NC Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage Training

Durham and I have long history together.

I started my massage practice in Durham in 1992 after attending UNC-Chapel Hill — go TARHEELS 🐏🙌🏼😜 — BEFORE it was cool. 😎

Back then, people would say, “You live in Durham?!? I hear they have gangs there.” But even then, I felt an affinity to Durham.

It’s pretty sweet to see how the city has evolved and changed, just like my career, over the past 30+ years.

Starting out as a solo therapist, I was one of the first massage therapists to advertise in the Yellow Pages — remember the paper phone book BEFORE Google?!? Now those were some interesting times. 😅

After a few years of that, I jumped at the opportunity to work for a physical therapist at The Raleigh Back Clinic, learning trigger point therapy, stretching, and clinical-type massage.

That experience helped shape the work I do today.

In 2008, North Pointe Body Therapies was born from a collaboration between myself and two other massage therapists. Years later, after a lot of growth and change, I kept asking myself: why are we still North Pointe Body Therapies?!?

Life changes and sometimes we have to adapt. Who would have thought Bull City would be what it is today?!?

So in October 2018, we officially changed our name to Bull City Soles.

Over the past 30+ years, I’ve moved my practice around the Bull City 5x! I was the first massage therapist in Durham to offer Ashiatsu barefoot massage, and I’m the first massage studio in NC with an entire staff trained in barefoot massage.

It’s been an unBULLievable journey, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. 💪🏽👍🏼🙌🏼

For all students who have already taken Advanced barefoot massage with but want to learn more, this class might peak your interest!

I’m excited to teach Clinical Neck on July 13 — and there are still 7 spots left. ✨

This is a class that I helped write, and it’s one I care a lot about. We’ll focus on the head, neck, jaw, and shoulder girdle, using both feet and hands to work with more precision in a part of the body that can be complex and sensitive.

If you want better clarity and confidence working with clients dealing with chronic neck tension, headaches, TMJ issues, whiplash recovery, and other cervical pain patterns, this class is for you.

You’ll learn a practical 20–30 minute protocol ⏱️, assessment-based strategies 🧠, and ways to integrate this work into what you already know from Myofascial Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage training.

📅 July 13
🕘 9:00 am–6:00 pm
🎓 8 CEs
💲 $250
🙌 7 spots left

I’d love to have you in class 💛

If you’re trying to figure out how to transition your clients to barefoot massage, you might learn a thing or two from my experience.

Click the link in bio to check out my upcoming classes!

2026 Fundamentals classes have been added!

When I explain Ashiatsu to potential clients, I tell them: ‘It’s just massage using a different tool – my feet.”

If you’ve ever dragged yourself through a day of five or six back-to-back deep tissue sessions, you know the physical toll it takes.

Even with solid body mechanics and years of anatomy training, deep work, it can be brutal on the hands, wrists, and shoulders.

With barefoot massage, I use gravity, leverage, and full-body movement. I can easily perform long fascial holds and provide the deep pressure clients crave, without pain or strain.