Advanced
Get deeper pressure, deeper structures and deeper intention with one and two footed FasciAshi strokes.
This advanced-level class empowers the experienced myofascial ashiatsu barefoot massage therapist to work with more complex single and double footed strokes, potentially applying their full body weight as “kneaded.” We use the bones as levers to manipulate and release muscle tension, especially in areas like the deep intrinsic spinal muscles.
Strokes are performed with the client in Prone, Anterior and Sidelying positions, while the therapist massages from varying angles of pressure to achieve a safe, deep, fascial barefoot massage session focusing on structural alignment.
Learn how to vary your stroke intentions as you choose to use your feet working bilaterally, unilaterally, contralaterally, simultaneously, in sync and out of sync, independently or in succession in the Advanced class. Work bilaterally from head to toe on the right client. No two massages are the same and the possibilities for using these techniques on your existing client based are endless!
Scroll down to read more about the fascial research applicable to what you’ll learn in this class!
Prerequisite: FasciAshi Intermediate. Starting in 2026 both FasciAshi Fundamentals + FasciAshi Intermediate are required
Class Price
Tuition: *$500
You can choose to pay in full upfront, or make two payments. A non-refundable 50% retainer of the 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.
Myofascial Efficiency: Pressure with Purpose
With a strong emphasis on modifications, body mechanics, endless options on how YOU can comfortably achieve the “why” of each stroke, this class helps you create slow, intentional sessions that support a variety of clients with complex pain patterns, scar tissue, or high stress loads—while preserving your own energy and longevity as a therapist.
Client Benefit Highlight
By slowing down and staying deep, Advanced-level barefoot massage can unwind longstanding restrictions in the fascia, reduce nervous system hypervigilance, and help reestablish healthy movement patterns. These sessions are ideal for clients with persistent or post-surgical pain, dense tissue, or trauma-informed needs.
Research & Science Resources
Clients in persistent pain benefit from consistent, calm, and predictable inputs. The Advanced class teaches how to “listen with your feet” and help reduce sensitization through slow, safe contact.
🔗 Pain Revolution – Pain Facts
2. Deep Tissue Pressure & Myofascial Effects:
This clinical review confirms that slow, sustained, deep-pressure manual therapy can positively affect myofascial structures and reduce perceived pain and stiffness.
🔗 PMC – Systematic Review on Deep Tissue Myofascial Release (2023)
Whether you need to use 1 or 2 feet, this class gets you deeper.
Therapists will learn:
- Bony landmark recognition and palpation for visual alignment
- Single and double footed strokes with modifications with structural benefits to every stroke
- Contraindications and indications for bilateral, deep, barefoot massage
- Appropriate biomechanics to get deeper without death-gripping the bars
- Strap length adjustments for stroke variations
- Theory on sustained compression, fascial chain pathways, and compensation patterns
- How to use critical thinking skills to customize a 50+ minute session using techniques taught in class catered to the needs of individual clients during the Student Clinic
- How to synthesize previous and newly gained barefoot massage knowledge by working on other therapists and public clients daily
- The ability to seamlessly apply deep tissue, trigger point, cross fiber friction and fascial techniques utilizing their feet on a variety of vectors or angled directions of pressure.
- How to regulate up to their full body weight in pressure – as appropriate for that particular client.
- Pro-Tip To Prepare: Are you ready for this!? Experienced barefoot massage therapists can try these ashi-challenges before class with FasciAshi co-founder, Jeni Spring!
Therapists will practice on and receive feedback from:
- 2 other therapists in class
- A minimum of 2-3 student clinic clients
- In class, you will:
- Give about 8 hours of massage during this class
- Receive 3 hours of massage from other students
- Spend a total of 4 hours observing the instructor and other LMT’s demonstrate the strokes
Attendees are provided with:
- Course Workbook
- Samples of PurePro products
- Access to the free Alumni website with videos of the strokes learned in class
Step up & Sign up!
When and where is class? (Click the button below, then all the Advanced FasciAshi classes currently scheduled across the nation will be shown in a new window.)
What's next?
To attend this class, you must have attended the following class:
- FasciAshi Intermediate – no exceptions.
Become a Clinical Barefoot Massage Specialist
Once you have successfully completed and passed your FasciAshi Advanced training, you are eligible to fine-tune your footwork and attend our 1 day specialty courses! The Clinical Track will have a series of classes that focus on techniques, protocols and topics to asses and treat a range of musculoskeletal conditions, while also working with rehabilitation approaches and the pain response.
Start with our Clinical: Neck class – but first have a good amount of practice in the techniques we taught you in the Intermediate and Advanced classes
Clinical Track classes are coming out one at a time!
Retake this course for $125 / day!
Change is hard, learning is a process. We take in what we can – and maybe bits of the information presented in class just weren’t what you needed in that moment. That’s OK – come back and soak it in again! For best retention of the concepts, theories, strokes and adventures we experience in class, you are always welcome back to review everything. 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 90 minute massage from an experienced ashi therapist for $125?! Not bad!)
You may attend 1 or 2 days of this class, for $125 each day.
Email your instructor to see if any space is available for you to take this class as a refresher course
Continue your training:
Once you’ve completed this FasciAshi Advanced training, move into our FasciAshi Clinical:Neck class to learn more detailed neck work for forward head posture and whiplash. You can also check out the FasciAshi ROM and Fijian Barefoot Massage courses if you haven’t already! Consider dropping in on a few Revitalize options on classes you have already attended – maybe this time with another instructor to see what other insight you gain!