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Reflexology is so much more than a foot massage and if used alongside a healthy diet, relaxation and regular exercise it will maintain optimum health.

Reflexology

Benefits of Reflexology

Reflexology is linked to many potential benefits and may help to:
  • reduce stress and anxiety
  • reduce pain
  • lift mood
  • improve general well-being
In addition, people have reported that reflexology helped them:
  • boost their immune system
  • fight cancer
  • get over colds and bacterial infections
  • clear up sinus issues
  • recover from back problems
  • correct hormonal imbalances 
  • boost fertility
  • improve digestion
  • ease arthritis pain
  • treat nerve problems and numbness from cancer drugs (peripheral neuropathy)

What is Reflexology?


Reflexology is a type of massage that involves applying different amounts of pressure (using thumb, finger walking) to the feet, hands, face and ears. It’s based on a theory that these body parts are connected to certain organs and body systems. 

Reflexology rests on the ancient Chinese belief in qi, or “vital energy.” According to this belief, qi flows through each person. When a person feels stressed, their body blocks qi. 

This can cause an imbalance in the body that leads to illness. Reflexology aims to keep qi flowing through the body, keeping it balanced and disease free.

In Chinese medicine, different body parts correspond with different pressure points on the body. Reflexologists use maps of these points in the feet, hands, face and ears to determine where they should apply pressure. 
In the 1890s, British scientists found that nerves connect the skin and internal organs. They also found that the body’s entire nervous system tends to adjust to outside factors, including touch. 
Reflexology may help to calm the central nervous system, promoting relaxation and other benefits.

Some believe that the brain creates pain as a subjective experience. Sometimes, the brain reacts to physical pain. But in other cases, it may create pain in response to emotional or mental distress. 

Reflexology can reduce pain through calming touch, which may help to improve mood and reduce stress.

Zone theory holds that the body contains 10 vertical zones. Each zone contains different body parts and corresponds to specific fingers and toes. 

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is a form of complementary and alternative medicine. It uses essential oils to manage symptoms or boost your well-being. It’s a holistic therapy, meaning it supports your whole self — mind, body, and spirit. Aromatherapy involves inhaling essential oils or applying them (diluted) to your skin. 

Essential oils, which are highly aromatic, are readily absorbed into the body via the skin and lungs and are believed to affect the body on all levels - physically, mentally, and even emotionally/spiritually. When combined with massage, which helps to soothe away muscular tension and improve circulation, an aromatherapy treatment can be either deeply relaxing or uplifting, depending on the oils and massage techniques used by the therapist.

Aromatherapy is used for a variety of reasons, to help manage or cope with specific physical, mental, or emotional problems, or as means of relaxation, or to help maintain good health and a sense of general well-being.

Indian Head Massage

Indian Head Massage is a beneficial and deeply relaxing massage to the head, shoulders, upper back, arms, neck, scalp, and face. 

When we feel stressed or angry, tension builds up in energy centres around the head, face, neck, and shoulders. This can later display itself as eye strain, headaches, migraine and stiff neck and shoulders. Indian head massage technique helps to unblock the uncomfortable build-up of tension and aid relief. The effect of this therapy is not just physical but works on and emotional level too, calming the spirit, relieving stress and promoting relaxation. 

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