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Vintage

These are old blog posts from our foot-loose beginnings – rea them for a step-back in time. We’ve been bringing these topics up to date on “A foot” our substack blog, keeping current, moving forward, but also staying rooted in the vintage vibes where we started.

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Ashiatsu barefoot massage, business by 08/30/2018 0Comments

The importance of communication in charging for additional services

I personally charge the same for everything I do at my office. I’ve never thought that anyone should have to pay more because their body needed a different kind of work (ie. charging more for deep tissue massage). I add on aromatherapy sometimes, and sometimes there’s…whatever I come up with. That’s my gig.

Adding on services or a modality to your massage is totally fine, but if you charge, you better let your client know ahead of time it will cost more.

(Heck yeah, I’d pay extra for an Aroma-nap after a massage. As long as I knew there was a fee first. Putting on your menu or online would be a fab idea.)

I worked on a client today who had just come back from vacation. As I work on him every week, he got a massage while he was gone. It was hands-on, but that was all that was available.

The therapist told him that it wouldn’t be as deep as barefoot massage, and he was ok with that. Because he told her he sees someone who’s been a massage therapist for 20 years and has been teaching for ages, she got a little worried about what he was expecting.

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FAQ, Pro tips by 07/11/2018 0Comments

How to prepare for your next massage class or convention!

You’ve been saving up all year – stashing your tips, making the most of your work schedule so that you are prepared to take time to travel far and wide to that 3 day massage class, or 4 day massage convention that you have been SO excited about….

MAN THAT SOUNDS SO AWESOME! 3 days of receiving massage? A working vacation!??!

OK wait. This is the part not everyone thinks through all the way.

Your body is about to get weirded out for a few days, best prepare.

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business, Membership, Pro tips by 06/08/2018 0Comments

Awesome scheduling software for solo therapists-getting started with Bodywork Buddy

While most of our instructors have employees, I (Mary-Claire) have steadfastly remained a solo therapist. There are a variety of reasons, but that’s the way I like it. As our team loves to share different ideas and products that we love, I HAD to let solo therapists know about the awesome scheduling software I’ve used for many years, Bodywork Buddy.

I like to think of myself as Bodywork Buddy’s (BWB) unofficial mascot since I truly love their services and praise the software to anyone who needs a scheduler.

To say that BWB is an online scheduler is true, but there’s SO. MUCH. MORE. I’ll cover some of the features today, but I have plenty to say about lots more, so we’ll add another blog post or three. Maybe more. Seriously, I love them that much.

In this series of post, I’ll start with the ease of use for both clients and the therapist and how to start setting it up.

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business, Online Vs. In Person, Why FasciAshi? by 05/20/2018 0Comments

The subtle art of giving a F*ck

When we started the Center for Barefoot Massage, we set out with some high expectations for ourselves.

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We had the vision to teach our style of ashiatsu to massage therapists, and we wanted to back it with not just quality content in classes, but more importantly, high quality substance to every aspect of the company.

We wanted to make sure that our faculty is in touch with their students, the community, and the massage industry so that we keep it real.

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We want you to learn FasciAshi from someone who uses the technique every week. We want you to study under someone who leads their practice and massage business by example. We want to train therapists in person, look them in the eyes, touch them with our SOLES, and pass our knowledge onto the next generation of barefoot massage therapists. We feel that a person shouldn’t own a massage continuing education company if they aren’t teaching and practicing the work themselves – so we continue to do “all the things” for you every day.

The integrity level of every member on our sometimes overwhelmed, busy team shows through in their passion for the work they each present. You’ll feel it embedded within FasciAshi as you personally grow with the technique. We hope to raise the standard on barefoot massage education, and to help support the massage industry rise to great heights. (And I’m not just being ‘punny’ and talking about stepping up onto a massage table here, folks!)

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Ashiatsu barefoot massage, Pro tips by 05/11/2018 0Comments

Why doing barefoot massage all day doesn’t wipe me out anymore

Pretty much everyone knows that the career-span of a massage therapist is not great. Some sources say 3-5 years, others say 4-6. We burn out and/or hurt ourselves. Then we typically do one of 5 things:

  1. quit

  2. do massage part time and another job full time

  3. specialize in “lighter” work

  4. teach

  5. learn barefoot massage so we can do deeper work.

3.5 years into doing traditional hands-on massage, I had the usual complaints-mine were pain in my left wrist and tendonitis in my right elbow.

Years earlier, I had actually climbed up onto a table and placed my knees in a client’s bum and proceeded to actually massage with my hands all over her back. Yup. That’s not a “thing”. That’s a bit weird. (She did love it, though!)

When I found a barefoot massage, that was my “aha!” moment.

So barefoot massage was my gig for a very long time. Because I tend to be a rule follower, I did the moves I was taught. If I couldn’t work a muscle a way that I needed to, I’d invent something else.

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Pro tips by 05/01/2018 0Comments

Self care-rolling your feet

Whether you are a barefoot massage therapist or one who simply stands all day at work, our Tuesday Toesday tip may help work out those crunchies in your tootsies! All it takes for feet self-care is a little hand weight that you may have sitting around at your house. It’s important that your hand weight has rounded edges, otherwise, it…

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