The Center for Barefoot Massage

Fundamentals is the starting point for those wanting to train in the Myofascial Ashiatsu “FasciAshi” style of Barefoot Massage – although it’s a “beginner” class, it is definitely a challenge for your mind, body and SOLE!

The feeling that this work delivers pulls you into a heavy, beautiful interoceptive nostalgia... that wave of recognition when you step onto the table and into your clients tissue and think *I knew it" realizing your body has been waiting for this exact connection all along, a return to something deeply playful yet intensely grounding

Visit our website for the schedule showing when and where this class is offered next!

When budgets tighten clients inevitably start skipping basic relaxation but they will always prioritize finding the money for essential pain relief... giving you the perfect opportunity to step up and offer something truly transformative!

We teach the theories and applications behind each stroke so that through the Myofascial Ashiatsu "FasciAshi" lens, you’ll learn how to target their overwhelmed, overstimulated nervous system through their muscles, bone and fascia to help clients find real relief from persistent pain and stress.⁣
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Your feet can easily provide the depth to address that chronic dense tension that seemingly only heavy-duty deep tissue techniques can reach, and we can teach you how to do it without sacrificing your own achy upper limbs in the process.⁣
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Transforming your work into an essential pain-relief service is how you can keep a schedule completely full while protecting your own body so you can actually survive and enjoy this career!

Check our website to see when and where our next class is. You'll want to start with FasciAshi Fundamentals, then move on to either Intermediate or Stretch Therapy, depending on what your clients "knead" first!

The Department of Education is pushing a rule that could defund and shut down nearly 89 percent of massage schools. They are measuring part-time massage incomes against full-time four-year degrees... the math is just broken and it’s not even close to the reality of how our profession actually works.

​Why does CBM care? ABMP is already projecting a massive workforce shortage if this goes through and AMTA reports show we already have more clients than therapists to address the growing demand for massage as legitimate healthcare. The future of our industry depends on a pipeline of highly skilled professionals who meet the entry-level standards and safety requirements set by the FSMTB and our state boards.

​If we lose the schools we invite an influx of untrained and unlicensed workers that puts the public at risk and destroys the professional credibility we’ve spent decades building... and if the foundation of our educational safety crumbles we lose our seat at the table completely.

​We stand 10 toes down on protecting these foundational schools. Hit the link below to read the ABMP talking points and submit your comment to the ED before May 20th.
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Proposed Federal Rule Threatens Student Loan Access | Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Help protect massage therapy and wellness-related programs by submitting a comment by May 20. Your perspective as a practicing professional (whether you received financial aid or not), a business owner, an educator, or a school leader carries weight, particularly with your congressional representati...

In your inboxes and on the Substacks: (link in today's stories.)

I wrote a liddle diddy, it goes something like this: We are increasing sensory clarity underfoot through a new 3D map for the brain to process during a FasciAshi session. What they sense in session is the magic that makes the changes happen, so keep drawing their attention to what they notice in the moment while you massage. Myofascial Barefoot Massage is a mindful meditative exercise for your clients.

Plus a list (with registration links) to our classes May-Early August!