Learn barefoot massage with Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy training classes and workshops, CEU's for massage therapists wanting to learn deep tissue barefoot massage using one or two (2) feet. Bamboo-fusion massage training. Gift certificates online for massage therapy.

About Ashiatsu Oriental Bar TherapyŽ and our classes

Ashiatsu Oriental Bar TherapyŽ is an adaptation of ancient forms of barefoot massage. "Ashi" means "foot", and "atsu" translates as "pressure," so together they symbolize foot pressure. In our style of barefoot massage, bars overhead the massage table are used for balance and support. The client lies comfortably on a massage table, and lubricant is applied. Gravitational force is combined with both centrifugal and centripetal movements which help to bring about structural change in chronic soft tissue damage.

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Prior to the massage, the therapist cleanses and sanitizes her soft, supple feet.

How Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy Ž Works

This technique is a deeply relaxing treatment and is known as the deepest most luxurious massage on the planet!

A good therapist will use soft, clean feet with relaxed toes to sweep, swirl and massage muscle fibers. The biggest benefit for the client is that after a few treatments, the client typically notices an improvement in posture and movement. Ashiatsu Oriental Bar TherapyŽ also relieves pain and creates a state of well being.

Seminar Descriptions

Barefoot Basics Š
Introductory - 3 days - 25 CE - $550
Pre-requisite: Therapist understands anatomy and physiology.

This 3 day entry level course is designed to teach massage professionals how to administer the ultimate barefoot effleurage application. Our famous one footed posterior sequences with our spa anterior finish can become a marvelous 60 or 90 minute session. Theory and lecture focuses on history of barefoot massage, cautions, contraindications, proper body mechanics for gravity assisted massage, proper draping, construction and design of bars in the treatment room, marketing the technique and foot hygiene. A full and rich program to say the least! You will feel every single stroke from the instructor and she will feel yours. On the final day, we provided is a public clinic/ practical for the ultimate in learning retention. Making sure you are safely up and operational before you leave our class is one of our "claimed to fame" teaching methods that is well respected in the CE industry.

Barefoot Anterior and Side-lyingŠ workshop
1 day - 8 CE - $199
Pre-requisite: Therapist understands anatomy and physiology .

This course can be taken with Barefoot Basics or by itself. It is periodically taught right after barefoot basics for convenience and for those therapists who want more in-depth knowledge of anterior work. Therapists will be taught a protocol that will integrate anterior and side lying strokes. The client's eyes are comfortably draped in the anterior rountine so he/she doesn't stare up at you! Side lying strokes can be used in conjunction with sports massage or when working as a team with your clients to locate the source of pain patterns and to treat them.

Deepfeet Two Š - Two Footed Strokes Workshop
2 day - 16 CE - $299
Pre-requisite: Certified graduate of Barefoot Basics.

This dynamic course is best suited for the barefoot basics graduate who has had time to acquire some clinical experience. For those who feel they are ready to learn advance concepts using two feet with more body compression, this specialty course is for you. You will need a healthy fitness level, with upper arm and abdominal strength to deliver comfortable two footed moves to your training partner. Students will learn two-footed posterior strokes that are gliding to be combined with the sequences and protocols learned in Barefoot Basics. Theory and lecture focuses on specific back conditions while identifying and qualifying clients for this treatment.

The Fusion-Blend Š Workshop
1 day - 8 CE - $199
Pre-requisite: Deepfeet Two.

This elite course is considered to be the final mastery of putting all levels of training into practice. You will be shown the art of fusing science, movement, and rhythm into a seamless, flowing barefoot dance. These gravity-assisted myofascial movements include pivots, turns, cross-over and exchanged foot and hand-rail strategies that allow you to blend appropriate strokes into a massage with no beginning, middle or end. This truly is the essence of our service mark and mission statement, "The deepest most luxurious massage on the planet!"

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