To help illustrate how every part of our body is interconnected we can compare our body to the globe we live on. The globe is one whole organism just as our body is one whole organism. We affect our earth’s atmosphere by what we do on the earth just as we can affect our mind by having (more…)
The beauty of reflexology is that it can be used almost any time, as often as you wish, or as little as you want. Since reflex points can be found on the ears, hands, and feet, there is a good chance that at least one or two (more…)
Sometimes when I work on someone with lung congestion, they will experience a cleansing through the lungs. This is usually in the form of a phlegm cough. I believe the reflexology treatment loosens up old, hardened (more…)
The feet are what keep and help us stay connected to the earth. Think of our Native American peoples, or any native peoples from around the world, especially in the warmer climates, and how often they had bare feet. In the United States, many people consider the Native Americans to be the keepers of the earth. They have (more…)
Reflexology is great because it helps the body get and stay balanced. I’m not talking balanced as in walking on a balance beam. I am talking about balance as it relates to the glandular functioning of your body, or homeostasis. Homeostasis is really just a bio-chemical (more…)
Have you heard the phrase “gravity sucks”? Well, figuratively speaking, it’s true. Since most of us are either on our feet or have our feet lower than our heads most of the time, these toxic waste materials can settle at the end of our nerve endings on the bottoms of our feet. These nice (more…)
What is it about the foot that’s so neat? For starters, most of us have a pair of them. Many of us remember childhood rhymes such as “This Little Piggy Went to Market,” which was traditionally recited by some older person speaking baby talk to us while wiggling (more…)
Our feet are the first thing that brings us back to earth and into our waking world when we get out of bed each morning. In our dreams many times we fly or float. The dream world is not where the feet are important, but in waking life they keep (more…)
Many people think that letting someone touch their feet will tickle. Understandable, since many of us had playful dads who held our ankles and tickled our feet unmercifully while giggling “koochey, koochey, koo!” Actually, when done properly, reflexology is anything but ticklish.
To be effective, reflexology should be a fairly firm, deep pressure (more…)
The one serious contraindication for reflexology that I always abide by is someone who is pregnant and who has had trouble carrying a pregnancy to term in the past. This could indicate that she lacks muscle tone in the uterus, and we would not want to stimulate a cleansing, or stir up the (more…)