FASCIASHI CLASSES
A Closer Look at Barefoot Massage Training at SLO~Soles
FUNDAMENTALS
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Fundamentals is the starting point for those wanting to train in FasciAshi barefoot massage – although it’s a “beginner” class, it is definitely not easy!
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This beginner ashiatsu training teaches you how to use your feet to provide a full body deep tissue, myofascial release, and trigger point work focused barefoot massage session. You’ll learn techniques applied to posterior aspects of the client’s body, as your weight and natural gravitational forces are utilized to effortlessly maintain consistent pressure through your feet. While the work is focused primarily with the client prone, therapists will learn supine work as well.
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Review your bony landmarks, endangerment sites, and muscle pathways – as well as the anatomical terminology that goes along with all that! FasciAshi sessions use overhead support bars as well as our proprietary Ashi-Strap to help regulate your pressure, flow, and balance while the client lies on a massage table.​
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Prerequisite: No other class required prior to taking Fundamentals. MUST be a licensed or certified massage therapist to take this class.
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For Therapists Registered in California:
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Must have a CAMTC license.
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Proof of professional liability insurance
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THE FUNDAMENTALS BAREFOOT MASSAGE TRAINING?
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Theory of myofascial barefoot massage
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Structural benefits to every stroke
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Pedi-care
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Contraindications and indications for barefoot massage
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Appropriate biomechanics to save their body and get deep
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Safe bar and strap installation
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How to use their feet to provide a massage with emphasis on deep tissue, myofascial release, trigger point work
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Strokes with modifications to create a customized barefoot massage sequence for clients.
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How to launch, market, and incorporate barefoot massage into their practice
IN FUNDAMENTALS, YOU GET "FEET" ON EXPERIENCE BY PRACTICING ON AND RECEIVE FEED BACK FROM:
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Your instructor
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Other therapists in class
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A minimum of 2-3 student clinic clients
EXPECTED "FEET ON"HOURS:
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Perform 8.5 hours of massage over the course of the class dates
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Receive 4 hours of massage from other students
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Spend a total of 2 hours observing the instructor and other LMT’s demonstrate the strokes
COURSE MATERIALS INCLUDED:
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Course Workbook
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Video Recordings: Access to the Alumni Membership website with videos of techniques learned in class
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Bar Installation Designs or Blueprints and Hardware Specifications
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8oz of PurePro creme and samples of other products
Prerequisite: Must be a Licensed or Registered Massage Therapist
Tuition: $750
Time Commitment: 3 days total
Continuing Education Units: 24 CEUs total
A non-refundable 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot in the calls. Remaining 50% due before class begins. Options available to pay in full or split into two payments.
(NCBTMB and some select states for CEUs)
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CEU’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
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RANGE OF MOTION (ROM)
Using Passive, Active, and Resisted ROM stretch therapy techniques, this barefoot massage technique allows the massage therapist to stand on a massage table and maneuver clients’ limbs with their feet, using the strong muscles of their legs and hips. We hold onto overhead bars and lean into our suspended support straps for balance and leverage as we lift, bend, and twist clients into stretches. This helps a practitioner effortlessly maintain consistent pressure and counterbalance while providing deep point holds, or long fascial stretches.
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We also compress or restrict clients' compensating body parts down into a neutral alignment while creating various ranges of motion throughout all major joints in the body. The Barefoot Massage Therapist can observe movement patterns, queue the client into resisted actions to help build joint stability, and encourage their interoceptive awareness during passive fascial stretching and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.
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We’ll be reviewing secure draping options while blending ROM into slow gliding, non-lubricated movements along the client’s skin. Can be adapted for more use of creme or provided with the client clothed. A full-body, 3-dimensional stretch sequence is taught.
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For Therapists Registered in California:
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Must have a CAMTC license.
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Proof of professional liability insurance
Questions?
Prerequisite: Must be a Licensed or Registered Massage Therapist Must have completed Fundamentals Class.
Tuition: $600
Time Commitment: 2 days total
Continuing Education Units: 16 CEUs total
A non-refundable 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot in the calls. Remaining 50% due before class begins. Options available to pay in full or split into two payments.
(NCBTMB and some select states for CEUs)
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CEU’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
INTERMEDIATE
This intermediate ashiatsu barefoot massage class empowers the experienced barefoot massage therapist to work even slower, maintain long sustained pressure holds on trigger points or adhered layers of tissue, and deliver deep myofascial strokes to the anterior and lateral aspects of your client’s body.
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Supine and side-body strokes will give you the tools to provide a comprehensive feet-on practice in the often forgotten, hard-to-reach areas of the body. We share how to work along bone topography and manipulate the length of each muscle and fascial chain.
Intricate use of the FasciAshi support strap is a big focus in this class. This unique addition to the overhead ashiatsu bars allows us to work on variable angles and vectors with consistent, controllable pressure that prevents fatigue for the barefoot massage therapist.
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For Therapists Registered in California:
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Must have a CAMTC license.
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Proof of professional liability insurance
Questions?
Prerequisite: Must be a Licensed or Registered Massage Therapist Must have completed our Fundamentals Class.
Tuition: $600
Time Commitment: 2 days total
Continuing Education Units: 16 CEUs total
A non-refundable 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot in the calls. Remaining 50% due before class begins. Options available to pay in full or split into two payments.
(NCBTMB and some select states for CEUs)
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CEU’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
ADVANCED
This advanced-level class empowers the experienced myofascial ashiatsu barefoot massage therapist to work with more difficult single and double footed strokes, potentially applying their full body weight as "kneaded". Strokes are performed with the client in Prone, Anterior, and Sidelying positions, while the therapist massages from varying angles of pressure to achieve a safe, deep, fascial barefoot massage session focusing on structural alignment.
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Learn how to vary your stroke intentions as you choose to use your feet working bilaterally, unilaterally, contralaterally, simultaneously, in sync, and out of sync, independently or in succession in the Advanced class. Work bilaterally from head to toe on the right client. No two massages are the same, and the possibilities for using these techniques on your existing client base are endless!
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For Therapists Registered in California:
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Must have a CAMTC license.
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Proof of professional liability insurance
Questions?
Prerequisite: Must be a Licensed or Registered Massage Therapist Must have completed our Intermediate Class.
Tuition: $600
Time Commitment: 2 days total
Continuing Education Units: 16 CEUs total
A non-refundable 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot in the calls. Remaining 50% due before class begins. Options available to pay in full or split into two payments.
(NCBTMB and some select states for CEUs)
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CEU’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
FIJIAN BAREFOOT MASSAGE
This Fijian Barefoot Massage/Matwork 1 class can be a starting point as your 1st barefoot massage class, as a supplement to any existing matwork you already provide, or it can be used to grow your existing barefoot vocabulary and master more skills applied by your feet.
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Originally taught within the massage industry starting in the 1990s, adapted and brought to the United States from the Fijian Islands by Lolita Knight, this lineage of matwork-based barefoot massage is traditionally performed on a floor mat using body cushions, with the client clothed – but can easily be done directly on the client's skin with zero to minimal lubrication.
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Great as a stand-alone service, it works wonderfully within any Thai, Shiatsu, Breema, or Matwork session, and can even be implemented within a table-top barefoot massage like the Myofascial Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage techniques we teach in our FasciAshi classes.
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This massage is super portable, as it is easy to use at events, house calls, impromptu family gatherings, or even out in nature with minimal equipment. Oftentimes, the therapist will find themselves seated in a chair or on the floor while providing strokes. For standing strokes, the use of overhead bars is not required – although the FasciAshi Strap really helps! We may stabilize our balance with the FasciAshi-Strap, a chair, or any other balancing tools such as a bamboo staff, rather than overhead bars.
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The work incorporates specific, deep pressure followed by a vigorous jostling movement to the larger muscle groups. Fijian Massage works with intensity by using our strong toes and bony aspects of our feet to create simple, rhythmic stroke repetitions. The versatility of the 8 moves that make up this technique allows for a wide range of possible ways to use it in your practice, however “kneaded”!
For Therapists Registered in California:
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Must have a CAMTC license.
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Proof of professional liability insurance
Questions?
Prerequisite: Must be a Licensed or Registered Massage Therapist Must have completed our Intermediate Class.
Tuition: $600
Time Commitment: 2 days total
Continuing Education Units: 16 CEUs total
A non-refundable 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot in the calls. Remaining 50% due before class begins. Options available to pay in full or split into two payments.
(NCBTMB and some select states for CEUs)
Please plan your schedule to allow time to be present and punctual for the entire training experience. Partial attendance is not permitted. Any hours missed in class must be made up with the instructor and will be charged at their hourly rate. No CEU’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.