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If so, have you seen the new Graduates Corner? It’s a social networking site designed specifically for Ashiatsu therapists. Network, trade, photos, videos, name that Ashi stroke, you name it, it seems to be there.
I’m still waiting for other Ashi therapists in the north Alabama area to sign up. I need someone to trade with!
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I recently saw a client who had spent a week in airports across Europe and the U.S. trying to get home after spending the holidays in Italy.
I can’t say that I’d ever wondered what sleeping on benches and chairs and floors would do to my back. I suppose if I’d ever considered it, I figured I’d be permanently broken. This client, surprisingly, was not. Of course, she’s younger, still in college. Still, I was surprised that she wasn’t in worse shape.
While working with her, I began to contemplate the levels of frustration spending that much time stranded must have generated. I can’t imagine.
Afterward as I was driving home listening to the news from Haiti, I began thinking about how frustrated and desperate the survivors of the earthquake must feel. The outpouring of aid from the U.S. is encouraging. I hope it’s in time.
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Wow, what a challenge! Deepfeet II was a wonderful class. The strokes are a great extension to the one-footed strokes and allow a much deeper and complete Ashiatsu massage. The Fusion class added even more strokes teaching us to transition smoothly and give that signature “Deepest Most Luxurious Massage On the Planet”.
This photo is me learning Ruthie’s Wave, a two-footed stroke that works the hip. Most of our guest clients loved this move as it feels wonderful. The soreness from the class is finally passing and I can’t wait to get a client on the table!
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We had a great anterior and side-lying Ashiatsu class yesterday. I’m sore from all the work and convinced that I have to find an Ashi practitioner closer to home. I feel much looser than normal.
I have pictures, but I forgot the download cable at home so I’ll post them when I get back.
Today starts the Deep Feet II class and I’m really nervous about it. I’ll be looking for guinea pigs to let me practice on again soon so if you’re willing, leave a comment.
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I’ve been waiting to write about the AOBT class I took back in February in hopes that I could post an actual photo of my office (with overhead bars installed), a client on the table, and me dancing lithely across the back of some muscle bound hunk of a client.
As with any construction project I have ever been involved in, it’s taking a lot longer than I anticipated to get my overhead bars installed. So for now, I thought I would post one of the photos my instructor took during our “final exam” for the class.
If you want to see more about this discipline, I found a very inspiring (as a therapist) video on YouTube this morning. Since I haven’t quite figured out how to embed videos here yet, I’ll just give you the link and you can follow and watch if you wish. I highly recommend it. Ashiatsu Fitness @ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5GGHqShqe0
Hopefully, I’ll be posting photos of my office in it’s new incarnation as an AOBT therapy location next week. Keep your fingers crossed!
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