It has made for some awkward moments, however. Professionally, I have sampled a wide range of health care alternatives, the kind of experimenting more befitting someone either extremely health conscious or very ill and desperate. I am neither. Countless times I've wandered back to my desk in a daze from the cure of the week. Many practitioners tell me they make the session deeper or more intense than they usually would on a first-timer, just so I get a better sense of the work.
Most people report falling into deep relaxation.
Lacking the will to harness my racing thoughts, I fell into a panic. When writing about Watsu and other forms of aquatic therapy, a practitioner offered to let me feel it firsthand. The gentle rocking and swirling motions that bring broad-based health benefits to many made me motion sick. I had to stop the session midway through. But nothing compares to the anxiety I felt when I tried a cleanse.