Center for Barefoot Massage

11/14/2025

“Have you ever noticed that once you’ve had a problem in one body area, it’s more likely to be the place where symptoms return or spread? That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s new or more damage – but we may have a volume dial that’s already primed (you could think of it like having more security cameras that are even more sensitive to detecting things going on in the yard).”

This great metaphor was part of an article focused on the Glia, and their contributions to persistent pain patterns. I've been studying the Pain Science content that the Noigroup is putting out, and they never cease to amaze and enlighten with relatable, memorable examples!

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An introduction to glia cells – active players in shaping how sensitive and responsive our nervous system is.

11/11/2025

Barefoot Massage is a game changer!
At The Center for Barefoot Massage, we’ve spent years redefining what it means to deliver deep, therapeutic pressure without strain. Your feet aren’t gimmicky tools—they’re powerful, intelligent instruments capable of nuanced, myofascial work that supports both you and your clients.

We teach Licensed Massage Therapists how and when to use Myofascial Ashiatsu and Barefoot Matwork techniques safely, effectively, and with intention. Each stroke is grounded in anatomy, movement science, and fascial research—because smart feet change everything.

Want to see how gravity can work for you? Step into class and start training those soles.
The future of massage is still afoot.

www.Centerforbarefootmassage.com

10/27/2025

Have you read our latest newsletter? Here it is online!

https://open.substack.com/pub/barefootmassage/p/october-2025-newsletter?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=38nash

10/26/2025

It's easy to get stuck in the idea that flexibility comes from stretching muscles a lot—but true change happens when the nervous system feels safe to move.
In Range of Motion work, every guided movement or gentle resistance we step our clients thru invites their body to notice what is going on during the quality of movement leading up to their perceived end range limits.

This approach blends pain science and tensegrity principles into practice as slow, mindful movement + predictable input = a body that trusts motion again.

Fascia responds to these cues like a living web, redistributing tension through the whole system so movement feels coordinated instead of forced, and it's that noticing part that helps them recalibrate their perception of pain and the need for guarding. As an added bonus, temporary post-session soreness doesn’t necessarily mean harm—it’s the body recalibrating and processing new movement information, updating its sense of what’s safe.

Put this into practice with the work you'll learn with us in FasciAshi's Range of Motion Stretch Therapy class!

https://centerforbarefootmassage.com/range-of-motion-rom/

10/22/2025

10/18/2025

We teach Myofascial Barefoot Massage. That's it. That's the post. See you in class!

10/15/2025

Colorado's latest ROM/Stretch Therapy class!

Our ROM Stretch Therapy class teaches barefoot massage therapist how to GUIDE the body through safe, supported MOVEMENT - FREEING up stuck spots, CALMING the nervous system and CREATING space for REAL change.

Next Colorado Stretch Therapy class will be April ‘26!

10/15/2025

Certification is not real, for the most part, in the Massage industry. Read the article at the link below, where we explore ‘certification' in our industry, discuss the changes we’ve made at the Center for Barefoot Massage, and clarify what true certification really means.

We hope the stances we take at the Center for Barefoot Massage firstly improve the learning experience for attendees in our courses, but ultimately show our professional integrity and dedication to making a positive difference in the industry.

(Certification, Certificate & Certified: they can drive you certifiably bonkers!)

10/14/2025

Long weekend in San Antonio sustaining long careers and great minds!

We just spent four incredible days blending movement and myofascial work from our Intermediate and ROM / Stretch Therapy classes—feeling every shift from the inside out. We explored how strength and resistance activate each stretch, played with creative movement cues and angle of pressure options, fine-tuned the balance between grip and glide, and worked on each other with SERIOUSLY seasoned soles. Somewhere between the laughter, the learning, and the friendships, the classroom turned into its own little barefoot universe.

These deep-dive weekends with fellow fascia nerds (and a few Taylor Swift Easter egg saturated binge weekends of my own) fill my nervous system with the good kind of hum. Long live the SOLES who keep showing up with curiosity, intention, and open-minded feet: you help remind me that the future of massage really is a foot ❤️‍🔥

Barefoot Massage has come a long way since the Center for Barefoot Massage launched in 2017—and even further since I hung my very first strap back in 2003. Watching this work grow, evolve, and gain recognition has been one of the most empowering forces grounding my career… proof that when we follow our own pull of gravity in good company, we really can heel the world one sole at a time.

Thank you and have fun with the new stuff!
-Jeni

10/10/2025

Does your client struggle to externally rotate their hip?

Do your clients really need to lay face down for so long? Do they get sick of being in that face cradle so much?!

Do you want to address your client in the position they sleep FOR HOURS in, essentially meeting them in their natural habitat (lol)

Are you working extra hard to get enough contact and pressure on the lateral body while the client is supine or prone?

Is your own dorsiflexion range of motion an obstacle that is getting in your way for some of the Fundamentals strokes?

Can't get enough pressure in their neck and shoulders?

Need a better focus on Fibularis Longus/Brevis, Adductors, TFL, Lats and QL?

❤️Sidelying is the answer to all these things ❤️

We just added a Sidelying adaptation of shoulder strokes into the ROM class to get that commonly restricted area moving again.

Half of the Intermediate class is spent teaching you a full body series of strokes for the sides of your client.

Our Advanced class carries on from there and gives you a 360 degree approach to working completely around their entire body: front, back and sides, taking the edges out.

The new Clinical Neck specialty class goes sideways, too, for quick efficiency.

Sidelying massage is not just for prenatal work. Join the next Intermediate class and live your best Level-Up Era.
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