Hello and happy fall season! We are wrapping up 2025 and still have some classes with space available each month before the new year - so if you need one more tax-deductible expense while levelling up your feet, check out the end of this message for the schedule!
🕒 Heads up, Ashi friends — the clock’s ticking!
If you’ve already trained in Ashiatsu somewhere else and are eligible to skip Fundamentals, this is your sign to step right up... literally. The transfer policy expires December 31, and after that, everyone who has not attended our FasciAshi Fundamentals class (yep, even experienced folks) will be routed there before continuing their journey to any next level or specialty classes we offer.
So if you’ve been planning to jump straight into Intermediate or ROM/Stretch Therapy, or maybe you’ve finished Intermediate and are aiming to get into the Advanced class, don’t wait — grab your spot before the year’s up and get those feet back in the game.
Otherwise, come 2026, you’ll simply start with Fundamentals before picking up where you left off.
👉 Check your eligibility and class options here.
What’s in this message?
Protips and easy resources
FEETured Class
Upcoming class dates & links showing back-to-back immersion options
Latest articles & Deep Dives
New paid subscription articles (And how to get a free pass!)
Protips & Easy Resources:
You can always find our current list of instructors and training campuses (and travel tips for each one) on our website, CenterForBarefootMassage.com.
Watch & Learn: They’re oldies but goodies: watch our #TuesDayTOESday videos on YouTube for quick tips and tricks.
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Supplies & Equipment: Need that cool foot warmer your instructor had? Check out our recommended supplies on Amazon.
Check out the FasciAshi store! Available only after you’ve completed a class with us, you can purchase the FasciAshi Strap, T-shirts and more!
List Your Business: Get found by clients searching for barefoot massage therapists! Add your business to our FREE “Sole-Provider” directory.
Explain Your Skills: Need help explaining your new techniques to clients? Read our helpful guide for inspiration on how to better communicate the benefits of barefoot massage.
Need marketing help? We’ve got a 30-day content strategy in the store available to download that will set your socials up to educate your clients on the benefits of Barefoot Massage! (For alumni only)
FEETured class:
👣 FasciAshi Fundamentals (2026 Edition!)
Big things are coming to FasciAshi Fundamentals next year. This class has always been the foundation of everything we teach—but starting in 2026, we’re expanding it to reflect where the science (and our feet) have been taking us.
Our updated Fundamentals will include:
Pain science integration — helping you understand how pressure, sensation, and perception all work together to support nervous system regulation and lasting change.
Evidence-informed resources that connect fascia research, interoception, and biomechanics with what you feel underfoot in real time.
Modern anatomy through the lens of tensegrity, replacing outdated “stacked bones” models with a dynamic understanding of how the body suspends and supports itself.
Myth-busting discussions that challenge old massage-school stories and replace them with accurate, science-supported perspectives.
Refined manual and teaching materials designed to deepen your understanding of how gravity, sustained pressure, and mindful pacing create therapeutic change—for both you and your clients.
This evolution keeps FasciAshi Fundamentals aligned with our mission: to help massage therapists trust their feet as intelligent tools, grounded in anatomy, fascia research, and modern pain science.
If you’ve never taken Fundamentals... or it’s been a while... 2026 is the perfect time to come back and experience how far this work has come.
👉 See when and where we are offering the class here.
Class Schedule for the rest of 2025!
No FOMO: Travel once, train twice! Special back-to-back immersion experiences are listed below in ~Italics~
Here’s the plan as of right now - this could change. You can always see the most up to date schedule here
October
Fundamentals: Dallas, Texas 10/24-26
North Carolina Immersion: Stay an extra day for more practice on more clients!
ROM/Stretch Therapy: Durham, North Carolina 10/27-28SOLE’d Out!ROM Stretch Therapy Student Clinic: Durham, North Carolina 10/29
November
Fundamentals: Decatur, Alabama 11/6-8
Fundamentals: Cincinnati, Ohio 11/6-8
Fundamentals: Hayden, Idaho 11/7-9
Intermediate: Colorado Springs, CO 11/7-8
Fijian Matwork: Dallas, Texas 11/8-9
Fundamentals: St Louis, Missouri 11/13-15
Idaho Immersion: Spend 1/2 a day refreshing beginner content with Chancy, then 2 days learning the Intermediate content with Jackie
Fundamentals Touch-Up: Hayden, Idaho 11/14
Intermediate: Hayden, Idaho, 11/15-16
Fundamentals: San Luis Obispo, California 11/19-21
December
Fundamentals: Colorado Springs, Colorado 12/4-6
Central Cali Immersion: All the things, PLUS an extra day of Fundamentals practice before leveling up!
Fundamentals: San Luis Obispo, California 12/5-7
Fundamentals Touch-Up: San Luis Obispo, California 12/8
Intermediate: San Luis Obispo, California 12/9-10
Fundamentals: Albany, New York 12/5-7
St Louis Immersion: Get deep with heat and with more strategy
Fundamentals: Tustin, California 12/12-14
Fundamentals: Dallas, Texas 12/12-14
Click here for 2026 classes planned so far!
Our Advanced and Clinical Neck Classes will be posted ASAP - they may be there by the time you look, but if not, just know they are coming! (We just have to fix a temporary glitch in the system first)
If a class is SOLE’d Out, you’ll see a red “Out of Stock” banner OR it may disappear from the list entirely. Keep in mind that classes may be canceled if minimum registration isn’t met 15–30 days before start—please sign up early so we get an accurate count and keep the class in action.
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (“Footnotes”) and find a Barefoot Massage near you (or get yourself listed) on our Sole Provider Directory.
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