Intermediate
Supine and Side-body training: It’s time to get more intricate: access more muscles on the anterior and lateral aspects of the body!
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.
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 the topography of our clients bones, 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.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals or previous live Ashiatsu training. See "Prerequisites" tab near the bottom of this page.
Class Price
Tuition: *$500
You can choose to pay in full upfront, or make two payments. A non-refundable retainer of 50% of tuition is required to hold your spot in class - the remaining balance is due before class starts.
Class is 2 days, and you’ll earn 16 Continuing Education credits. (NCBTMB and some select states)
*If the instructor is traveling to a location to teach this class, rather than teaching at their home base, then the tuition rate will be $600
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 CE’s or access to Alumni resources are granted until the class is completed in full.
Register for this Game Changer!
When and where is class? (Click the button below, then you'll be able to see all of our currently scheduled Intermediate classes across the nation!)
Make sure you use a laptop or desktop computer to register for classes, and do not use the Mindody App if the pop up screen asks you to, because the MindBodyOnline system and their app will not allow mobilie devices to select certain options (such as payment plans or waitlists.) You must register through the browser on a desktop-site view of the page to be offered these options.
Therapists will learn:
- Theory of myofascial barefoot massage pertaining to trigger point and sustained compression
- Structural benefits to every stroke
- Ashi-Strap work to help angle your pressure without straining your upper body
- Contraindications and indications for barefoot massage
- Appropriate biomechanics to save your body and working intricately
- Detailed neck, chest, shoulder and arm work
- Psoas, Iliacus, Obliques, Lats and QL work
- Work for the Adductors, hip flexors as well as the deep 6 hip rotators
- More detailed strokes using your strong toes, lateral edge of our foot, and your calves
- Pro-tip To Prepare: here’s a video of our North Carolina barefoot massage instructor, Julie Marciniak, sharing her tips for side lying bolstering!
Therapists will practice on and receive feedback from:
- 2-3 other therapists in class
- 1 student clinic client
- In class, you will:
- Give 4 hours of massage during this class
- Receive 4 hours of massage from other students
- Spend a total of 2 hours observing the instructor and other LMT’s demonstrate the strokes
Attendees are provided with:
- Course Workbook
- Arnica Lotion and product samples from PurePro
- A student clinic client
- Access to the free Alumni Membership website with videos of the strokes learned in class
What's next?
To attend this class, you must have attended one of the following classes:
- FasciAshi Fundamentals
- Fundamentals Converge (this class is now discontinued, but still honored as a prereq.)
- Another continuing education providers beginner level ashiatsu course. Must show proof of attendance in a LIVE, in-person training that was at least 16 NCBTMB CE’s. We’ll need to see a copy of your continuing educaton credit transcript from the CE provider you previously trained with. Video audition may be required if your training is untraceable, or if it has been over 5 years.
- If this applies to you, please START the registration process, and get as far as the system will let you. This is creating a student profile in our registration system. Once you reach that stopping point, please text/call 210.816.1241, or email info@barefootmassagecenter.com with the dates and location that you took the prereq class(es). We will verify your CE’s, update your profile, and give you access to complete your class registration.
Retake this course for $125 / day!
Change is hard, learning is a process. Maybe you only practice the anterior moves, and you were nervous to try side lying… maybe it’s been a while since class and you feel rusty. For best retention of the concepts, theories, strokes and adventures we experience in class, you are always welcome back to review everything all over again. No CE’s or course materials are provided, but we’ll partner you up with either a client or another #AshiatsuTherapist who is also reviewing the class, and you’ll get to give and receive FasciAshi all day long while being guided, and tweaked, by the instructor. (Get a two hour massage for $125?! Not bad!)
You can attend for 1 or both days of class, for $125 each day.
Email your instructor to see if any space is available for you to take this class refresher course
Continue your training:
Once you’ve completed this FasciAshi Intermediate training, you’ve got the prerequisites needed to move into our FasciAshi Advanced Course – DO IT!!! You are well on your way towards the Clinical Track of classes, too! If you haven’t already, you may also choose to attend the FasciAshi ROM course and aim for the Sports Track. Want to incorporate more footwork into your Thai or Shiatsu Matwork sessions? Come take the Fijian Barefoot Massage class!