Tuesday, January 8, 2013


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With all the new information out there about Reflexology, any practitioner need only jump in and begin to expand their horizon.  Once Foot Reflexology is discovered and learned, the desire to expand one's personal  wealth of knowledge can sometimes be addictive, consuming, and daunting.  Where to go?  Which steps (pun intended) to take?  How to proceed with your clients' best interest in mind, as well as your own practice?  Hopefully this will be of some help to you.
  • Learn the Foot well
    • Make sure you understand not only the reflexes you are working with but the physical structure as well
    • Take the time to understand the 3-D structure of the human body and the way it relates to the feet that happen to be before you.
  • Learn the Hands
    • Same principals apply, but understand that there are several ways of adapting hand work to a variety of situations.
    • There are also distinct differences in the way the body is accessed through the hands.  
  • Learn the EARS
    • For a variety of reasons, ear work in Reflexology is a nice finish to any session.
    • There are particular reinforcements that ear work offers that are not only elegant, but effective 
  • Learn Reflexology of the FACE!
    • This is a relatively new concept for those in the United States.  Here in North Carolina we've been exploring the work since 2008 with the help of Swiss born Reflexologist Lone Sorensen.  Ko Tan presently hailing from Atlanta GA,  has also developed a regime of Facial Reflexology that is worth looking into.
    • Facial Reflexology is particularly applicable  to those who've had brain trauma, stroke, facial paralysis, learning disabilities, genetic and non-genetic syndromes. 
Does this mean that Reflexology is applicable to certain body parts such as those listed above?  Absolutely not!  The body has the ability to replicate itself throughout the entire body and it would be arrogant of any of us to believe that all work related to this therapy has been conveniently translated into English. Fat chance of that, buddy!  As we grow in our knowledge of Reflexology and the ways the body allows us to access it, I'm sure our work will expand to include other locations.  The Homunculus: In current context, in scientific fields, a homunculus may refer to any scale model of the human body that, in some way, illustrates physiologicalpsychological, or other abstract human characteristics or functions. 



The bottom line is, knowledge is powerful.  And to borrow a line from "Spider Man", "With great power comes great responsibility." Those of us who teach realize that the people we put forth to do this work are carrying on an exciting era in the evolution of Reflexology.  More has been understood and developed with all aspects of Reflexology.  People are being helped in ways we could not imagine.   

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