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Hortensia V. Aguirre is this month coming back to Casa de Campo and La Romana with her company ‘International Swim and Water Therapy’and will be offering the community of Casa de Campo swimming classes and a variety of innovative water therapies such as WATSU, WATERDANCE & AI CHI.

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Hortensia has now been working with members of the Casa de Campo and La Romana community for over a year, teaching adults and children how to swim as well as providing water therapies such as Watsu, Waterdance and Ai Chi – innovative relaxation water techniques, which massage and relax the body in a much more deeply satisfying way than traditional massage whilst at the same time being more gentle.

Among Hortensia’s Casa de Campo clients is Kyra Montague, who enlisted Hortensia’s expertise to teach her 3 small children how to swim. Kyra was thrilled by the results, saying “Hortensia had my children swimming in 3 days – brilliant. I highly recommend Hortensia, sha has a knack with children and can have them confident in the water in a matter of minutes! She is extremely professional and a fantastic teacher!”

Another satisfied client of Hortensia is Casa de campo villa owner Jackie Arvelo, who took swimming classes, as well as various water therapies. Jackie was thrilled with the results of her classes and exercises, saying “I learnt to swim much, much better. I gained a profound relaxation with her “holding” therapy. This, she does with a lot of love. It heals.” Jackie is also keen to recommend Hortensia to other members of the Casa de Campo community, she says “I would recommend Hortensia  to anyone who is willing to learn how to move better in the water, to rejuvenate and acquire strength in the water and to learn to relax in the water. She’s the real thing and fun too!”

As if that wasn’t enough, here you can read 2 further testimonials from Hortensia’s happy customers:

David and Scheila Gober:
“She has been amazing!  She worked with my 4 year old and my 1 year old this summer and will be working with them again next week.  In four weeks my son can now swim on his own and my daughter (while she needs many more lessons) loves the water. I would totally recommend Hortensia. She’s professional, very knowledgeable in a variety of water training, swimming, therapy, rehabilitation, exercise programs and very passionate about her work.  She has been fantastic with our kids and they are so comfortable with her in the water, which I believe is so important. Scheila and I are also very comfortable with Hortensia’s training methods & technics interacting with our kids.”

Raquel Lima:
First and foremost Hortensia Aguirre is wonderful with children! She is teaching my 24 month old daughter how to swim and I must admit that she (my daughter) is very excited about her lessons. She gets very happy when she realizes that she can swim short distances on her own. On the other hand, Hortensia is VERY patient with her students and will always make swimming fun – even if it means bringing all of my daughter’s favorite toys into the pool! As for me, I am very pleased with my daughter’s progress in such a short period of time. I am very happy with Hortensia and have already recommended her to my friends.”

Hortensia and International Swim and Water Therapy will be in Casa de Campo from Saturday the 6th of August until Saturday the 20th of August, so to book you swimming classes or swim therapy, contact Hortensia on:

Dom. Rep:  1.809.901.9756
USA:  1.786.286.8082
info@internationalswim.com

What are water therapies?
‘Water therapies’, thanks to Hortensia have become very popular in Casa de Campo, with a large number of the Casa de Campo community, indulging in this water-based massage to ease stress as well as aches and pains, although water therapies are hard to describe (we suggest you give them a go), here you can read a little bit more about them:

WATSU? What is Watsu?
Watsu is an individual therapy, and is the first aquatic massage therapy worldwide. During Watsu therapy, the patient floats in water, supported by the WATSU professional and will be gently slid and stretched. Watsu sessions are received in warm waters of 95 F / 35 C so that muscles are fully relaxed and more easily stretched.

What is Waterdance?
Is an individual therapeutic technique and aquatic massage developed by Arjan Brunschwiler and Aman Schroter in 1987. Waterdance therapy begins with Watsu, but differs in that the patient wears a nose clip, so that he can be brought under the water and begin to travel and fly into a feeling never previously experienced. Waterdance is like being in the womb, suspended in the amniotic fluid. It is one of the most fascinating experiences that an adult can expect to live. Just as in Watsu, water temperature for Waterdance sessions is 95F / 35C.
What is Ai Chi?
Ai Chi is on the other hand is a therapy that can be worked individually or in groups. Ai Chi is a relaxation aquatic program, which uses simple exercises and diaphragmatic breathing combined with slow, circular, smooth movements with the large limbs and torso.