Before I get to the details, I just wanted to say thank you to all the clients who came in for a massage during April. You helped make this my biggest month yet. I am very encouraged and excited about the new growth at Harvest Moon and hope that May will be even bigger. As a thank you to all my clients I wanted to run a really special offer for May.
Thus, I will be giving away an Ashiatsu barefoot massage in the month of May. If you’re here, you either got an email from me or from a friend or just stumbled in. Feel free to register after you’ve read the details below.
What is Ashiatsu? Ashiatsu literally means foot pressure. This massage is performed with the therapist’s bare feet to deliver a deep and luxurious massage.
How does that work? You, the client, will be on a massage table. I will use overhead bars for support and balance. I will not walk on you, but use my feet to give you an amazing massage.
Feet? Yikes! Most clients can’t distinguish the feel of the foot from the hand during a massage, they do however notice the deeper pressure. Also, I cleanse my feet thoroughly, just as I do my hands and arms, before each massage.
You keep saying deep pressure, does it hurt? It is true the pressure from Ashiatsu is deeper than with a hands-on massage. This is because the therapist has their entire body weight to draw from for leverage. While this has great potential for deep pressure and pain, the foot allows the pressure to spread over a larger body area than a normal hands-on massage. The pain felt with hands-on massage is usually caused by targeted work or in simpler terms from the therapist using their thumb or elbow to target a very small area. So Ashiatsu shouldn’t hurt because of the wider area of pressure application.
Also as a therapist, my job is to monitor your comfort level and customize the pressure to your tolerance. So, no, it doesn’t hurt as long as the therapist and client have open lines of communication.
Where do I register? Read the rules, it gives you the details.
Can I register more than once? Ultimately, I can’t control how many comments you leave. To be fair, I will put a name in for each different piece of contact information left. I think that is the fairest route.
How will I know if I won? I will contact you using the information you leave in the comments as well as announce the winner here on the blog.
If I win, will this massage count toward my Buy Five? Unfortunately, no.
Rules:
1. You must leave a comment to this post with your first name and some type of contact information. (Example: Hi, my name is Sharon and I want a free massage! You can contact me at sharonb(at)hiwaay(dot)net)
2. You must come to my place of business to receive the massage.
3. You must schedule and receive the massage before the end of May.
4. You must be willing to fill out an evaluation to let me know how I’m doing.
6. You must be healthy enough to receive the massage.*
5. You must tell everyone you know about your experience (just kidding, but it wouldn’t hurt!)
Other Important Stuff:
Comments will be open for registration from now until May 8th. I will then put all the names in a hat or a shoe or a bowl and have someone draw a name. Good luck!
* In order to be “healthy enough” to receive Ashiatsu you must not be pregnant or trying to get pregnant, you may not have had any type of major surgery in the last 9 months, you may not have had any surgical eye procedures during the previous 72 hours, you may not be on blood thinners, you must not suffer from phlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, aneurysm, osteoporosis, or fractured ribs.
I wanted to write a post on CEUs because all through massage therapy school and now with conversations with professional therapists there seems to be much consternation and mystery surrounding the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy policies regarding acceptable providers.
