The Jahara® Philosophy

The word Jahara means precious stone or gem, filled with light.

The Jahara® technique is dedicated to Mario’s late grandmother, Virginia Jahara.

In Jahara® we embrace the whole human being and focus on the individual's needs for comfort and support. Providing precise support to the body and allowing it to be moved effortlessly in the water generates a sense of physical lightness to both the client and Specialist. With presence, harmony and balance of movement, the Specialist becomes like water: changing shape and form while remaining in a continuous flow: becoming the water rather than using the water creates invisibility. Slowness develops our intensity of presence, awareness of water time, and allowing things to flow in their own rhythm. Our intention is to do no harm. No force. No agenda. Ego dissolves.

We work soft with intention to create expansion for the whole body, and a sense of floating through space. Intention is a purposeful attitude towards one's actions. Intention in Jahara® means you continuously keep in mind the kinesthetic feeling of expansion. Precise support with alignment is a condition for expansion and is fundamental in Jahara®. It is a tool that allows the integrative feeling of the body as a whole entity--a unity with the spine.

Sensation of timelessness and no boundaries allows the body to relax in the continuous flow and freedom of movement. Trusting the water's support allows us to work effortlessly--not using physical strength. Water's support and warmth provide a nurturing, soft, and stress free environment for deep relaxation. Together the Jahara® Specialist and warm water create a safe space for one to surrender, let go and relax into the experience.

Jahara® is a technique with heart--it is the human heart that gives meaning to the technique. Jahara® is a peaceful and compassionate form of aquatic bodywork that creates expansion and a sense of well-being for the client, as well as freeing the Specialist's intuition, effectiveness, creativity, and self-expression. Technique with heart is about quality and depth, not quantity and complexity--less is more.