What I love about teaching barefoot massage?
It’s not teaching therapists how to use their feet.
It’s helping therapists expand what they’re able to offer their clients.
The massage world spends a lot of time talking about what barefoot massage does for the therapist.
Save your hands.
Extend your career.
Create more pressure.
And those things matter.
But what excites me most is what happens on the table.
When a client who normally says it’s not enough pressure, finally receives the pressure they’ve been searching for.
When a therapist realizes they don’t have to rely on elbows, thumbs, and brute force to create an effective session.
When they discover another way to approach the work.
More tools.
More options.
More ways to help the people who trust us with their care.
That’s why I teach.
And if you’re ready to expand your toolbox, I’d be honored to have you in class this September in Howell, Michigan.
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We teach approachable and practical barefoot massage techniques that will enhance your massage practice. 
Teaching barefoot massage is fun because at some point every student hits the:
“wait… which foot was I supposed to move again?” phase. 😂
And honestly? That’s normal.
Your brain is trying to learn:
• new body mechanics
• balance
• pressure control
• coordination
• AND how to use your feet like actual tools
There’s a learning curve to this work.
You’re probably gonna wobble a little.
Forget your right from your left.
Get tangled up in your own legs once or twice.
But then one day?
It clicks.
And suddenly the thing that felt impossible starts feeling natural.
Awkward first. Fluid later. Come learn barefoot massage with me.
Class schedj is at the top of my page. Or shoot me a message.
This was a first for me as an instructor😂
I’ll absolutely let you take video of the demos in class—and if you need your classmate to hold your phone so you can watch what you just saw, I suppose that’s fine too😂
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In class you’ll hear, see, and feel every technique that you’re learning—because everyone learns in different ways.
I’ve still got space in my June class.
June 25-27th in Howell, MI.
When it comes to barefoot massage, these are the 4 things I care about the most:
• Practical application: because barefoot massage doesn’t need to be complicated.
• Hip & ankle mobility: these are HUGE when working with your feet. So start working on your mobility now, before you even get into the classroom.
• Adaptability: there are so many angles and ways to approach the work you’ll learn in class. Every therapist body and every client body is different.
• Body mechanics: they still matter, even when working with your feet. Not just for safety and longevity, but client comfort too… because clients can absolutely tell when something feels a little “off.” 😅
🦶🏻 If you’re ready to learn barefoot massage in a way that will make sense in your practice, come take class with me in Howell, Michigan.
05/19/2026
Every time the topic of foot cramping comes up in massage groups, I see the same responses:
Magnesium cream.
Pickle juice.
More electrolytes.
And listen, sometimes those things absolutely help.
But if your client’s foot or calf cramps every single session, in the same position, at some point we should probably stop staring exclusively at the calf.
Start looking further up the chain.
Think about what happens when someone is prone with a bolster under their ankles:
• the knees stay slightly flexed
• the hamstrings stay shortened
• the glutes may never fully relax
• the hips stay positioned in a way that can keep tension feeding through the posterior chain
Now think about supine positioning with a large bolster under the knees:
• the hips stay flexed
• the knees stay flexed
• the posterior chain can stay in a prolonged guarded position
For clients with restricted hip mobility, irritated sciatic pathways, hamstring tension, trigger points around the sacral border, or nervous system guarding, prolonged positioning alone can sometimes be enough to keep tension traveling down into the calf and foot.
If the nervous system decides a muscle or position doesn’t feel safe, it’ll keep holding tension there no matter how much pressure, stretching, or lotion you throw at it.
You’ll sometimes see:
• feet wanting to point or curl
• calves that won’t fully relax
• twitching hamstrings
• sudden arch or toe cramps
• cramping when you dorsiflex the ankle
Bolsters aren’t automatically the problem.
But prolonged hip and knee flexion can absolutely contribute to cramping in some clients, especially when the hips, hamstrings, glutes, or nervous system are already holding tension.
Sometimes the fix isn’t more pressure on the calf.
Sometimes it’s changing the position the body has been stuck in for the last 45 minutes.
The calf and foot are often just the loudest part of the chain.
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