Had it not been for Ashiatsu barefoot massage, I would not be a massage therapist today. The average career span of a massage therapist is only 5 years! At the end of 3 years, I was already experiencing pain in my wrists and an elbow.
In the summer of 2002, I read an article about Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy in Massage Therapy Journal. (I still have that article, as a matter of fact!).
A short while later, I flew to Houston to take the class from the founder. About a month after class, I found out I was pregnant--within about 4 months, I could barely bend over to do hands on massge because I couldn't breathe.
So I did barefoot massage, and a lot of it. In fact, many of my clients appreciated my additional weight. It turns out I was having twins-hence the not being able to bend over issue.
I worked until I was 32 weeks pregnant with the girls and took an early maternity leave not because I couldn't do massage any more, but because I was convinced I would deliver the babies early (which I didn't. They were born full term at 38.5 weeks).
Had I not been able to do ashi, as we call it, I wouldn't have been able to work for a long, long time.
So if you're a female therapist interested in having babies but still want to work, I'd highly recommend giving ashiatsu barefoot massage a go!
I teach on a regular basis in Cincinnati but will travel for groups of 8.
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Best Massage in Cincinnati---Specializing in barefoot deep tissue massage Tuesday, November 05 2013
Massage cupping is an adaptaption of traditional massage cupping. This type of cupping creates impressive results by creating suction and combining it with massage. According to Anita Shannon, founder of the modality, "By creating suction and negative pressure, ACE Massage Cupping therapy is used to soften tight muscles and tone attachments, loosen adhesions and lift connective tissues." This brings hydration and blood flow to body tissues. It can also drain excess fluids ad toxins by opening lymphatic pathways (such as in lymphedema). It looks weird (some would even say gross), but it feels great and produces amazing results. I am now using cupping in combination with all of my massages if I believe the client will receive good results. In fact, since learning the technique, I have used in conjuction with all of my ashiatsu barefoot massage sessions.
Tuesday, October 02 2012
Pilar and I have added an Advanced Ashiatsu class to our schedule. If you are a Barefoot Basics grad and have been certified in AOBT barefoot bar massage, you are welcome to join us! The new class dates are December 8-10 in St. Petersburg, FL. The 2 footed ashiatsu bar massage is perfect for barefoot therapists who work on big men. Most women are not approriate clients for the 2 footed strokes as their frames are smaller, erectors too. Wednesday, September 26 2012
I just posted the 2013 Bamboo-fusion class schedule for my own teaching. More class dates throughout the United States can be found at: www.Bamboo-fusion.com. ~2013~ Tuition in Cincinnati is $399, including bamboo tools, manual, DVD. Tuesday, September 11 2012
Because I am the "Senior Training Instructor" for deepfeet.com, I occasionally have to change my barefoot massage ashiatsu class schedule. In December, I Thus, my December class has been changed to the end of November. New dates are now November 29-December 1 for Barefoot Basics and December 2 for Anterior/Side-lying. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that we'll be presenting Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy at the World Massage Conference in November as well! Thursday, September 06 2012
Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage Saves Careerp.s. Happy 17th birthday today to my 2nd oldest daughter, Naomi. She was not even 1.5 years old when I started massage school!
UPDATE in 2024-she's now 29 😌
Sunday, September 02 2012
Remember me if you need a deep tissue massage! I have some times available in the next few weeks! It's been a while since I have had a slow week, so take advantage of it while you can.
Here's the link to my site with information about all the massages I do. Massage sessions can be as short as 30 minutes or as long as 2 hours. My office is located in Mt. Healthy (how appropriate is that?), a little northwest of downtown Cincinnati. It's quiet and peaceful with lots of natural light. If you've never had a massage before, you can click on my What to Expect page. I teach Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, Ashi-Thai and Bamboo-Fusion and am also certified in prenatal/pregnancy massage. Want a massage from someone who's reasonably priced and experienced? I've been licensed for massage since January of 1999, so you're looking at the right place Saturday, September 01 2012
I'm teachig a private Ashi-Thai class soon. If you have at least 2 therapists, I happily teach private barefoot massage classes to you and a pal! Contact me for more information. You can also visit my website, www.affinitymassages.com for more information about classes in general.
Want to learn barefoot Thai massage? Some traditional Thai therapists complain about strain on their wrists and back. There's none of that with our modification to Thai massage. You can also learn barefoot massage, "ashiatsu bar massage" as some people call it, in a private class. With our style of barefoot massage, the client lies on a massage table while the trained massage therapist massages (using clean and soft feet) holds onto overhead bars. Friday, August 31 2012
What are the advantages of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy? Check it out! It's totally informal, but it may give you some more ideas! Thursday, August 30 2012
Someone just emailed me today and asked what I thought about being able to properly learn Ashiatsu from a DVD. In a word, no!
Oftentimes, as I watch students work, I can tweak what they're doing pretty easily. It helps them make their massage safer and more comfortable for the client. Sometimes, a therapist can look clumsy but do a great job. Others look on-spot but definitely need some fine tuning
For that reason, we have all of our students work on us (the instructors for Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy) on the second day of class. As an instructor of any modality, it's imperative that we make sure that we teach safe techniques. We can't fine tune a student who's learning from a DVD.
If you think you can really learn barefoot massage from someone who's learned from youtube, then, well, I'm sorry. Wednesday, August 29 2012
So you want to learn barefoot massage. Yes? I recommend taking a real life class. I hope you don't think you can really learn from a video or youtube. Do you think you could have learned to be an amazing massage therapist by not doing any hands on? Would you really go to a massage therapist who learned to do massage by reading books, Googling, watching videos?
Of course I'm prejudiced. I have spent thousands of hours doing barefoot massage on clients over the past 10 years. I went through an exacting training program to learn how to do barefoot massage workshop training. And I am very specific about how I teach in class, what is good form, what can be improved on, what kinds of moves are unsafe. www.ashiatsuworkshops.com has information from an instructor who has been teaching ashiatsu classes for over 8 years. Ashiastu massage is not something to be treated lightly. When it's not done well, you can hurt someone. Or yourself (imagine falling off a table). And those would both not help your massage business! |
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