential understanding upon which the Technique is founded. They represent the mission statement that pervade all the movements and exercises in a Jahara® session.

5 Elements

Principles are the physical tools that materialize concepts. A concept is an idea, a principle is an action. Principles are more specific than concepts, and each applies to a more restrict number of movements.

The 5 Concepts and Related Principles Graphic^©

5 Elements in Aquatic Bodywork

Concepts and Principles Table^©

Support
Responsibility — give the body freedom, space, but remain responsible
Freedom without abandonment
Integration, not fragmentation

Adaptability
Creativity based on technical principles and understanding
Let technique free your intuition, let your heart give meaning to technique
Welcomes every body type — different moves for different needs
Responsiveness: "change your plans if the floater pops out"

Expansion
Understanding Body Structure
Dynamic Skeletal Alignment
Intention, Focus

Effortlessness
Work soft, not hard.
Skill, balance — not force
Trust the water — to hold the person’s weight, to do the therapeutical work.
Awareness of water time — let the water slow you down
Power of Gentleness

Invisibility
Let the water slow you down
Make the TA invisible — a part of your own body
Make yourself invisible — disappear and become the water
Becoming the water, rather than using it
Quality, depth, not quantity — less may be more

axial balance

dynamic structural alignment

geometrical support

hip centered motion

leverage

vertical movement

centrifugal force

dynamic balance

free fall

multiple transition

synchronicity

horizontal movement

opposing directions

positive tension

spaciousness

traction

common center of gravity

head lead

inertia

outcome awareness

suspended moment

water resistance

buoyancy

continuous motion

graduality

non friction

replacement

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