Beyond Reflexology

I’ve heard a popular talk show host has recently been promoting something you may have heard about called “Reflexology”.

What exactly is Reflexology?   Reflexology is a science that deals with the principle that there are reflexes in the feet that correspond to all of the glands, organs, and body parts and that when these reflexes in the feet (and hands) are worked or massaged, it helps to relieve stress and tension and improve blood supply and circulation, thereby helping the body to balance itself.

When your body is out of balance, that imbalance may be felt first in the feet. Whether or not you know your feet hurt.

Case in point. J.M. came in for a massage. One of the first things she said to me was, “the only things that don’t hurt on my whole body are my feet!” I then went to her left foot and chose a point and pressed on it gently. She just about came off the table yelping with pain. She couldn’t believe that her foot could hurt that badly and why hadn’t she ever felt pain in her feet. She was too focused on the pain in her body to feel the pain in her feet. The feet will tell where you are having problems in your whole body. Listening to the body is not hard to do. We just don’t take the time to pay attention when the body starts talking. Problems in the body may be picked up intuitively. Intuition is something we all have but somewhere along the way into adulthood we lose our trust in our own intuitive potential. We focus more on the outer world than on our inner world. Medicine is a balance of outer and inner.

It is not to say you can diagnose illness and diseases from the feet. But the foot will let you know where your problems are. By gently massaging the feet you may feel so much better because the massage helps the reflex areas of the whole body. It “awakens” the reflexes into the organs and assists whole body functions.

Taking that one step further is something that developed over time, working on hundreds of feet, called Beyond Reflexology. This method of working the reflex areas of the foot goes beyond the reflex points to release the whole foot and ankle, which affects releases of the muscles throughout the legs and body. The feet are our foundation. A weakened foundation may upset the balance of the whole body. Working the reflex areas as well as release points enhances circulation, increasing energetic flow to all the various organs.

Thank you for getting the word out about Reflexology, Regis!