Reflexology ......... Successful Healing Through The Feet
Foot Reflexology is the practice of stimulating areas of the feet that correspond to parts of the body with specific hand, thumb and finger techniques. This stimulation is believed to have a positive effect on a person's health and well-being.
Reflexology enables us to help people in a slightly different way. The 7200 nerve endings in the feet and hands are a road map to the entire body. It improves the blood and nerve supply to the corresponding area of the body. The correct amount of pressure will elicit tenderness in a sensitive area, but still be relaxing.
The practice of reflexology is said to have originated with the ancient Chinese, Egyptians and Native Americans with evidence being found on cave paintings found in a tomb in Egypt dated 2330 BC. However, the modern version of reflexology in which regions of the foot are associated with ten vertical zones throughout the body was first researched by Dr. William H. Fitzgerald. The practice of reflexology today is based on the original works of Fitzgerald and other therapists who refined his methods such as Dr. J.S. Riley and his student Eunice Ingham.
A holistic therapy, reflexology’s aims are to relieve stress, pain and muscle tension, increase circulation and restore the body’s natural balance and harmony which has been plagued by disease. Although not generally considered a first line of defense by Western physicians, reflexology has become one of the more popular alternative medicine preferred by patients, and clinical trials continue to test its effectiveness
The healing art of reflexology is a natural way of improving your health and sense of well-being.
Reflexology sessions are one full hour of working on the feet, along with a soothing aromatherapy foot bath. Please contact me for more information. This is a wonderful service and so relaxing for those of you who are stressed and have a lot of tension within your life.
