Reflexology is a holistic therapy and treats the person as a whole
Rather than just focusing on a set of symptoms. Holistic therapies take the emotional and spiritual being into account as well as the physical. Reflexology is a self-healing technique that involves the application of pressure to the hands and feet in order to energize other parts of the body for healing.
The earliest evidence of a method being used that is similar to reflexology as we know it today dates back to 2500BC. Modern-day reflexology grew from what was known as ‘zone therapy’.
Zone therapy was pioneered by Dr. William Fitzgerald (1872-1942) who was an American ear, nose, and throat specialist.
It involves the stretching of your hands and feet for the stimulation of other parts of the body towards self-healing. In most cases, reflexology is used for relieving stress and depression. It’s a kind of self-massaging technique that you can easily learn how to use. You can equally use it to support various systems of your body in order to attain self-healing. The technique is never meant to replace medical healing processes. It’s actually meant to complement it.
Reflexology is a powerful self-healing therapy that has been shown to have a very positive effect on health and wellness. When a part of the body is not working at its best, a specific area will be found in the corresponding part of the foot or hand that pressure is applied to it.
By working over sensitive reflexes through a number of reflexology treatments the tenderness will usually reduce as the body begins to function properly again as it reaches homeostasis.
There is no consensus among reflexologists on how reflexology is supposed to work; a unifying theme is an idea that areas on the foot correspond to areas of the body, and that by manipulating these ones can improve health. It is a natural healing art based on the principle that there are reflexes in the feet, hands, and ears and their referral areas within zone related areas, which correspond to every part, gland, and organ of the body.
Introduction to Reflexology
Reflexology Demonstration
Treatments and costs using Reflexology
