Hand Reflexology Classes – Sign up Now
I’ll be offering a series of five hand reflexology classes online beginning January 19th. The classes will be offered on Zoom through the West Hurley Public Library.
You will learn a basic hand reflexology protocol that is both easy to understand and use.
The second class shares a hand workout to use when a person complains of sinus and respiratory issues.
When stressed, many people experience shoulder, joint, and arm discomfort. This third workout stimulates stress release and pain reduction.
When spinal, hip joint, and leg issues surface, this fourth class helps with pain relief.
This final class is a basic reflexology session to be used on children, adults, the elderly.
There is ample time for questions and answers. Students leave each class feeling relaxed, energized, and more positive than when they came in.
The first ten people who sign up for the class will attend all five classes for a total of $10. After that the series will cost $25.
Imagine that! Five classes for only $10. And you’ll get to learn the skills in the comfort and privacy of your own home!
You have another option: You can find a partner an the two of you can learn together. Or, you can work on your own hands.
To sign up, please contact:
West Hurley Public Library
845-679-6405
email: staff@westhurleylibrary.org.
Your handouts will be given to you when you sign up.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you!
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Thurman Greco
It’s Here! A Wellness for All Reflexology Video
It’s time!
THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE NOW!
What began as reflexology class notes years ago has now become an informative and entertaining video just waiting for you!
One evening several months ago Karen White, Arlene Ferrieri and I drove out to Palenville to my publisher’s studio and very casually produced this video. Our intention is to offer a dialogue about reflexology which is easy to follow and use.
I hope you like it!
And, the price is sooo right. Simply go to
www.thurmangreco.com and click on videos.
There it is! It’s waiting for you and your donation. Every penny is destined to feed the hungry. No one received any payment for providing this video.
It is our hope that you will enjoy this video and find it informative as well as entertaining.
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It is my dream that people will be as happy with this video as they are with the book, which is going into its third edition.
If you like this video, I hope you’ll send thoughts of gratitude to Karen and Arlene and everyone at Turning Mill who gave of their time with love.
Thurman Greco
Use the reflexology you keep in your toolbox – Part 6
One nice thing I like about reflexology: it’s adaptable.
You don’t have to do a lot to prepare for a reflexology session. Don’t get me wrong. Your session preparation can be as elaborate as you can imagine and desire. It can include music, incense, essential oils, enfolding comforters, gentle lighting, and anything else you want to add to support your client partner.
But when the going gets tough, all you have to do is gently touch a person’s hands or feet for a few moments. Reflexology warm-ups and warm-downs are powerful. And there are few to no contraindications to touch a person.
And, a person doesn’t have to be lying by the side of the road to qualify for a gentle touch and nothing more.
Reflexology works well with other modalities. I love to add Reiki therapy and chakra healing but there are many more modalities that work fine. The choice is up to you.
On a gurney or roadside, I would certainly add Reiki but, honestly, it’s not necessary. Reflexology will do the job quite well.
Popular reflexology holds which are appropriate for gurney or roadside situations include simply holding the person’s hands or feet.
If I can’t make contact any other way, a hand placed on a shoulder can be effective.
I like to begin a session with a gentle solar plexus hold. After that, I might hold the person’s heels to offer comfort and support. Gently holding a person’s lymphatic reflexes for a minute can bring calm.
And, truthfully, Reflexology’s job is to bring about homeostasis. This happens in a session, no matter the circumstances.
At your table, reflexology will generate a different result during each session. That’s because your client is different every day on a cellular level. This daily difference produces a unique outcome at every session.
But, no matter the circumstance, reflexology is a heavy lifter in your toolbox. It will not let you down. After a session, don’t waste even a minute thinking you should have done something else or touched the person’s feet or hands another way. Your hands did the right thing at the right moment for this person.
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THANKS!
Thurman
More About What is Reflexology for the Spirit
What is Reflexology for the Spirit? In this post, we will offer more information about Reflexology for the Spirit, This should give you an in depth understanding of what Reflexology for the Spirit is all about.
Reflexology for the Spirit practitioners include spiritual observations as they manifest in the feet. They’re found:
in the different colors seen on the feet,
the locations of corns,
callouses,
bunions,
broken bones, etc.
What is Reflexology for the Spirit? Although the results of a reflexology session can be felt throughout the body, it’s not massage. Instead, practitioners manipulate the tissues of the hands, feet, and/or ears only.
An important goal of Reflexology for the spirit is Homeostasis.
Homeostasis is the return to balance of the entire body.
Encourage your client partners to schedule appointments within 1-2 days of other treatments they are receiving.
For example: if your client partner has a visit to the chiropractor,
physical therapist,
acupuncturist,
massage therapist,
or a yoga class,
please try to have him/her schedule an appointment with you within 24-48 hours before or after. This is the way to get the most value for your health care dollars. With Reflexology for the Spirit, 1 + 1 = 3.
Beginning with the next posts, we will highlight some:
specific conditions,
diseases/issues,
and treatments.
We will explain how Reflexology for the Spirit practitioners address the whole person. The next posts will be your tool box, Refer to them often.
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Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Artwork provided by Sanghi
Moving Forward to the 1500’s and then to Present Day Reflexology
Moving to the 1500’s and to Europe, Zone Therapy was introduced. Zone Therapy is a simple way of mapping the foot. The body is divided into ten vertical zones, five on each size of the spinal column as the median line. Reflexologists the world over still use Zone Therapy today.
Reflexology changed quite a bit in the 20th century. In the United States, a physician, Dr. William Fitzgerald, successfully practiced zone Therapy. He applied his techniques to both hands and feet (preferring the hands) to lessen pain for his patients. In 1917, Dr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Edwin Bowers co-authored a book about this work.
Dr. Joseph Riley and his wife studied under Dr. Fitzgerald. They’re important in this story because of Eunice Ingham who worked with them. They are the link to Eunice Ingham.
She became a famous reflexologist in Pennsylvania who worked before, during, and after World War II. She limited her practice to foot reflexology because she felt that sensitivity in the feet increased positive treatment results.
From this glorious history, and recent 20th century trail blazers, we now have thousands of people practicing various kinds of reflexology throughout the world. Needless to say, a trip to a library, book store, or an internet search offers the reflexologist a variety of recent materials that will teach and inspire.
Beginning with the next post, we’ll learn about Reflexology for the Spirit: what it is, how it works, how you can use it,
Thank you for reading this blog. Please contact me with any questions you may have.
Thurman Greco
The Actual Beginnings of Reflexology are Shrouded in Mystery
In this post, we’ll begin to explore the roots of this age old modality.
What we do know is that early history refers to reflexology in China, India, Japan, Egypt, Greece, North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, South America and North America.
Historians tell us that Egyptians practiced both hand and foot reflexology as early as 2500 BC. If you ever travel to Egypt, please visit the burial ground at Saqqara. The Physician’s Tomb there has a famous wall painting showing two people receiving reflexology. One is receiving hand reflexology and the other is receiving foot reflexology. This painting dates back to 2300 BCE.
If you ever visit Japan, be sure to visit the Medicine Teacher Temple in Nara. There you’ll find a stone carving depicting the soles of Buddha’s feet in a carving dating to 790 AD. In Buddhist tradition, the feet (or foot prints) represent his entire being. For centuries after the Buddha’s death, people did not recreate images of the great teacher’s face or body. But, eventually artists began producing images of his feet – representing the whole spiritual being to be revered.
Also, in India there are paintings of Vishnu, the Hindu god’s feet with symbols corresponding to several reflexology points.
By the time these famous wall paintings and carvings came to be a reality, reflexology was already an accepted healing modality in much of the world.
Reflexology has been recorded in ancient Chinese writings describing pressure being applied to fingers and thumbs.
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian form of medicine which is becoming popular in our country. Reflexology is incorporated in Ayurvedic medicine.
In the next blog, I’ll relate recent reflexology history and bring us up to the present.
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Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
