Mary-Claire Fredette's Page

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Yay! I'm excited to announce that I'll be a guest speaker for the Kentucky chaper of the AMTA at their spring conference in March. It'll be a 3 hour class on Bamboo-fusion.

I'm sure it is possible to get a good quality education through reading or online if one is self motivated. Certainly, courses abound for those massage therapists who can't get to classes for one reason or another. Travel expenses, time off of work, babysitting issues, etc. can make it difficult (if not nearly impossible) to take a CEU class.



Because I am licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, I am required to have 3 hours of ethics every 2 years. My first time, I took a "book"… Continue

I think this is a cool picture of Ashi-Thai. It's one of the very few strokes in this modality that is actually skin on skin. Perfect for stretching out the client's gastrocnemius!

If you've taken Barefoot Basics, but your clients are asking for more, advanced classes are for you!



Anterior/Side-Lying is for using one footed strokes on the anterior body as well as clinical strokes in the side lying position. I just received those this past week from fellow instructor Kina Ueda in Denver. Great stuff!



Deepfeet2-Advanced Ashiatsu (formerly Deepfeet 2 and the Fusion-blend) teaches the therapist how to use their full body weight to really work the… Continue