Before I get to the reflexes, I want to talk a little bit about the digestive system as a whole. The best place to start is with the first step in the digestive process. Believe it or not, it happens before you even taste your food. Just by smelling the aroma of mom’s homemade cherry…
In reflexology, my attention is focused on the whole body and not just the foot, but a lot of people suffer from foot pathologies that are hard to miss. One such foot problem is hammer toe, so if you or your clients are suffering from hammer toe syndrome, this article is for you. I’ll guide…
Most of us have experienced ‘swollen glands’ at one time or another. But many people don’t understand what glands are, or what they do. Properly called lymph glands – or to be really accurate lymph nodes – the glands are part of a network of tiny vessels known as the lymphatic system. What the lymphatic…
I notice more and more that people are experiencing varying degrees of pain in the heart reflex area. Can reflexology answer the question – why? From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion…
I don’t know about you, but this season I was hit by a whopping case of bronchitis. It’s happened to quite a few people and it was a wicked strain this year. It made me think about these little tubes that hold our lives so dear. When was the last time that you noticed the…
Hamlet: “Alas, poor Yorick! …he hath borne me on his back a thousand times.” Yorick’s skull: “If you ask me, I’m still carrying the whole scene!” — Christopher Reeve as Hamlet, on The Muppet Show It’s hard for me to believe that even today, there are people who can’t tell the difference between reflexology and…
The Solar Plexus reflex is sometimes thought of as a huge energy source with a mysterious physical body part associated with it. As it turns out… it’s both. Also known as the Celiac Plexus, the Solar Plexus, is a complex network of nerves (a plexus). Located in the upper part of the abdominal cavity, it’s…
There’s been a lot of buzz around reflexology these past few weeks. In part thanks to a recent segment on the Regis and Kelly TV morning show. It seems that Regis, a great proponent of reflexology, recently experienced a pain that was reminiscent of years ago when he had kidney stones. As Regis tells the…