Jeni Spring, Licensed Massage Therapist & Certified Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapist (LMP, LMT, CAOBT, MTI)

• WA State Licenced Massage Practitioner #MA00018117
• TX State Licensed Massage Therapist #MT047987
• TX State Licensed Massage Instructor #MI2235
• TX State Licensed Continuing Education Provider #CE1378
• NCBTMB Continuing Education Provider #283551-00

I have always felt that Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy helped me start my massage career on the right foot. Just like most people out there, I used to walk on my dad's back as a kid, I massaged the dog with my feet because I was too tired to use my hands, and as a dancer I always use my toes to pick up things around the house. Using my feet came kind of naturally.

Throughout my massage training, I felt my body wanting to dance during each session. So I did. That led to my belly holding up the clients head or feet, my hip pushing into clients while using my hands and arms, my knee propping itself onto the client for a deeper hold, and eventually led to down to my feet.

While in my last term of my massage training, we were required to give a researched report on a massage modality that interested us, and I had stumbled upon an article in Massage Magazine about Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy that looked fantastic. The same week a massage instructor of mine introduced me to her own barefoot massage creation, which she called "Lucky Feet", and I was lucky enough to receive a session from her. So needless to say, with Yvonne's sample of barefoot massage, and the article I found about Ashi, I was instantly amazed and hooked. I found an AOBT workshop a few weeks later and signed up — that Barefoot Basics workshop in 2003 was the same week I graduated from massage school, so I skipped my graduation ceremony and went to a life changing Ashiatsu workshop on an island near Seattle... I didn't even have my diploma or license yet!

I've massaged with my feet just as long as I've massaged professionally with my hands! Trained by the founder and leading instructors of both Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy and Fijian Massage, I helped build Barefoot Massage awareness in the Seattle area during my first 5 years of providing massage. Since my very beginnings I have felt footloose and fancy free, but yet grounded by this amazing work. Ashiatsu allows me to give the Deepest, Most Luxurious Massage on the Planet while dancing my own movement meditation of sorts. I love Ashiatsu, without it I would probably have carpal tunnel syndrome by now, would more than likely have an aching back, and might have burnt out on massage. Barefoot massage is definitely a career starter, saver, and rejuvenator! When I broke my arm roller skating in January 2010, I was able to start massaging while still in a cast only 3 weeks later simply because I massage with my feet. Without barefoot massage, I would be out of work for 4-6 months while that bone healed.

Now in San Antonio, I am one of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy's Associate Instructors. I can't wait to teach you this barefoot voodoo that I do! Come see the Alamo, get a Texas belt buckle and let me show you what we call "Texas Two Step... Ashiatsu style."