TSUBOKI® Foot Massage Course

Cost: £130 including DVD plus £7.50 for pair of ridoki (or you can bring your own) 

Many Associations accept this course for CPD including the IFPA (6 Category A Points).

Who are these courses suitable for?

Do you love to give a good foot massage but are not a reflexologist?  Or maybe you are a reflexologist who would like to learn new techniques to enhance your treatments?  If yes, then this course is for you and would be a valuable and popular tool in any therapist's repertoire. TSUBOKI Foot Massage is a way of reaching the whole body through the feet - a simpler version of, or complement to Reflexology (which in fact originally came from Oriental meridian theory). After a relaxing and effective massage to the foot and lower leg, we work 33 tsubos, or acupressure points and 6 meridians on both feet. These influence the flow of energy along the meridian, and some have specific uses for common ailments.

Course dates

Duration: 1 day 9.30am - 5.30pm. All courses are based at our college in Stockport, see venue page for address.  

If you experience any problems with the online booking form, please download a printed booking form

What is TSUBOKI® Foot Massage?

According to tradition the Buddha created a foot reflexology chart along with foot massage methods. This tradition travelled From India, through China to Japan, where the tradition of foot washing and foot massage was often found at inns. "TSUBOKI" is massaging a small part of the body in order to influence the health of the whole person. In Tsuboki Foot Massage we massage the feet to affect the whole body.  The feet are our foundation, so problems here will reflect throughout the body and affect posture. We know from reflexology that the body is mapped out on the feet, so by massaging the whole of the foot we are affecting the whole body. By pressing the tsubo points and tracing meridians we are helping to improve the state of health Foot massage is extremely relaxing!

Course content

The course covers the techniques, many of which can be incorporated into a full body massage, but Tsuboki® is also an excellent stand alone treatment, so you offer your clients a treatment that is a little different and very effective. The stimulation of acupressure points and meridians will help to balance the whole body.

Tsuboki Foot massage consists of 5 stages:
1: The therapist begins to warm up the feet and lower legs by manipulating, mobilising, pressing and kneading without the use of oil.
2: This dry massage is then continued using a "ridoki", or stainless steel roller, allowing the therapist to apply deep pressure to the feet with no strain to themselves.
3: This is followed by a thorough massage of all surfaces of the feet using oil or lotion.
4: Now that the feet are thoroughly warmed and flexible, we work 33 tsubo points and 6 meridians on each foot, thereby having far-reaching effects throughout the body.
5: We finish with "Buddha's Footprints"; a light holding, in sequence, of areas of the feet that relate to each of the Five Elements.

On this intense, fun, and informative one day course, you will learn: 

• A foot massage incorporating oriental techniques and the use of ridoki (steel rollers) 
• 33 acupressure points and 6 meridians on each foot
  

Students must complete 3 practice sessions within 6 weeks before being issued with a Certificate of Competence.  

Who teaches this course?

This workshop is taught by the originator of this style of massage in the UK, Anne Parry. For further information about Anne Parry please go to http://www.stressolutions.co.uk/facials.htm

Entry qualifications

You may do this course just for interest so therefore, not hold any previous qualfications but you would not be eligible for insurance. If you are wishing to praction ie add to your list of therapies, then you must be a qualified massage therapist or Reflexologist.

Contact us

Download a copy of our full prospectus here academy prospectus or make an Training Course Enquiry.

Related courses