Love massage. Save your body. Extend your career.

You became a massage therapist to help people, not to sacrifice your own body in the process.

Sore thumbs. Aching wrists. Tired shoulders. A cranky low back. The physical demands of massage therapy are real, and over time, they can take a serious toll.

Ashiatsu changes the way you work.

As a gravity-based modality, Ashiatsu allows you to use your body weight and gravity to create beautiful, consistent pressure instead of relying on the small joints and muscles of your hands, thumbs, wrists, and upper body.

Your feet become your tools.

And they are incredible tools.

Broad, strong, adaptable, and beautifully able to mold to the contours of the body, the feet allow you to deliver deep, therapeutic pressure while significantly reducing the repetitive strain placed on your hands and upper body.

Work Smarter. Not Harder.

For many massage therapists, learning Ashiatsu isn’t simply about adding another modality to the menu. It’s about career longevity.

It’s about being able to deliver the deep pressure your clients want without destroying your thumbs to give it to them. It’s about better body mechanics. Less repetitive strain. Using gravity instead of muscle. Learning how to work with your body instead of constantly asking more from it. And there’s another important piece: your ability to thrive financially in this career.

When your own physical strength and endurance are doing most of the work, there is a natural limit to how much massage you can sustainably provide. With Ashiatsu, gravity and body weight do much of the heavy lifting for you. Less wear and tear can mean greater capacity. Instead of your hands, wrists, shoulders, or back determining how many sessions you can physically handle, body friendly massage can help make a fuller schedule more sustainable.

Work smarter. Preserve your body. Increase your capacity. And create greater potential to thrive financially doing the work you love.

And it’s about discovering a modality that is incredibly fun to practice. There is something almost like a combination of surfing and dancing about Ashiatsu, the balance, movement, rhythm and flow. Once you become comfortable on the bars, it can completely change the way you experience giving massage.

Invest in Yourself.

Your education is more than another certification to add to your résumé. It’s an investment in your body, your skill, your earning potential, and the longevity of your career. The techniques you choose to build your practice around today can shape how you feel doing this work years from now.

Learn skills that protect you. Develop a specialty that sets you apart. Build a practice that can support you—not just professionally, but physically and financially.

Your body is the foundation of your career. Invest accordingly.

Don’t Wait Until Your Body Hurts.

You do not need years of massage experience to learn Ashiatsu. Brand-new massage therapists can learn barefoot massage, too—and in many ways, we wish more therapists would. Too often, body-friendly modalities are something massage therapists seek out after their thumbs hurt, their wrists are angry, or their backs are beginning to tell them that something needs to change.

Why wait until you’re injured to learn a better way to work?

We encourage massage therapists to begin building body-friendly techniques into their practice early. Learning how to use gravity, body weight, proper mechanics, and larger tools like the feet from the beginning can help you create a career designed with longevity in mind.

Whether you’ve been practicing for twenty years or you just received your massage license, Ashiatsu can become an incredibly valuable part of your toolbox.

Set Yourself Apart.

Massage is a saturated market in many communities. There are a lot of talented massage therapists out there and developing a specialty can give clients a compelling reason to choose you.

Ashiatsu is memorable. It looks different. It feels different. And once clients experience what skilled barefoot massage can do, it often becomes the service they specifically seek out. Adding Ashiatsu to your practice gives you an opportunity to offer something beyond the traditional massage experience, develop a specialty, build a loyal following, and create a professional identity that stands out in a crowded field.

Protect your body. Elevate your skill set. And give people a reason to remember you.

Learn with DeepFeet Bar Therapy

DeepFeet Bar Therapy is the nation’s largest and longest-standing barefoot massage education company, with a comprehensive curriculum designed specifically for professional massage therapists.

DeepFeet education goes far beyond simply learning how to stand on a table and use your feet. You’ll learn proper body mechanics, bar safety, foot placement, pressure control, transitions, contraindications, technique, flow and how to confidently integrate barefoot massage into your professional practice. And when you take a DeepFeet class in Missoula, Montana, you won’t be disappearing into a room full of students.

Our classes are intentionally very small. That means close supervision, individualized feedback, hands-on guidance and plenty of one-on-one instruction. We want to actually watch you work, help you make adjustments, answer your questions and make sure you leave feeling confident in what you’ve learned.

Less Lecture. More Feet on the Table.

Ashiatsu is something you learn by doing.

Nearly the entire course is spent at the massage table—watching, practicing, receiving, refining and practicing again.

You’ll experience the techniques from both sides of the table, giving you an understanding not only of how to perform each movement, but how it actually feels to receive it.By the end of class, you won’t simply have pages of notes about Ashiatsu. You’ll have Ashiatsu in your body.

Your Hands Have Worked Hard Enough.

If you love being a massage therapist but wonder how your body will feel after another five, ten or twenty years of doing this work, Ashiatsu may be one of the most valuable investments you make in your career.

And if you’re just beginning? Even better.

You don’t have to wait until your body is hurting to start thinking about career longevity.

A sustainable career isn’t only about how many years you can practice. It’s about being able to build a practice that supports you physically and financially along the way.

Learn something new.

Protect the body that makes your career possible.

Set yourself apart.

Expand your earning potential.

Give your clients something extraordinary.

And maybe fall in love with massage all over again.

Make a Little Adventure Out of It.

Depending on the season, you might:

Hike the “M” on Mount Sentinel overlooking the University of Montana and Missoula Valley

Walk or bike the Riverfront Trail along the Clark Fork

Explore the Rattlesnake, Pattee Canyon, Blue Mountain, or Mount Jumbo trail systems

Float, paddle, kayak, raft, or fly fish one of our local rivers

Explore downtown Missoula, filled with locally owned restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques, galleries, breweries, and gathering placesCatch some live music or a show while you’re here

Visit a nearby hot spring and soak after a few very full days on the massage table

Or simply grab a great meal, find a spot by the river, and enjoy being in Montana for a while

Missoula offers hundreds of miles of public trails, three iconic rivers, a lively downtown arts and dining scene, and easy access to outdoor recreation—so there is plenty to build around your class.

Learn Something Incredible. Go Somewhere Beautiful.

A DeepFeet class can be more than continuing education.

Give yourself permission to make it a getaway. Come learn a modality that can change the way you practice massage, meet other therapists, spend a few days immersed in something new—and experience a little of what makes Missoula, Montana such a special place while you’re here.

Invest in your career. Invest in yourself. And have a little adventure along the way.

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