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What is Reflexology?

The ancient healing art of reflexology has been practised for thousands of years. The early Indian, Chinese and Egyptians were the first to use it. Reflexology uses subtle energies of the feet to balance and harmonise the being, so that one may attain and maintain health and well being. Quite simply everything that happens in the being is reflected in the feet and everything that happens in the feet is relayed to the body.

How Can Reflexology Help You?

Touch always brings a reaction. Reactions to reflexology range from delight and pleasure to unnoticeable to mild/strong emotions and physical sensations. This is called the ‘healing reaction’. Learn to listen to your body.

The body has the ability to heal itself. Following illness, stress, injury or disease it is in a state of ‘imbalance’ and vital energy pathways are blocked, preventing the body from functioning effectively. Reflexology can be used to restore and maintain the body’s natural equilibrium and encourage healing.

Reflexologists are seeing people who want to address their health before it becomes a medical issue. More and more people want to avoid a prescriptive approach to ill health.

The Reflexologist uses hands only to apply gentle pressure to the feet. For each person the application and effect of the therapy is unique. Sensitive trained hands can detect tiny deposits and imbalances in the feet, and by working on these points the Reflexologist can release blockages and restore the free flow of energy to the whole body. This gentle therapy encourages the body to heal itself at its own pace, often counteracting a lifetime of mis-use.

What happens when you have a treatment?

During your first visit there will a short health history will be taken. Joanne begins the treatment with an Indian Head Massage and after approx. 10 minutes moves down to the feet for the reflexology treatment.

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Reflexology – some success stories

Menopause – a lady of 38 who was unfortunately going through a very early menopause, came to see me for reflexology. She was having 10-12 hot flushes a day as well as aches in her joints, headaches and severe mood swings. She had a course of reflexology treatment and all the uncomfortable symptoms of the menopause dissipated and her hormones and body became balanced and harmonized (with NO HRT!)

Migraines – Recently I treated a young 28 year old lady, who had been suffering with migraines every month since her cycle started when she was 15 years old. She always got an intense headache with her period. She had a course of four reflexology treatments and the following month, at the beginning of her cycle, she did not get a migraine headache. She now has a treatment once a month as a preventative measure.

Sinusitis/Tinnitus

An elderly gentleman came to me, looking very pale with sinusitis, which he had been unable to shake off for over two months, despite numerous drugs. I treated him six times. All of his upper respiratory system was painful on the reflexes on his feet. After the fourth treatment he told me that he had experienced ringing in one ear (tinnitus) for years and had ‘just learned to live with it’. However, the ringing had gone together with the sinusitis!

Immune System

It is a sad fact that the modern busy lives that many of us lead today; with our polluted air, and our over stored, over packaged, over processed foods, are not conducive to healthy living. One of the first signs is that our immune system becomes depleted. Many clients come to see me to try and build their immune system and since reflexology treats the whole person and not just the symptoms of a disease, most people experience huge benefits.

Stress & Tension

A young lady came to see me for her first treatment looking rather sceptical and reluctant. A friend had given her a reflexology treatment for her birthday. During the initial consultation she told me that she was never ill, she did not have time to be ill!! I asked her how she relaxed and she could not give me an answer. She was a Barrister who worked extremely long hours. ‘’Everything in the body is reflected in the feet’’. The lady’s feet showed me poor circulation, headaches, weak digestive system, PMT amongst others… She continues to come for treatments regularly, although now she does not have any specific complaints. She says that she looks forward to her one a hour a week, where she can switch off and re-charge her batteries.

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