I just sent out an email campaign for all my classes, including Ashi-Thai (it's new), Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, advanced ashiatsu classes and finally (whew!) Bamboo-fusion.
To find out more about the classes and see videos for ashiatsu, ashi-thai and bamboo massage, go to www.affinitymassages.com/videos.
You can email me at fredettemassage@fuse.net to get on the mailing list.
Showing posts with label barefoot massage training course. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barefoot massage training course. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Bring camera to class!
If you're taking any of my massage therapy CEU classes, make sure you bring your camera! I'll be happy to take photos of you working.
I used to do PR photography for my college, so I can do a pretty decent job most of the time. Whether it's Ashiatsu, Ashi-Thai or Bamboo-fusion massage class, the pictures can be of great value in your marketing.
You know, that old adage: a picture is worth a thousand words...
www.affinitymassages.com
I used to do PR photography for my college, so I can do a pretty decent job most of the time. Whether it's Ashiatsu, Ashi-Thai or Bamboo-fusion massage class, the pictures can be of great value in your marketing.
You know, that old adage: a picture is worth a thousand words...
www.affinitymassages.com
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Ashi-Thai barefoot massage
Here's a cool barefoot Ashi-Thai picture. The photo shows the therapist's foot stretching out the client's gastrocs. The client's high flexibility means the therapist could actually also use his or her leg to do the stretch.My Ashi-Thai barefoot massage classes are a great way to learn to warm up your clients using stretches before a massage. It feels great to the person on the table receiving, too!
www.massageclasses.info has more on this CEU course. You don't have to be an Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy grad to take the continuing ed course.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Can Men Ashi You?
Can men do Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, or is the modality confined to small therapists?
Any capable massage therapist with a sense of grace and balance can learn ashiatsu. We used to have a 135 lb weight limit when 2 footed (full body weight) strokes were taught in the beginners class. We discovered that many able therapists weighing over that amount were excluded from our program. It's best to do 2 footed ashiatsu strokes on clients who weigh at least 70 lbs more than the therapist.
So we broke the classes up, and now in Barefoot Basics, the one footed beginners class, flexible therapists of any weight and age are welcome to join us. I currently have one student in class who is 62, and I also have a man who is 200 lbs.
So yes, men can learn Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, and so can petite women. It doesn't matter if you're 20 (with a massage license, though!) or if you're considered "senior." If you've got the guts to learn a new, fun, possibly life changing skill, come join our class!
More information can be found at www.ashiatsuworkshops.com
Any capable massage therapist with a sense of grace and balance can learn ashiatsu. We used to have a 135 lb weight limit when 2 footed (full body weight) strokes were taught in the beginners class. We discovered that many able therapists weighing over that amount were excluded from our program. It's best to do 2 footed ashiatsu strokes on clients who weigh at least 70 lbs more than the therapist.
So we broke the classes up, and now in Barefoot Basics, the one footed beginners class, flexible therapists of any weight and age are welcome to join us. I currently have one student in class who is 62, and I also have a man who is 200 lbs.
So yes, men can learn Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, and so can petite women. It doesn't matter if you're 20 (with a massage license, though!) or if you're considered "senior." If you've got the guts to learn a new, fun, possibly life changing skill, come join our class!
More information can be found at www.ashiatsuworkshops.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Massaging a lot?
Tired of icing your forearms and wrists?
Treat yourself to an Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy workshops and learn how to give your clients the deep tissue work they crave without hurting yourself! Our Barefoot Basics class will teach you all the moves you need to get started. For some ashiatsu therapists, they don't even need to learn more than that! You'll learn 45 minutes worth of ashiatsu using overhead bars for balance. Your new skills as an ashiatsu therapist will surely wow your clients!
Check out www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/class_schedule for our Cincinnati, OH course schedule. Our next class is January 24-26, 2008 with Anterior/Side-Lying Ashiatsu on January 25. Please check it out!
Treat yourself to an Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy workshops and learn how to give your clients the deep tissue work they crave without hurting yourself! Our Barefoot Basics class will teach you all the moves you need to get started. For some ashiatsu therapists, they don't even need to learn more than that! You'll learn 45 minutes worth of ashiatsu using overhead bars for balance. Your new skills as an ashiatsu therapist will surely wow your clients!
Check out www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/class_schedule for our Cincinnati, OH course schedule. Our next class is January 24-26, 2008 with Anterior/Side-Lying Ashiatsu on January 25. Please check it out!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
December class full
Can't wait to meet you talented ashiatsu-to-be therapists in person at the end of the week! We have a great group of therapists coming in to Cincinnati from several states to learn Barefoot Basics Friday-Sunday, December 7-9, 2007.
Our class is full, so anyone who's thinking about joining our Ashiatsu class soon, please check out http://www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/ for more info on January's class!
Our class is full, so anyone who's thinking about joining our Ashiatsu class soon, please check out http://www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/ for more info on January's class!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Ashiatsu-the great holiday gift to yourself...
As the leaves are finally changing colors here in the Midwest, the temperatures beginning to drop, people are starting to think of upcoming holidays. Halloween is just next week already, Thanksgiving next month, Christmas and Hanukkah arriving in December.
As the upcoming holidays bring much joy in many ways, many people begin to feel a tad stressed. Or really whacked out of joint, even. The smart consumer who realizes that massage is a great stress reliever will begin booking massage appointments, perhaps quite a few of them. It's great for their body and soul, not to mention the happy massage therapist's pocketbook. It's this time of year the massage therapists really begin to feel the strain of performing lots of deep tissue massages. We tend to not want to turn away our hurting clientele, even when we feel pain ourselves. LMTs ice their hands and wrists, offer it up, and hope for the best.
Now is a great time for those therapists who only do hands on massage to learn the revitalizing skills of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy. Using your feet to caress your clients deep knots and tight muscles is a much easier way than massaging with your hands and arms. I am offering my last Ashiatsu training class of the year, Barefoot Basics and Anterior/Side-Lying, in December for those therapists who need to revive themselves before the end of the year. Check out www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/classes_schedule for more info and dates.
Now's the time to treat yourself to the best holiday gift-recieve your CEUs, get a couple of days of deep tissue massage, learn how to give the "deepest most luxurious massage on the planet!"
As the upcoming holidays bring much joy in many ways, many people begin to feel a tad stressed. Or really whacked out of joint, even. The smart consumer who realizes that massage is a great stress reliever will begin booking massage appointments, perhaps quite a few of them. It's great for their body and soul, not to mention the happy massage therapist's pocketbook. It's this time of year the massage therapists really begin to feel the strain of performing lots of deep tissue massages. We tend to not want to turn away our hurting clientele, even when we feel pain ourselves. LMTs ice their hands and wrists, offer it up, and hope for the best.
Now is a great time for those therapists who only do hands on massage to learn the revitalizing skills of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy. Using your feet to caress your clients deep knots and tight muscles is a much easier way than massaging with your hands and arms. I am offering my last Ashiatsu training class of the year, Barefoot Basics and Anterior/Side-Lying, in December for those therapists who need to revive themselves before the end of the year. Check out www.ashiatsuworkshops.com/classes_schedule for more info and dates.
Now's the time to treat yourself to the best holiday gift-recieve your CEUs, get a couple of days of deep tissue massage, learn how to give the "deepest most luxurious massage on the planet!"
Monday, October 15, 2007
Ashiatsu and the therapist's size
When I learned Ashiatsu, if a therapist was over 5'7" or weighed over 135 lbs, they needed to have excellent upper body strength. Some therapists I've spoken with have expressed concern that their weight or height would be an issue if training in Ashiatsu.
Originally, both female and male massage therapists who were instructed in Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy learned both one footed and two footed strokes in Ruthie Hardee's class. Some LMTs simply did not need to perform two footed strokes because their clients were not significantly larger than they, or because they could work sufficiently deeply using just one bare foot on a client at a time.
Hardee wisely divided this class into two classes, which are now known as Barefoot Basics, the one footed posterior strokes, and Deepfeet II, two footed posterior strokes. Now therapists can decide if they want to train in the advanced class. Upper body and core strength are definitely needed to massage with two feet. Many students of my advanced classes have mentioned after class that they underestimated the amount of upper body strength necessary.
I have taught both slight therapists as well as men and women massage therapists who weigh 200+ pounds. Those larger therapists may find that they never need to take the two footed strokes class, but those that do choose to take it simply need to be able to do chin ups and military pushups prior to the start of class.
Originally, both female and male massage therapists who were instructed in Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy learned both one footed and two footed strokes in Ruthie Hardee's class. Some LMTs simply did not need to perform two footed strokes because their clients were not significantly larger than they, or because they could work sufficiently deeply using just one bare foot on a client at a time.
Hardee wisely divided this class into two classes, which are now known as Barefoot Basics, the one footed posterior strokes, and Deepfeet II, two footed posterior strokes. Now therapists can decide if they want to train in the advanced class. Upper body and core strength are definitely needed to massage with two feet. Many students of my advanced classes have mentioned after class that they underestimated the amount of upper body strength necessary.
I have taught both slight therapists as well as men and women massage therapists who weigh 200+ pounds. Those larger therapists may find that they never need to take the two footed strokes class, but those that do choose to take it simply need to be able to do chin ups and military pushups prior to the start of class.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Cincinnati AMTA convention
Cincinnati's hosting of the AMTA national convention started off with a bang. Booths were busy with massage therapists and family members from all over the country perusing products and experiencing various massage modalities.
The Ashiatsu booth was packed all night, and within an hour, the sign up sheet for free massages was filled up for the weekend! Ruthie Hardee chatted with Ashi grads and those who are very interested in watching, receiving and learning barefoot massage. Cincinnati AOBT grad James Reischmann and I gave demos all evening. Check out www.AshiatsuWorkshops.com for more info on Ashiatsu training!
The booth next to ours, Bamboo-Fusion, was also packed all evening with founder Nathalie Cecilia demonstrating bamboo chair massage to willing LMTs! Her website is www.Fusion-Blend.com.
The Ashiatsu booth was packed all night, and within an hour, the sign up sheet for free massages was filled up for the weekend! Ruthie Hardee chatted with Ashi grads and those who are very interested in watching, receiving and learning barefoot massage. Cincinnati AOBT grad James Reischmann and I gave demos all evening. Check out www.AshiatsuWorkshops.com for more info on Ashiatsu training!
The booth next to ours, Bamboo-Fusion, was also packed all evening with founder Nathalie Cecilia demonstrating bamboo chair massage to willing LMTs! Her website is www.Fusion-Blend.com.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
AMTA convention in Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati is hosting the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) national convention this week. The Exhibits Marketplace's grand opening will be starting at 4:30 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati, OH. Exhibits of modalities (including Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy and Bamboo-Fusion), table manufactures, supply stores (such as our local Massage Supplies and Such) and vendors like Mother Earth Pillows will be proudly displaying products and features!
The Exhibits Marketplace will run:
Thursday, 9/27 from 4:30-8:30 pm,
Friday, 9/28 from 11:30-3 pm and 5-8:30 pm
Saturday, 9/29 from 11:30-3 pm
The marketplace is open to the public for massage therapists and the general public.
For more information on bamboo massage, check out www.Bamboo-Fusion.com. Barefoot massage training courses can be found at www.ashiatsuworkshops.com.
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