Barefoot Basics:

 

To see a full class listing, check out http://heelingsole.com/workshops.html

Just a quick update: December's Barefoot Basics is now full, which will cap off a total of 64 new Ashiatsu therapists trained in this year in that class by me! Congratulations to those of you who made it in and are (or will be soon) using a great new tool to massage with -your feet!

I can't fit any more Barefoot Basics classes in this year, unless someone figures out how to clone me, but I did squeeze in an Ashi-Thai on December 15-16th. If you want those toes trained by 12/31/11, that really really is your last chance in Texas!

 

See the latest newsletter here: http://www.icontact-archive.com/e3vnSxrRCJe6Ep8hGsJLzKohldhYRNDS?w=3

See the 2011/2012 Texas Ashiatsu schedule here: http://heelingsole.com/workshops.html

~Jeni

I just finished teaching a double whammy of classes almost back-to back: I've got a bit of a calm before the storm when I leave to teach Ashi-Thai and present AOBT at a national Massage Convention in Portland in a few weeks, so let me get my feet on you in the office while I'm available! Visit http://heelingsole.com/services-main.html if you'd like to schedule an Ashiatsu session in San Antonio with me before I take off again on October 13th.

Texas Ashi weekend #2 was Barefoot Basics in Houston this week, drawing in a new crowd of Ashiatsu beginners from the Texas towns of Marshall, Baytown, Houston, Lake Jackson, League City and even all the way from Lavaca Arkansas! Welcome to the Ashi-family Sandy, Frances, Charisma, Tonya, Marilyn and Michelle, and thanks to our host Hollie for a great time in a great place!

 

 

This week I taught an Ashiatsu class in town and had a lot of fun! Here are their smiling faces! If you are an LMT interested in learning the art of barefoot massage, please see the Texas schedule available at HeelingSole.com. 

I was back at work in the office today, massaging away at some lucky clients! I have only one more appointment opening in next weeks schedule, so heads up, you might want to grab it!  I'll see you on the table~

~Jeni

I'm back from my trip to Germany! It was great, and the new Ashiatsu therapists in Weisbaden are amazing! Trying to figure out how to explain the Ashi-bar construction using the metric system was the hardest part ;) Dawn (our super fantastic awesome host and assistant instructor who's an Advanced Ashi and Ashi-Thai trained graduate) arranged a fabulous training site for us on the Weisbaden Army base. Petra and Sabine are the dynamic Deutchland duo, graduates from the very first European Barefoot Basics class. Thanks Miss Dawn, Corey, KC, and all our amazing Weisbaden bodies that we massaged, y'all made it awesome! Here is our group, Petra, Sabine, Miss Dawn and myself in the Weisbaden Ashiatsu training room!:

This past weekend was the TAMT (Texas Association of Massage Therapists) 10th annual convention in Ft Worth, where I taught 2 intro to Ashiatsu classes, and demonstrated the work at a booth. We showed how versatile Ashi can be at an event - we worked through clothing using Ashi-Thai and the Ashi-Anma techniques, and worked directly on the skin with the moves we are best known for from our Barefoot Basics, Anterior/Sidelying and Advanced Ashi classes. Thanks to Jamie, Robyn, Adella, Susan and Cindy for all their help at the booth, Super thanks to all the "Purple Shirts" for everything, to Terry for his awesome history lessons, and to Shelli for a FANTASTIC time :D

A few weekends ago I held a Barefoot Basics and Anterior/Sidelying classes in San Antonio, and it was amazing as usual! Here's Colleen, Jaime, David, upsidedown me, Betsy, Kim & Shanna:

And from the Anterior/Sidelying class there was Colleen, Shanna, Suzanne, and April:

Whats next

• September 7-8th, Ashi-Thai workshop in San Antonio. $399, 16 CE, register HERE
• October 1-3, Barefoot Basics in Germany! More info HERE
• I'll be at the Houston AMTA meeting on September 12th presenting Ashiatsu, another 3 CE opportunity.
• Ashiatsu at the Ft Worth TAMT Massage Conference October 15-17 offering a 4 CE class as well as a booth in the vendor hall. Stop by to get some Ashi-Shwag and a massage!
• Existing Ashiatsu graduates: don't miss the Ashiatsu refresher courses in Austin, Houston, and Dallas! 3 Hours, 3 CE's, $75, we'll focus on your body mechanics, application of the strokes, and questions from you!

See http://www.heelingsole.com/workshops.html for the updated schedule.

Guest CE classes coming to San Antonio this fall:

September 19-20, Fijian Massage, www.barefootmassage.org
(Sun-Mon) Taught by Christyn Rittenhouse, the top instructor under the modalities founder, Lolita Knight, for Fijian Massage

October 3-4, Bamboo-Fusion, www.bamboo-fusion.com
(Sat-Sun) Taught by Dari Haffie, instructor under the modalities creator and master of Bamboo Massage Therapy, Nathalie Cecilia.

So now onto actual massaging! For you clients out there, I'm massaging at the office, schedule your session online or call 210.967.4400 to get on my table and under my feet!
~Jeni

Its a hot hot summer in San Antonio, and we're just warming up! These 8 fabulous pairs of feet were on fire last weekend learning Ashiatsu's Barefoot Basics course with me.

And these are the ACTUAL feet of the 6 gals who joined me for Anterior/Sidelying!

So say "Howdy" to Dana, Kheng, Summer, Emily, April, Sarah, Suzanne, Kristie, Jordan and Courtney!

Not long after my Ashi-trip to Portland, classes started back up in San Antonio again! I had a wonderful one-on-one private 3 day workshop with Diana, teaching her Barefoot Basics with my sole attention on her... she's going to be a barefoot diva!

Just two days later the Ashi-Thai class started, completely full with experienced and talented Ashiatsu therapists - we had so much fun learning how to tie our clients up into pretzels!

So welcome the mid-June batch of Ashi therapists: Diana, Jacqueline, Alyssa, Laura, Hollie, Christina, Rhonda, Stacia & Ronnie!

July brings in another new group of 8 massage therapists who will learn Barefoot Basics, then I go to Denver to teach Advanced Ashiatsu with our founder Ruthie Hardee, then I'm headed right back home to offer the same Advanced Ashiatsu class FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN SAN ANTONIO!

Well, better late than never... It's taking me a while to catch up to normal life since my trip to Portland!

Our class of 6 amazing massage therapists learned Ashi-Thai at the beginning of June in Portland - in the middle of a funny mix of weather. So here's a warm welcome into the realm of Ashi-Thai for Nancy, Cheryl, Akemi, Andrea, Darla, and Sarah! It was gorgeous and sunny while we were in class, then torrential downpours of rain afterwards...but still very pretty. During class we had the windows open listening to local bands play on the sidewalk and scooters zoom by, then by night we dodged the rain by running into yummy thai food restaurants!

I don't have the picture of the students yet - for once I wasn't taking pictures all day long, I was just enjoying every moment of that RAD town! I received a Chavutti Thirumal massage - of which I'll post about in detail as soon as I can! So in the meantime here is one picture I snapped from a building near where we were ;)

BTW: New Barefoot Basics & Anterior/Sidelying Ashiatsu class is added to my schedule~ it's in San Antonio in August!