Heel & Sole – Heal & Soul

The feet are the foundation for our whole body and our whole life! It is surprising that, nonetheless, most massage therapists do not know the muscles of the feet in detail! Every therapist needs a thorough knowledge of all the muscles of the feet and techniques to address them. This class will give you that knowledge. if you take the class on a Sunday, that Monday you will have a new and tremendously effective therapeutic protocol for the feet.

There are four layers of muscles on the bottoms of our feet and two on the top. These, plus the extrinsic muscles coming from the lower leg, give us stability, balance, power, momentum, and spring in our steps. Once you know the anatomy of these muscles and their functions in our structure and our energy, your work with the feet will be transformed. The benefits for your clients will be off the charts and contribute greatly to their satisfaction and repeat business.

This class will be very user-friendly as an online workshop. You will palpate all this anatomy yourself, working on yourself or a friend or family member. Using your computer (or phone if necessary) you will work from home or in your office while being guided by the instructor.

David Lauterstein, LMT, MTI, Cert. ZB,

is co-founder of Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, TX. He has taught Zero Balancing since 1996 and Deep Massage: The Lauterstein Method, throughout England, Costa Rica and the U.S. since 1982. He is one of the most highly respected educators in the massage therapy realm. He was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2011, awarded “Teacher of the Year” by AMTA in 2013 and the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education in 2014, and is a faculty member of the Zero Balancing Health Association. He is the author of five books, Putting the Soul Back in the Body, The Deep Massage Book, The Art of Massage, Life in the Bones, and, most recently, with Dr. Jeff Rockwell, The Memory Palace of Bones.: Exploring Embodiment through the Skeletal System. His background prior to massage therapy was in philosophy and music composition. He is the composer of the massage CD, “Roots and Branches.” He is known as one of the foremost educators in bodywork who shows us how to integrate art and science in our work.