2012 - 2013 TANTSU PROFESSIONAL TRAINING in EUROPE ITALY
The 280 hour TANTSU PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONER training:
TANTSU and WATSU courses with the focus on a practice of deep listening, exploration and flow
SOMATIC STUDY courses to enrich and deepen the practitioners understanding and experience of the body, movement, breath, sound, contact and psychology of somatics.
MENTORING PROCESS/PRACTICE & REGISTERED SESSIONS

Some of the courses of this training have no pre-requisite and are also open to all who are curious about movement, health, creativity and meditative presence for their own personal enrichment.
Each student in the TANTSU PROFESSIONAL TRAINING course, will , in collaboration with established mentor, establish a personal plan for his/her study path. The student from this point will orient his/her training towards a chosen mentoring focus that intriques and inspires them, in relation to how they envision uniquely utilizing the training they receive.
Graduates may register on the WABA Registry as TANTSU PRACTITIONERS and are qualified to use the work in a somatic educational context. Graduates who hold therapeutic license are qualified to use this work in their professional therapeutic practices.
FORMATIVE CREDIT: Licensed bodyworkers, health professionals, therapists, Systemic Yoga teachers or other movement educators may qualify for some formative credit upon entry into training program. This will be reviewed on a case by case basis depending on applicant’s experience and previous training. Any pre-existing WABA credit for Basic Watsu, Watsu Tantsu Explore Flow or Tantsu courses is also applicable towards training hours.
CONTINUING EDUCATION: To maintain status as a WABA Registered TANTSU PRACTITIONER, graduates must comply with WABA Continuing Education and Ethical Requirements. SOMATIC AWARENESS INSTITUTE will offer C.E. credits in the upcoming years. Some courses may be valid as Continuing Education for who is already a WATSU PRACTITIONER from another WABA training institute.
The classes of the SOMATIC AWARENESS INSTITUTE is taught by a international team of collaborators as a way to expand somatic movement, education and awareness into the practice of TANTSU worldwide.