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More About Foot Reflexology

I believe that foot reflexology enhances and accelerates the body’s ability to heal itself. Did you know there are more than 7,000 nerve endings at the bottom of each of your foot and by pressing these nerve endings we can actually stimulate or calm down the glands, organs and systems connected to each nerve ending.

Foot reflexology is an alternative therapy often used in conjunction with traditional medicine. It is not only great for stress and anxiety, but research shows for example that it can help with pain and soreness caused by arthritis. It can have a positive effect on diabetes and it can have a positive effect on the quality of life for cancer patients.

When coming for a session you will find yourself in a spa-setting, with soft music and a relaxing atmosphere. The treatment may feel like a foot massage, but there is a therapeutic value to this treatment that is related to acupuncture.

Clients come to see me with different ailments and issues. I see children who are diagnosed with ADHD/ADD, since reflexology balances the nerve system, the brain function, the hormonal function and is extremely grounding. Some clients suffer from insomnia. Same here; the nerve system calms down, the cortisol and adrenal hormone secretion balances, and the mind quiets down. Foot reflexology helps with calming down the symptoms associated with anxiety and depression.

How Emotional Freedom Technique can help with Stress

EFT Tapping is a combination of counseling that includes acupuncture without the needles, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and Thought Field Therapy. By tapping on the energy meridians and giving ourselves a voice, emotional blocks are being cleared from the body’s bio-energy system, restoring emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health.

How EFT can affect the Body: EFT Tapping accesses the amygdala, an almond shaped part of the brain that initiate the body’s negative reaction to fear (the fight, flight or freeze response). This calms the body’s nerve system by reducing the stress hormone cortisol. EFT can reduce blood pressure, can help with heart problems, fatigue, weakened immune system and many more ailments and pains.

How EFT can affect the Mind/heart: EFT Tapping helps with getting more focused and mindful; it brings blood to the brain and balances the brain functions. EFT Tapping brings about a neutral emotional state by clearing core limiting beliefs holding back true potential in a person. It brings about inner-peace and calmness.

How EFT can affect the Spirit: EFT Tapping makes a person more mindful and aware. It connects the heart and the mind. This influences the intuition positively and a connection with the true self or the higher self is established. The person is ready to live his life to his highest and true potential which will not only bring about health and balance but also establishes a spiritual well-being.

Reflexology: Nature’s Tranquillizer

I wish I could show you some pictures here in my blog of my clients before and after they receive a foot reflexology treatment! The difference is amazing: Were their faces sometimes tensed, wrinkled, and perhaps even pale before a session, after an hour session they look so much better, as if they have let go of a lot of worries and stress, and they truly are ready to take on the day! Or… they are ready for a wonderful, restful night sleep!

As a foot reflexologist I use my skills to assess what a client needs. After five minutes into the session, the client begins to unwind and relax, and a unique experience evolves. Relaxation and tranquility, in combination with the reflexology and soothing music, create a healing ambiance to calm inner emotions, and help energize the mind.

With the eyes closed, the head relaxes and the shoulders and neck release tension. I use many different relaxation techniques in a session, such as a focus on the breathing which allows the body to feel as if it is sinking into the treatment table. Muscular tension is being released this way and brings about a state of deep calmness. At the same time the brain reflexes are being stimulated in order to help release serotonin, a natural tranquilizer and mood enhancer. This hormone is not only present in the basal ganglia of the brain and in the hypothalamus, but also in many other tissues of the body. It is believed to affect human behavior and also plays a part in the biochemical mechanism of sleep; helping sleep patterns!

Oftentimes, my clients even have a restful power nap during the reflexology session. No wonder they seem so much younger when they hop off my treatment table afterwards!

Foot reflexology helps alleviate many stress-related disorders such as anxiety, depression, anger, hypertension, insomnia and irritability. It is very helpful in prevention of disorders developing, but it is important to realize that it usually takes a series of treatment sessions to make a real difference.