Hand & Sole Massage

08/29/2026

Late-cancels happen, but nobody likes to get no-showed.

When you make an appointment with your doctor, dentist, or with any other entity, you show up at your scheduled time or give enough notice that you wont be able to make it, or you are charged a fee.

Why not extend your massage therapist that same courtesy? When grace is extended to you, do the same for whoever is providing a service for you.

When you no-show an appointment, it is almost impossible to fill that slot with someone else who could have booked it with enough notice.

It hurts private practice providers more than you realize.

I respect your time, please respect mine 🙏🏾

08/08/2026

Some great news: Hand & Sole Massage is on The Austin Newsletter’s 2026 best massage list! 🎉

The Austin Newsletter is an independent weekly about where to eat and what to do around town, and placement on their lists is not for sale. We are glad to be on this one.

I'm thrilled for the recognition as an independent small business owner and to be considered in a category with other more established businesses. I will continue to show up for myself and for all of you.

Here is the full list: theaustinnewsletter.com/best/massage -and-sole-massage

08/02/2026

🎉👣✨G I V E A W A Y ✨👣🎉

I'm so excited to do a giveaway! School is almost back in session, and I'm giving one lucky winner one transformative 90 minute Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage to help you reset and restore your body before the official end of summer!

To enter:
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Entries will close on 8/23. Winner will be chosen 8/31 via Live video! 🎉Good luck!

07/28/2026

That tight, burning knot between your shoulder blades? The lower back stiffness that makes sitting through a meeting unbearable? That’s your body crying out for a real solution, not a temporary quick fix.

Picture what deep relief actually feels like: It’s the moment your nervous system finally turns down the volume. It’s taking a full, deep breath without restriction, feeling your spine decompress, and standing up to feel lighter, longer, and completely unburdened.

No more fighting your own muscles—just deep, lasting ease. You don't have to just "live with" pain.

Book the link below to begin your customized treatment plan today 👇🏾

www.handandsolemassage.com

07/25/2026

That's right, I'm in class brushing up on my favorite modality Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage! 👣

I'm getting refreshed on how to move more efficiently in my body so I may help you to move more efficiently in yours.

When I took the fundamentals class 10 years ago, it was after I had received my very first Ashiatsu session which blew my mind and body away. It was the most grounding, transformative, and spiritual bodywork I had ever received.

I saw colors. My body was light. I had no pain for weeks. I felt a sense of calm in my nervous system I was not yet used to.

And I strive to give all of that to you 🙏🏾

07/24/2026

August is shaping up to be a busy month in the community!

Hand & Sole Massage is excited to share what we do across different community spaces here in Austin. Whether it be a beauty event, at the gym, on Black Market Street, or in the space designed for wellness -- we want to bring the passion and power of intentional bodywork to the forefront.

Come out and support small business and treat your body better along the way!

✨ 08/01 - Relax & Renew YOU Mary Kay event
Hutto, Tx

✨ 08/04 - HOTWORX Lakeline Wellness event
Austin, Tx

✨ 08/08 - Black Business Summit
Greater Mt. Zion Church

✨ 08/21 - The Modern Ritual: An Evening of Wellness
Bathe Austin

07/13/2026

Maybe you haven't noticed that you sit like a shrimp throughout your days, but you definitely notice that your shoulders feel locked down unable to move freely and like you can't take a deep breath.

Your lats depress and internally rotate the shoulder with extension while your serratus anterior protracts the scapula while upwardly rotating it. This can create a tug-of-war situation from antagonistic actions if there are imbalances.

Are you reading this in shrimp mode right now? Caught you! Drop a 🍤 in the comments if your shoulders need this, and head to our bio to book your deep tissue Ashiatsu reset.

07/12/2026

Love this reminder! You don't have to work hard just to receive a massage. You truly have done enough.

You don’t have to wait until you’re overwhelmed, in pain, or completely burned out to take care of yourself.

Massage doesn’t have to be something you “earn” after doing enough, working enough, or pushing through enough.

It can be part of how you support your body before it reaches empty.

Consider this your reminder: care counts, even when you’re not at your breaking point.

Share this with a client who needs the reminder.

07/09/2026

We all know receiving massage therapy carries benefits. You may even know what some of those benefits are. A lot of them are quantifiable, but not always visible. And for those who rely on their eyes to believe, they may not see it as something worth the time.

Touch is the first sense to develop in the womb. Without it, you have no proprioception--the ability to know where you are in time and space. You have no connection with your surroundings or with the people around you. In the womb you are safe, warm, and protected from the elements.

Massage therapy provides safe touch. Touch that is intended to bring you back to that sense of safety in the very first place you called home. It is intended to bring you back to baseline--before the stresses of the world, obligations and expectations, and overriding systems take you away from yourself.

Bringing you back to your sense of Self with something as simple as intentional touch is quite profound. There isn't much you can buy off the shelf that can ground you back to your body and remind you of what it was like without 25+ years of tension from living the life you've lived.

Like all things good for you, a one-and-done session will not reverse 25 years of cumulative tension. But for the person who has never had safe touch, one session can be absolutely life-changing.

I'm honored to help you find safety again.

www.handandsolemassage.com

07/07/2026

Join me in wishing the practitioner behind Hand & Sole Massage a big happy birthday! 🎉🥳🎂

Another year wiser, more authentic, and evolved to continue showing up for you and out for me. Grateful to be here to share myself, my gifts, and my knowledge with you all! ❤️