Heel Spurs – They Can Be Quite Painful
You aren’t going to offer lasting relief from heel spurs in one visit. However, with regular visits, you’ll see some real improvement. Heel spur sufferers tend to be resistant to both change and moving forward. Life events may be moving forward at an uncomfortable pace for your client partner.
AREAS TO WORK: Reflex the areas around the spur as well as the entire endocrine system, digestive system, lymphatics, nervous system, liver, solar plexus. Reiki therapy is appropriate here.
ESSENTIAL OILS: wintergreen, spruce, pine, Idaho balsam fir, helichrysum, peppermint.
The next post will offer information about indigestion.
Because there’s a little space here, I’m offering a peek at information which will be covered in future posts. We’ll cover contraindications, how Reflexology for the Spirit” works, practical applications. In short, we’ll be covering a lot of information you’ll want to know if you’re interested in reflexology.
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Reiki
Foot Pain is Definitely a Valid Reason to Visit a Reflexology for the Spirit Practitioner
Providing relief to tired, itchy, painful feet can significantly help your clients. Often, temporary pain can be dealt with quickly.
Other times, there is persistent, chronic pain eventually proving itself to have spiritual origins. To determine whether a foot pain is a spiritual affliction, your client partner needs to visit a podiatrist for a diagnosis. Then you can proceed to deal with the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual problems afflicting the person.
How the spiritual affliction affects your client depends on
what part of the foot is in pain.
For example, if your client has pain in the area of the heart (metatarsal area), look for a problem with a relationship or the ability to give and receive love.
If the pain is in the heel, you’re looking at an issue dealing with basic survival as it relates to the community and you are also looking at core values.
On a more general level, consider that the person is having trouble moving forward in life. Sometimes it’s important to give some things up in order to get to a new place. Many people have trouble with the “giving up” part. Sometimes they have such problems with “giving up” that they never get to a new place. Other times, they suffer great pain but, in the end, manage to move forward.
In some instances, foot pain may be indicative of another disease or health problem. For example, people suffering with flu may have very sore feet. Also, people with extreme mental or emotional issues may have feet that are too sore to touch. When you encounter this situation, be sure to include Reiki therapy and change your approach to hand or ear reflexology.
SYSTEMS TO WORK: Until you determine that there are underlying physical issues, work the nervous system, skeletal system, muscular system, endocrine system, digestive system, liver and solar plexus.
ESSENTIAL OILS: peppermint, white fir, lavender, patchouli, myrrh, frankincense, sandalwood, and vetiver.
Thank you for reading this blog. Tomorrow’s post will focus on Hammertoes. Please send a comment if you have any questions.
Peace and food for all. This blog is coming to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY.
Thurman Greco
We All Suffer From Fatigue at One Time or Another
Some people are so tired all the time they just ignore it. This is a total mistake. It’s often the first symptom of many, many illnesses including flu, chronic fatigue syndrome, thyroid problems, cancer, anemia, allergies, sinus infection, sleep deprivation, depression.
Fatigue can be one of the most important symptoms we experience warning us of disease. It can also be the symptom of a person whose emotional, physical, and spiritual reserves are empty.
Encourage your client partner to visit a primary healthcare provider who’s going to pay attention to his/her symptoms and try to find the cause. Whether the cause is physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, your Reflexology for the Spirit sessions will support your client in the quest for a life with more positive energy.
When you offer regular sessions to fatigue sufferers, you offer an opportunity to find deep relaxation and homeostasis.
Visits to a nutritionist to balance their diet and vitamin intake will help.
SYSTEMS TO WORK: Until the healthcare provider offers a diagnosis, work the immune system, skeletal system, nervous system, endocrine system, digestive system, liver, and solar plexus. After a diagnosis is offered, work the systems necessary for dealing with these issues.
ESSENTIAL OILS: Until you receive a proper diagnosis from a healthcare provider, choose from peppermint, nutmeg, lemongrass, juniper, basil, lemon, rosemary, black pepper, thyme.
Thank you for reading this post. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Woodstock, NY
When you work the Digestive System, you Help the Intestinal Trct Normalize Itself
Constipation is common in people seeking the services of Reflexology for the Spirit Practitioners. The good news is that the condition seldom continues as regularly scheduled Reflexology for the Spirit sessions progress. This is true of both children and adults.
Risk factors for constipation include a sedentary lifestyle, eating a low-fiber, high-fat diet, not getting enough liquids and, in my opinion, not getting enough vitamin C.
It’s difficult for the human body to achieve optimum health without a clean intestinal tract. Many conditions throughout the body can be improved as the intestinal tract begins to function properly.
Often, when you have a client partner coming for regular session to deal with constipation, you will begin to see a person who feels better, looks better, develops better eating habits, has more energy, and has a more generous outlook on life.
Although sessions offer a gentle detox, a colon cleanse followed by a liver cleanse will improve things immensely.
In normalizing colon function, dry brushing after bathing, lymphatic cleansing with exercise, weekly Reflexology for the Spirit sessions and regular use of a mini trampoline in addition to the cleanse will help.
AREAS TO WORK: digestive system, immune system, lymphatics, urinary system, liver and solar plexus
ESSENTIAL OILS: anise, peppermint, ginger, fennel, tarragon
Thank you for reading this post.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Calluses and Corns Can Be Troublesome and Represent Spiritual Challenges
The impact calluses and corns have on your client partner depends on where they’re located on the foot or toes.
For many, they’re protective armor and a defense mechanism representing the soul crying out for protection from unbearable outside events. For example, a callus in the heart area of the foot deals with protection from problems of the heart that have become difficult. Calluses and/or corns on the throat area of the foot represent problems relating to communication. And, calluses on the heel area connect with core beliefs.
There’s a relevant place for Reflexology for the Spirit when dealing with these spiritual issues. If you have a client partner coming to you regularly with calluses and/or corns, please refer him/her to a podiatrist to treat the medical aspects. People shouldn’t self treat these conditions because they can end up with worse problems than they began with. And, if your client partner is diabetic, it’s even more important to seek medical help.
Several trips to the chiropractor are in order here if your client partner’s gait is being impacted upon. A properly aligned spinal column helps overall health.
After that, it’s up to you, the practitioner to facilitate the spiritual and emotional healing which accompanies regular sessions.
Your client partner should be able to move forward as issues resolve.
AREAS TO WORK:
ESSENTIAL OILS: tea tree, lavender, Roman or German chamomile.
Thank you for reading this post. Please contact me with whatever questions you may have.
Our next post addresses an issue experienced by many people: Constipation.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Bunions are Definitely Spiritual Afflictions
They’ve been around for generations and generations. Because of their location on the foot, bunions are a way of dealing with love (the loss thereof). People suffering with bunions lack a sense of carefree acceptance of anything.
Professionals don’t totally agree on what causes them: flat feet, ill fitting shoes, congenital disposition toward bunions, etc. This much is certain: getting surgery to repair bunions is becoming more popular. Having bunions recur after surgery is also a reality. Reflexology for the Spirit practitioners can help both before and after surgery.
Wearing proper footwear is important. You can be a real help to your client if you notice what kind of shoes s/he is wearing and either approve or suggest shoes that you think might be more appropriate. The wrong kind of footwear can be very destructive to your client partner’s foot health as well as his/her overall spinal alignment. Bunion sufferers should wear shoes that are well-fitting, non-binding, and have a generous toe box. They shouldn’t have a heel higher than 2 inches. Sandals can offer relief.
If the bunion sufferer also has arch problems, a trip to a professional who can properly fit an arch support is also important.
AREAS TO WORK: Apply rotations to the solar plexus. Work the skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, neck area (with neck rotations on the toes), and the circulatory system. And, always work the bunion area and all the toes.
ESSENTIAL OILS: angelica, bergamot, geranium, lavender, ylang ylang, frankincense, lemon, palmarosa, rosewood, jasmine, helichrysum, sandalwood, Roman chamomile.
The next post will focus on Callouses and Corns
Thank you for reading this post. Please comment with any questions you may have.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Arthritis and Reflexology for the Spirit, Continued
When an arthritis sufferer uses all the health care professionals available to him/her, the results are better. Fewer drugs will be consumed. That’s an important result.
A Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner deals with the problems presented by arthritis over the long haul. When working with an arthritis sufferer, you need to learn about all the things s/he can do in the self help arena. Try to learn all the things that the rheumatologist recommends. When you know these things, you can work with them. Know about recommended exercise therapy. How does acupuncture fit into the overall picture? What does the nutritionist recommend?
Optimum improvement depends on repeated, regular visits to the Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner’s table. The other specialists will “come and go” as needed in the client partner’s life. You, on the other hand, owill be seeing this person weekly.
Arthritis sufferers often postpone getting needed treatment necessary for relief. This is not a good approach. The sooner your client partner begins to aggressively combat arthritis, the better off s/he will be – even years down the line.
When working with an arthritis sufferer, regardless of the type, keep in mind that you are dealing with a person who cannot help being overly critical both of self and others. Many arthritis sufferers appear to harbor resentment and blame in many areas of life. This is a huge statement considering the number of people suffering with arthritis.
AREAS TO WORK: solar plexus, entire endocrine system, urinary system, immune system, nervous system, digestive system, circulatory system, liver, solar plexus and individual joints the client partner is suffering with.
ESSENTIAL OILS: wintergreen, peppermint, nutmeg, German chamomile, clove, copaiba, helichrysum, Idaho balsam fir, white fir, pine, eucalyptus globulus, frankincense, and myrrh are popular with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis sufferers.
Violet Flame Reiki therapy is appropriate for arthritis sufferers.
The next post will cover bunions.
Thank you for reading this blog. Please contact me with any questions you have.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Arthritis and Reflexology for the Spirit
The next two posts will concentrate on the issues of Arthritis.
Arthritis is a word used to describe over 100 diseases causing joint pain. It’s definitely a spiritual disease. It’s important for a person who seems to be suffering from arthritis to get a diagnosis from a rheumatologist. That’s the first step in going down the path to proper treatment.
An example of this would be that some arthritis sufferers (as with rheumatoid arthritis, for example) are dealing with an autoimmune condition and the Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner would reflex the feet a certain way based on the autoimmune disorder.
The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. It’s a leading cause of pain and disability in older adults. This is caused by loss of articular cartilage in joints. The joints most affected are hands, wrist, neck, lower back, hips, knees. Risk factors include obesity, heredity, and improper diet.
The best way to combat arthritis, regardless of the kind, is to use a team approach. The arthritis sufferer’s team should include a rheumatologist, Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner, physical therapist, nutritionist, acupuncturist, and a primary medicine practitioner.
The next post will continue with the emphasis on arthritis.
Thank you for reading this post.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Anxiety and Reflexology for the Spirit
Anxiety sufferers are often adults who feel they experienced emotional neglect and trauma as children. Anxiety can also “run in families”. Sometimes, people on certain long term prescriptive drugs exhibit anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is present when a chemical imbalance exists in the brain. It’s diagnosed by symptoms. And, some experts feel that anxiety affects more women than men.
Offer your anxiety sufferers an opportunity to enjoy the benefits of essential oils and Reiki therapy in addition to Reflexology for the Spirit sessions.
AREAS TO WORK: solar plexus, nervous system, digestive system, urinary system, endocrine system, adrenals, liver and solar plexus.
Always offer a few moments with a solar plexus hold if you feel a person is suffering with anxiety. Reflexing the solar plexus offers the body an opportunity to achieve deep relaxation and grounding. If your client partner is taking prescriptive drugs, herbs, or other medications for a medical condition, please work the body systems that apply.
ESSENTIAL OILS: orange, Roman chamomile, ylang, ylang, lavender
Thanks again for reading this blog. Please leave a comment if you have a comment or question.
The next two or so posts will deal with arthritis.
Peace and food for all
Thurman Greco
Ankle Break or Sprain and Reflexology for the Spirit
Our feet move us forward in life. And, of course, the part of the body which allows this to happen is the ankle. An ankle break or sprain is a spiritual event as far as the Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner is concerned. When a person breaks or sprains an ankle, the spiritual self is calling for a “time out”.
The person is having difficulties moving forward in life with either a special event or with life in general.
When working the feet of a person with a sprained or broken ankle, always include Reiki therapy, essential oils and gently use Reflexology for the Spirit skills to work the part of the foot which is visible outside the cast. The body part inside the cast is stressed because the muscles are not being allowed to move. If the person is in a soft cast or boot, do not remove it without the physician’s permission. This is a good time to offer Reiki therapy.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR SPRAINS: pine, basil, Idaho balsam fir, wintergreen, spruce, cypress, peppermint.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR BROKEN BONES: thyme, helichrysum, wintergreen, peppermint, spruce, Idaho balsam fir, pine.
In the next post, we’ll cover anxiety.
Thank you for reading this post.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
