starting advanced ashiatsu training today....

[sweet heart xx]

Wish me luck! I'm learning the anterior/sidelying routine today, the 2-footed strokes tomorrow and Saturday, and the Fusion Blend on Sunday. I'm excited. But I know I will be tired afterward!
anybody here taken these classes and have any feedback, suggestions, anything? I'm sure they will be as awesome as the first class, but I would love to hear other's experiences.

 

[Muayad Q]

Good luck. The two footed techniques will probably tire you out, but anterior and sidelying will be fine. I have not taken Fusion, but I imagine that will be exhausting. Didn't you recently take Ashi Basics? Did you get all your practice in and take the test? I thought there was a minimum waiting time on that? Maybe they've changed the rules a bit since I took it.

Have fun!

 

[fittyp205]

Ahh, the fusion blend class was the 'ah-ha!!' moment for me... It really pulls everything together and makes for a yummy integrated experience - the true dance! Enjoy!!

 

[EzLover23]

Hi guys!

Yes, there is still a recommended waiting period - or if you get alot of practice in right away - I had my bars up within 2 days of basics and have been doing about 10-15 ashi's a week since the middle of December. I just certed out tonight - before the 2footed class tomorrow.
So, I am now certified - woohoo!
Anterior/sidelying was today and was cool - not completely exhausting - as I'm sure tomorrow's class will be!!! love love love the pec work, YUM.

 

[Ashleigh P]

finished DF2 today, and feeling great!! I love doing it, and my husband was my client today and he LOVED receiving it. I have the fusion blend tomorrow
I'm tired, but not as completely wiped out as with BB, I think because for this class I was much more prepared for the amount of energy I was going to be expending. So, I'm having alot of fun! and I can't wait to see how it all blends together for an integrated experience. I can tell already that my clients are going to just love this.

 

[Candid Chris]

Congrats on being certified!!!!! Sounds like you defnitely got a lot of practice in! For some reason, I thought it had been only a few weeks since you took DF1. Time is flying! I guess too, because I then waited a while before taking more classes, it seemed like it was fast to me. It just so happened to work out that way for me because of $$ and other things going on in my life at the time.

Can't wait to hear how the Fusion Blend went. I have no plans to take that one.

 

[S. Parkmen]

The fusion blend was great... but it was the most difficult day for me - I think because it was the 4th day of class in a row and I was hitting a wall - I was so tired!!! It wasn't really making sense to me until the last 2 hours of class, and then I had that "ah ha" moment.
I'm not sure how I'm going to incorporate it into my practice just yet - the fusion requires a diaper drape, and I'm not sure my clients are quite ready for that! But it really did feel very continuous and flowing, my husband commented several times that it felt like a flow.

 

[M P]

I just use regular draping for my ashi work - and my ashi is all fusion. I don't even use the beach towel anymore - just got really good at tucking in a regular old top sheet...

 

[Shae]

I just use regular draping for my ashi work - and my ashi is all fusion. I don't even use the beach towel anymore - just got really good at tucking in a regular old top sheet...

But even so, wouldn't you still need to do the diaper drape to do fusion? Otherwise, you would still be stopping to tuck and untuck, and then it wouldn't flow smoothly and therefore, would not be fusion.

 

[Schooling You]

Yeah, I do stop & untuck - but can do so rather quickly...

work back
untuck leg 1 - work leg
untuck leg 2 - work leg
redrape/flip

it does breaks it up a little, but it works for me.

 

[Villain]

I use "pareos" as a top sheet, also known as sarongs or bathingsuit wraps. Not as big as a single flat sheet.

I have used a diaper drape since I started linking together the Barefoot Basics strokes to create my own fusion. I have clients who have had massages all over the world and clients who are pretty new to massage. If they are massage newbies I steer them to Swedish/Deep Tissue for their very first massage. Anyway, I have never had a problem with the diaper drape. Once you begin the massage, I think any discomfort rapidly melts away. By the end of the massage, the drape is not a concern.

Congrats on taking the Fusion Blend!

Sally
Barefoot in Cozumel