I want to start out by saying, “Wow!” World Massage Festival was fantastic. There were vendors hocking everything from CEUs to massage gadgets to music to essential oils. I don’t know what I was expecting, but whatever it was, I got it plus some!

I spent the weekend helping with the DeepFeet booth. I got to do a lot of Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy massage on other therapists wanting to try it out. I got to watch Julie Marciniak, an AOBT instructor in North Carolina, and Ruthie Hardee, the founder of AOBT, both do AOBT massage on other therapists. It was very interesting and I learned a lot.

Apparently they were pleased with my help because Ruthie invited me to help with the booth at the American Massage Therapy Association National Convention in October over on the west coast in Portland, Oregon. I don’t know yet if I’ll be able to go what with the cost of a flight, hotel and ground transportation, but what an honor. I am so honored to even be asked.

I’m sending a big thank you out to Julie for teaching me a new move she created and I’m sure if you’re one of my clients you’ll want to send out a big thank you to her as well. I’ve already tested it out and it got two big thumbs up.

And speaking of clients, I know it’s been tough the last couple of weeks to get in if you’ve called at the last minute, but things should start opening up so call now to get on the schedule.

Something else I wanted to mention since a lot of folks have asked about it, Bamboo Fusion. The Bamboo Fusion class I wanted to take in June was cancelled and I’ve been looking for another one to schedule into. I made some contacts this weekend with a few therapists in Georgia who are going to try to host a class so I will let you know when and if that happens. If you’re a therapist looking to take a Bamboo Fusion class, let me know and I’ll get you information as I get it. And you can always hit the Massage CEU Central group on Facebook for developing CEU information, but be sure to let me know you’re interested. If we can get 8 commitments for North Alabama I can get someone to come to us.

So, what’s next? Well, I think I’m going to write a series of Burning Questions posts as I got a lot of the same questions over and over again at WMF this year. So stay tuned for answers to questions like, how I keep my feet so soft, how bad was DeepFeet 2 really, and can I feel with my feet like I do with my hands. And if you have any other questions about massage, barefoot or otherwise, leave it in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer it.

Thanks for stopping by!

My post on World Massage Festival is coming, I promise. The holdup is that I’ve been asked to write a post for the Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy blog on World Massage Festival so I don’t want the posts to stomp on each other.

For now though, take a look at this interview by Massage Nerd. That’s me with Ruthie Hardee. I did a lot of smiling and nodding, but if you’re patient you’ll get to hear me talk a little around the 4:30 minute mark.

Enjoy!

I leave this morning for Cullowhee, NC and the World Massage Festival. I’ll be demonstrating in the DeepFeet booth with Ruthie and numerous other Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy therapists and instructors. If you’re going to be there be sure to stop by and say hi!

You can follow my travel progress on Facebook at Harvest Moon Massage Therapy & Reflexology.

I’ll be home Sunday and ready to see clients next week. Have a great weekend, everyone!