We give massage therapists the tools to become fanatical ashiatsu practitioners, curious anatomy nerds, and confident barefoot massage specialists within niche markets of sports massage, medical massage, and pain-science based relaxation massage therapy.
If you've heard of barefoot massage in the last 10 years - chances are the waves we have been making in Texas are what rippled into your point of view!
The Texas Ashiatsu scene is a big part of the forward momentum across the growing barefoot massage industry. Our Texas Ashiatsu Instructors, Jeni Spring and Hillary Arrieta, are involved with the Texas AMTA, the AFMTE, NCBTMB, and local massage school boards. We stay in touch with our profession at the state and national level so that we can help create change for the future of Barefoot Massage Therapists.
We practice what we teach: as FasciAshi instructors, we continue to offer barefoot massage services to our own clients in addition to teaching continuing education courses. We believe that maintaining an active practice in what we teach keeps the material fresh, evolving, and responsive.
Plus, we love the work so much that we want to continue massaging! (We'll be two feet deep in our clients muscles until we are 6 feet deep in the ground!)
“I just completed an intro barefoot massage (3 day) class with Jeni. She came highly recommended to me by many people from the Austin massage industry and she was just as amazing as they said ! Super passionate about this phenomenal technique and it’s place in our industry. She led a very thorough class, with proper spot on anatomy, body mechanics and safe instructions that made it a very enjoyable learning experience. She even took the time to generously give us blue prints with full instructions for building or having someone build our own equipment. Very kind, funny and beautifully humble lady on a personal note. A pure joy to work with, I look forward to working more with her.”
“Hand to heaven...25+ years in the massage therapy industry (therapist and educator).
The Ashiatsu session I received from Jeni Spring was hands-down the best massage I have ever experienced. If I lived in San Antonio I would be on her books once a week!”
-Chuck Lubeck
“Best class ever with Jeni Spring in Texas! I love giving Ashi massage and my clients love it too. If ur a massage therapist I highly suggest this class with Jeni! It will change ur massage career for the best!”
-Amy Millsap
“Advanced Ashiatsu Nov. 4-6 2016: Game changer!
Jeni Spring: Superstar! You are an amazing instructor. I love your passion for our craft, I strive to be as dedicated as you. Thank you so much for the experience and sharing your vast knowledge. It was a pleasure for sure, you rocked my world!
I highly recommend to anyone who is looking to up your game to take the advanced class from Jeni!”
-Tyana Pillow
“I am having so much fun learning the fundamentals of ashiatsu from Hillary that I don’t want this weekend to end!”
“Why did I learn Barefoot Massage? Because I wanted something different, I wanted to last past the supposed career expiration date... And I wanted to dance thru my massages.... Not just stand there like a zombie with my arms stretched out touching someone. Plus, I never seem to pick the easy thing, I must have a subconscious "need" to make my own life more complicated because I'm not drawn to do what everyone else does, and I'm so stubborn that I tend to pick hobbies and interests that aren't easy to explain or easy to do... I just pick the weird thing, nerd out about it, get good at it, and try to make it more mainstream.”
-Jeni Spring
“Why did I learn Barefoot Massage? Initially I learned a hack version from an employer. It was really barefoot compression and it opened my eyes to how much the tissue changed within a short amount of time. I loved using my whole body weight too. But mostly because it made a big difference for my clients and I had to know more!! “
Hillary Arrieta
“Why did I learn Barefoot Massage? I felt I had gotten into the massage game late. I got my license when i was 43. So I knew if I was going to have any longevity in this profession I needed something else. I also wanted something that set me apart from hands on therapists. I had heard about barefoot massage. Finally, THANK GOD, I found Jeni, and the rest is history.”
Marty Caskey
“Jeni Spring is a fantastic instructor who is passionate about her craft. She loves teaching others and passing on her passion for Ashiatsu.“
“It is very worth driving to San Antonio for this career and game changer! You pick up the awesome vibes of the trainers and not a table! Jeni's instructors are super amazing! I'm going back to narrow my focus on Range of Motion and who knows what else afterwards! I am amazed at how well I was able to accelerate my technique using the feet. It would not be safe or possible without this professional school. I highly recommend this to other LMT's and to all those thinking about receiving, the clients loved our intern massages. I guarantee you'll be blessed by a session with the pros! “
“… FasciAshi is exactly what I needed in my practice. I have only been practicing Barefoot massage for a year & I had already fallen into a rut. My loyal Barefoot clients are loving the new techniques. My massage moved up a level and I’m so grateful!”
“I took the I intro class this January and loved it! It was the breathe of fresh air I needed to learn something new as a 10 year seasoned therapist who was feeling a little stuck… I intend to keep this amazing technique in my practice anywhere I go! 😁😌♥️♥️ Jeni is a fantastic teacher and charming personally too! Her class is awesomely thorough!”
“This advanced training is amazing! I love to give deep tissue, but my arms were hurting daily. I have been certified since February 2011, and it has changed the scope of my entire practice. The best part is seeing the dramatic improvement Ashiatsu gives to the client due to the unparalleled efficacy of this technique…”
“A fantastic place to receive the BEST training in barefoot massage!“
“When I graduated MT school in 2014 and saw her doing a demo at an AMTA convention, I knew this is what I wanted to do!!! Ms. Jeni is the bombdiggaty!!! Love her too pieces!!!”
For Massage Therapists like you!
Hundreds of massage therapists since 2008 have learned from Jeni Spring and found their calling to massage with their feet - everyone of them from a different walk of life. Whether you are fresh out of massage school or a massage veteran, whether you work for someone or you own your own business, incorporating Barefoot Massage techniques will help you "save your hands for other things" as we like to say!
Our classes have been many massage therapists first continuing education class, as they've started out their calling to providing HEELING bodywork on the right foot. We've seen entrepreneurial and experienced massage therapists who might have feel faded or exhausted in their careers get completely amped up and re-inspired in their work, thanks to ashiatsu.
"They" say that you are lucky to make it to the 7th year practicing massage. It definitely takes 2 years to hone in on your craft and create a solid following - so that leaves you with just 5 years to survive and thrive? That's not enough to pay off your massage school loans! Adding Barefoot Massage as the main power tool in your massage toolbelt can lengthen your career, save your body, and gain you a strong following of clients as you continue to massage f-a-r beyond the 7 year predictions. Jeni is at year 15.
Licensed Massage Therapists will start with our FasciAshi Fundamentals or Fijian Massage classes, then progressively increase your barefoot massage technique vocabulary through our Intermediate, ROM, and Advanced levels of training.
We only provide live training - no online classes. This is a big deal to us.
Find your footing the deeper you get into training. Niche down into your area of expertise and stoke your interests with a focus on Relaxation Based Barefoot Massage, Barefoot Sports Massage, Clinical Barefoot Massage, or floor-based Barefoot Bodywork. You've already stepped up your game by learning FasciAshi, these specialty tracks allow you to cater your training to your clients "kneads". We'll be releasing new classes to these tracks each year, so you can #NeverStopLearning!
With the Texas Ashiatsu training hub based out of San Antonio, Texas with Jeni Spring, you'll find guest FasciAshi instructors and Barefoot influencers from across the nation. Hillary Arrieta's satellite training location in the Dallas, Texas area offers small, intimate classes and focuses on you getting centered in the beginning stages of this work. PLUS, train with us, and open up your opportunities to travel to any Center for Barefoot Massage instructor across the nation and be eligible to attend upper level courses!
If it's one thing that massage therapists are not consistently good at - it's taking care of themselves. We give and give, but our own self care can take a hit. With FasciAshi, you'll be saving your hands by reducing the grip. You'll be limiting the amount of compression forces in your wrists and shoulders. You'll get to stand up straight and work on your own posture while massaging - rather than hunching over. Although you aren't doing pull-ups all hour long in your bars, the micro-movements of lift will help to strengthen and tone your upper limbs, while also creating traction in your wrists. Your glutes, adductors and core will activate as you dance through your massages. Your feet will be constantly stimulated and strengthened as they bend and contort to mold into the uneven shapes of your clients body. The ease of providing deep tissue with the help of your body weight and gravity will conserve your physical and mental energy so that you can have a life outside of work. YOU. You are the #1 reason to learn FasciAshi.
Your journey starts here. This beginner Ashiatsu training will teach you how to use your feet to provide a full body deep tissue, myofascial release and trigger point work focused barefoot massage session.
Complete the self-study Certification program for this class later to gain access to the Relaxation Based Barefoot Massage Track of Classes
Give weight and wait. This intermediate ashiatsu class empowers the experienced barefoot massage therapist to maintain long trigger point holds and deliver deep, slower gliding strokes to the anterior and lateral aspects of your client’s body. Get to the forgotten muscles, or at least the hard to reach ones, and learn new ways to utilize your ashi-strap to help you massage on different planes with varying angles of pressure.
Complete this class for access to the Advanced FasciAshi course...
Using Passive, Active and Resisted Range of Motion techniques, this stretch therapy class allows the Massage Therapist to stand on a massage table and maneuver clients limbs with their feet, while holding onto overhead support for balance and leverage. This helps a practitioner effortlessly maintain consistent pressure and leverage while providing sustained compression, and long fascial stretches.
Complete the self-study Certification program for this class later and you'll have access to the Barefoot Sports Massage Track of Classes
This advanced level class empowers the experienced ashiatsu barefoot massage therapist to work with more difficult single and double footed strokes, potentially applying their full bodyweight as “kneaded.” 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, myofascial barefoot massage focusing on structural alignment.
Complete the self-study Certification program for this class later and you'll have access to the Clinical Barefoot Massage Track of Classes
This style of barefoot massage is performed on a floor mat, with the client clothed - no bars overhead are needed. Fijian Massage incorporates specific, deep pressure followed by a vigorous jostle movement to the larger muscle groups, and works with intensity by using our strong toes and bony aspects of our feet to create simple, rhythmic stroke repetitions. There are no prerequisites for this class - it’s beginner level neuromuscular barefoot massage!
Our focused Track Classes are only available to those who pass the corresponding level of Certification. Once you’ve stepped up your game by learning FasciAshi and completing your Certification process(es), these specialty tracks allow you to cater your training to your clients.
Tracks currently available:
Catch the wave: See when and where you can learn to body surf in a Texas Barefoot Massage class. Click here for course descriptions
You probably have a ton of questions. We don't want you to have cold feet - so lets get those questions answered!
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