I just wanted to reach out to say thank you to you for facilitating the re-opening of your aqua classes to accommodate us in the pool again. Your exemplary protocol to keep us as safe from Covid as possible, is to be highly commended. Your amazing ladies go above and beyond in their sanitization of the space and areas ( and us ), in their maintaining social distancing between us all and in their vigilant testing (temperature taking plus questioning us about our own health regularly) ….and also assuring us of their own private safety precautions they take outside of the practice. The numerous hand sanitizers placed in many areas, the well spaced separate changing stations, and sanitizing sprays and wipes are greatly appreciated.
Zola
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Jacqui has been helping me for nearly two years. She is highly skilled and demonstrates empathy and care in all she does. She is invitational and has helped me improve my core strength and fitness. I have injured my back a couple of times, and she has always carefully helped me back to mobility. One of my favourite things about her is a great sense of humour. We have a few good laughs every week! .
Ian
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Debbie is a focused body worker who listens to the
body. She balances working with love, passion and skill beautifully.
Daphne
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Jacqui is a very bubbly person with lots of empathy and gentleness. She is easy to communicate with and can adjust her techniques to any current situation on the spur of the moment. Every session she comes up with new ideas on how to do existing exercises differently which make her classes very exciting. Apart from her expertise Jacqui makes her classes fun and I always feel that I don’t want to miss any of her sessions, never mind what. Having sessions with her is a very unique experience. .
Egbert
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I have been attending aqua classes at this studio for close on three years. The classes are of a high standard and I always leave feeling so much better than when I came in. The camaraderie between the participants is always great and I recommend this practise to anyone who has back issues or cant bear the thought of a noisy gym.
Cheryl
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I have experienced Debbie's Watsu treatments
regularly over the last year. For me each session has
served as a metaphor for my life's journey times of letting
go, times to be nurtured and held as if I was once more in the womb,
times for flowing, times for complete stillness. Debbie works
with integrity and intuition and creates a safe
space that has enabled me to experience a deep sense
of peace and healing.
Karen
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Recovery from full hip replacement
surgery was phenomenal, once I started with Aqua Therapy. I
seem to grow stronger so much faster as soon as I started with rehab
in the water.
Meril
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Aqua gives me a reason to jump out of bed in the
morning. I love how it makes me able to face the rest of the day after
45 minutes cocooned in the warm water.
Carol
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I
recently had a knee replacement and started Aqua
Physio at Debbie Grusd. I have been going 3 times a week and all I can
say is it's the best thing I have ever done. I have tried in the past
the gym and other exercise, you name it!!! This has been the best for
me, I so look forward to my classes and can't wait to get into the
water. My whole body has toned and as for the aches and pains, it's
just fantastic and has done me the world of good!
Binky
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I have been going to Aqua Classes willingly for the past two years-
which is surprising for me as I am usually exercise averse. These
classes have changed my attitude so radically that I now get upset if I
can’t make it! They have finally achieved what so many in my
family have been struggling for years to do—make me an exercise
(actually only an aqua-exercise) addict. Not only do the classes
make me fitter, and work areas of my body that need stretching,
mobilsing and general upgrading but they are often a cathartic release
of stress and a place where we can have a real laugh! Leaza
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My
experience of tremoring post childbirth and 3 months of caring for a
small baby was quite profound. The pent up anxiety, stress, and
exhaustion led to a deep physical and emotional release, more powerful
than any form of relaxation therapy, meditation or exercise. It is
quite an out of body experience to feel one's body releasing stress and
tension quite involuntarily. The sense of calm, lightness and
groundedness post the experience was for me like emerging refreshed
from a deep sleep or a good therapy session, emotionally and physically
renewed. It will of course be different for every person, but if
nothing else, will leave you feeling very relaxed. It is something I
think every person should experience. Andrea
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Three
months after I gave birth to my baby, I tried a tremoring class. The difference I felt before and after the class was profound. My sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight, freeze reaction) had been on such a high alert and I finally felt my parasympathetic (rest and digest) system kick in. It was as if the tremoring ‘allowed’ my body to ‘come down’. I felt normal for the first time in what felt like forever (considering the stress my body had endured through 9 months of pregnancy, natural birth and the very intense period post birth). That weekend my partner observed that I was in a much better mood than I had been for a while!
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After years of pain, I finally decided to go for a knee replacement surgery. The rehab I received in the pool afterwards was greatly beneficial. It not only ensured my full recovery, but gave me a new perspective on exercising and I can highly recommend her as a therapist. I have since continued my pool sessions with positive physical and mental changes Joanna
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