Listen!
What is your body telling you? Listen!
When you listen, all four parts of your self will tell you what you need to hear: Your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves will speak to you.
Are you tired?
Do you suffer from a sleep deficit?
Are you unable to sleep because you are burning the candle at both ends?
Are you deeply troubled?
Are you studying for an exam?
Are you trying to get a promotion at work?
When do you need to rest?
Do you need to play?
How long has it been since you just had fun?
What is your work situation?
We all have cycles. What are yours?
When are you at your best?
Keep a regular, predictable schedule every day of the year. Listen! Your internal clock will develop a schedule of eating, sleeping, and exercising at the same time each day. Respect the regularity of this schedule.
Schedule some relaxation time each day. Give your brain a break. Let it review the day’s experiences. Allow your brain to turn events into memories. This will encourage the learning process. Allow your brain to refresh itself.
Listen! Every part of your body stores emotions, memories, thoughts, based on what the body part does for you. For example, your ears will store these emotions, memories, thoughts, that relate to hearing. Become more aware of events that contribute to issues or diseases in the particular parts of your body.
Find time to move your body at intervals throughout the day. This means taking the stairs whenever possible. Walk when you talk on the phone. Park farther away from your destination and walk to your destination.
When we ignore our bodies, stress, tension, fear, frustration, depression, anxiety, and disease set in.
As a reflexologist, you will improve both your life and your career significantly if you honor your circadian clock. Take a break every couple of hours to check in with yourself and see how things are going.
When you begin to honor your clock, you will find yourself keeping a regular schedule. This regular schedule is a tonic for some. For others, it is a wonder drug.
Your body will love you for this because it loves predictability. Stress is related more to lack of a schedule than to finances, marital problems, children, or work.
When you listen to your needs and offer your body predictability, you invite homeostasis into your life.
If you are new to this blog, I wrote a series of posts in which I offered suggestions and guidelines about how to listen to your body and also how to communicate with different parts of your body to bring about healing and homeostasis. You can find them in contents section of this blog. They were in late 2014 and early 2015. Most of the posts were entitled “Spirituality of……”
Teach your client partners about their circadian clocks. You will then improve their lives and careers. How cool is that?
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How the Testicle Reflexes are Enhanced in a Reflexology Session
The testicles produce hormones and store the sperm in a thin sack of skin known as the scrotum. They hang outside the body. Each testicle weighs about an ounce. Because they take their direction from the pituitary gland, they are endocrine glands. The hormones produced by the testes help with the construction of the structural system, and affect mental attitudes and aggressiveness.
When the reflex points of the testicles are worked, the following things happen:
Male hormones are secreted.
The testicle reflex points are found under the outer ankle bones in the small indentations.
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6 Ways the Lung Reflexes Enhance a Reflexology Session
The lungs are located in the chest cavity. They have no muscles of their own. Instead, they are dependent upon the chest muscles to pump them.
As blood circulates through the body, it delivers oxygen to the tissues and removes carbon dioxide.
The lungs are different sizes with the right lung being larger than the left It has three lobes. The left lobe has two. The surface of the lungs is crinkled, resembling that of a sponge.
When you work the lung reflexes, several things happen:
The lungs and bronchial tubes are encouraged to work without constriction.
The lungs are stimulated to fight inflammation.
Oxygen levels in the blood are increased.
Efficient metabolic reactions are encouraged.
Damaged tissues in the lungs can heal.
The body is refreshed and nourished
The lung reflex points are found on both feet beneath the toes on the balls of the feet.
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Guided Meditation – An Angel with a Heart Message
Begin this meditation as you find a safe, quiet place for yourself.
Make yourself comfortable by either sitting in a chair or lying face up on a sofa or other flat surface. Turn on some soft, soothing music.
Take a few breaths as you prepare to focus on your breathing.
Focus on your breathing now. As you inhale, breathe relaxation in through your nose. Visualize a happy and expanded heart center.
Exhale now as you breathe out stress and anxiety through your mouth.
Breathe in relaxation through your nose as you visualize your heart’s unconditional love.
As you exhale, breathe out disappointment through your mouth.
As you breathe in relaxation through your nose, focus on joy and happiness.
Breathe out heaviness and stagnation through your mouth.
As you breathe in relaxation through your nose, listen to your heart.
Breathe out anger and bitterness through your mouth.
You are calm and centered now. You look around and notice your surroundings have changed. You see two beautiful chairs in a quiet meadow.
Notice how the chairs appear. Are they wood? Upholstered? Notice the details so you can remember them for the future.
You realize this whole area has a comforting beautiful rose colored glow. You see an angel dressed in rose colored garments. You know immediately that this angel is with you to help you listen to your heart’s wisdom and guidance.
As the angel sits down in the chair next to you, notice the details of how this angel looks. How is the angel dressed?
As you sit by the angel for a few moments, you ask the angel to help you heal your heart and open it for love and wisdom to come your way.
You also ask the angel for healing wisdom appropriate to your situation.
You sit for a few moments absorbing this wisdom. You know that you may receive this wisdom now but you may also receive this wisdom at some point in the next few days.
You sit quietly next to this angel knowing that wisdom will be revealed to you in the coming days. You feel that you might receive this wisdom through an event or a dream or through words read. You know that you will receive this wisdom when the time is appropriate.
It is time for you to go now.
You know from deep within yourself that you can return to this beautiful chair in this meadow any time you want or need to visit with this angel again.
You close your eyes for a few moments and pause a final time.
Then, you begin to stretch a bit and return to the room as you left it a few minutes ago.
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Reflexology Blog – Spiritual/Emotional System
THIS SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF THE MIND, HEART, EYES, SOUL, CHAKRAS, AND ENERGETIC LAYERS SURROUNDING THE PHYSICAL BODY, AND THE ENTIRE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
As the journey goes, recognizing one’s spirituality varies from person to person. The differences aren’t important. What’s important is we understand the value of our spiritual well being relative to the overall health of the whole body.
Try to understand and respect the spiritual differences in each client partner. Spiritually, everyone is different with no wrongs or rights. Make every effort to support the client’s spiritual beliefs to help the client achieve good spiritual health.
THE QUESTION ARISES: WHAT IS THAT?
We can’t address the question without understanding the cultural, religious, and ethnic differences in our client partners. These should always be respected and acknowledged when appropriate.
With a client partner from a different culture, please try to learn more about cultural behaviors and communication styles within that culture.
GOOD SPIRITUAL HEALTH INCLUDES A CONNECTEDNESS WITH ONE’S INNER SELF AND WITH OTHERS. It can include a life with meaning and purpose. It can include faith, hope, peacefulness, love, forgiveness, and worship.
For many, the most elusive word is forgiveness. Many health care providers offer forgiveness prayers for their clients. Some healers feel healing is impossible without forgiveness. Your job is to assist your client partner to achieve and maintain spiritual balance and health.
Reflexing the nervous system can be a very spiritual experience for your client partner. For many, it facilitates a communication flow between the brain and the divine.
RECOGNIZE WHEN A CLIENT IS WORKING THROUGH LOSS AND GRIEF. Your sessions can assist and support the client in this journey.
The endocrine system is the foundation of the Spiritual/Emotional System. This is the primary system that Reflexology for the Spirit addresses.
The Endocrine system and the chakras are very closely aligned and influence one another.
Balanced chakras are a necessary component of good spiritual and emotional health. That’s what Reiki therapy does best. Have you learned Reiki therapy yet? It’s easy to learn. It’s fast, incorporated easily into a Reflexology for the Spirit session and brings homeostasis. As your client reaches and maintains homeostasis, the spirit becomes healthy, too. Once the chakras are balanced and the spirit begins to achieve good health it will become the driving force in the journey to homeostasis. You can assist your client partner on this journey without Reiki therapy but it’s easier with it.
The question arises: What is Reiki therapy? At its lowest common denominator, Reiki therapy is the laying on of hands. The practitioner calls in the Reiki energy (universal life force) and offers a light touch to a clothed body as healing is offered.
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Premenstrual Syndrome
Premenstrual Syndrome is a collection of many uncomfortable symptoms accompanying women’s menstrual cycles.
PMS causes the following symptoms:
negative moods
headaches
food cravings
fluid retention
decreased energy
depression
emotional imbalance
weight gain
water retention
constipation
forgetfulness.
And, that’s not the whole list. It’s just the symptoms that came to mind first.
PMS is on the rise. It’s a situation made worse by stressful situations in women’s lives as well as increased toxicity caused by artificial hormones now found in increasing quantities in our food, water, and environment in general.
On the spiritual level, PMS flourishes in situations where women suffer with anger, confusion, fear, frustration, inferiority, rejection, self-doubt. PMS accompanies situations where women feel a need to hold on to past hurts they’ve received from men. Women suffering with PMS experience a need for more strength and power.
Dietary changes can often help:
Eat more fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, soy, vegetables, whole grains.
Eat less dairy, fat meat, and sugar.
Eating organic foods is important because they have fewer environmental estrogens.
Detoxing the intestinal tract and liver will help.
It will be helpful to take probiotics. In order to be sure you’re not wasting your money, consult with Liz at Village Vitality (Woodstock Apothecary ) 845-679-0790. Liz will also work with you to determine if you are getting enough of the proper vitamins and minerals for your situation.
Overcoming the negative aspects of PMS will probably not happen overnight but the situation will improve over time…especially if you include regular reflexology sessions to encourage homeostasis.
When offering reflexology for the spirit to a client-partner suffering with PMS, begin by working the endocrine system. Focus on the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, ovary, and uterus reflexes.
Work the nervous system as you focus on the brain reflexes.
Work the urinary system as you focus on the kidney reflexes.
Finish the session by working the solar plexus and liver.
If cramps are involved, use the following protocol:
Begin the session by working the solar plexus and diaphragm reflexes.
Work the endocrine system and focus on the thyroid, parathyroid gland reflexes and the uterus reflexes.
Finish the session by focusing on the spine and spinal cord reflexes.
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Reflexology Blog – Prostate Disorders
Prostate problems are common in men over fifty. The most common disorders are prostatitis, benign enlargement, and cancer. Over half of men over 50 suffer from prostate problems. By far, the most popular is enlarged prostate.
Causes of prostate problems are nutritional, hormonal, and spiritual.
Nutritional causes include low levels of nutrients – selenium, zinc. If you have prostate issues, now is a good time to have a nutritional analysis. As always, I recommend you contact Liz at Village Apothecary – 845-679-0790.
Hormonal issues suggest a trip to a medical professional.
Spiritual issues call for regular reflexology visits.
This is also a time to examine how you feel about your self and your life. What words come to mind?
Feeling: ashamed, helpless, inferior, resentful, stuck.
Allow yourself to express your feelings as opposed to suppressing them.
Focus on the positive aspects of your life.
When addressing prostate issues begin the session by working the endocrine system by working the pituitary reflexes, testicle reflexes, and the prostate reflexes..
Work the nervous system as you focus on the spinal cord reflexes.
Work the lymphatic system.
End the session by focusing for a few moments on the liver and solar plexus.
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Endocrine System: Bottom Line Information, 9 Essential Oils, 25 Foods that Nourish the Endocrine System and 3 Improvements to be Expected from Sessions to the Endocrine System
BOTTOM LINE: This is where Reflexology for the Spirit really proves itself to be a superior modality.
FOODS WHICH NOURISH THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM INCLUDE almonds, apples, avocados, beans, beets, bitter melon, blueberries, celery, coffee, dandelion, dates, garbanzos, garlic, grapefruit, green tea, guava, lentils, mushrooms, oatmeal, pecans, peppers, prunes, rice, seafood, vinegar.
Of the foods on the above list, the following foods are also on Johnny Bowden, Ph.D.’s list of the 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: almonds, apples, avocados, beans, beets, blueberries, celery, dandelions, dates, garbanzos, garlic, grapefruit, guava, lentils, mushrooms, oatmeal, pecans, peppers, prunes, vinegar.
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE EXPECTED FROM SESSIONS TO THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM:
Working the endocrine system offer the entire body a “tune up” which encourages homeostasis.
The body can be energized with endocrine system work.
Working the endocrine system offers the body an opportunity to return to its normal rhythm. Better sleep and wake patterns can result.
The endocrine system is, really, the most responsive to spiritual work.
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The Circulatory System – There is a definite spiritual aspect which Reflexology for the Spirit addresses.
The circulatory system is composed of the heart, arteries, veins, capillaries, and blood, and it actually exists everywhere in our bodies. The heart is an amazing creation about the size of your fist. It’s your hardest working muscle – always working, whether we’re asleep or awake. The heart is a two-sided pumping station with four chambers separated by valves that keep our blood flowing in the proper direction. The chamber or atrium on the right and the right ventricle pump the oxygenated blood back through the body. The muscular walls or septum divide the heart’s two sizes and keep the two kinds of blood from mixing.
The chambers and ventricles of the two halves are separated by a valve. The left side of the heart and the right side of the heart are separated by the septum. The valves keep the blood flowing in one direction only.
Arteries carry blood from the heart to every part of the body. As the arteries branch out they become smaller until they become capillaries.
As the blood returns to the heart, it moves in veins. The beating heart keeps the blood moving continuously throughout the body.
Because the circulatory system exists throughout the entire body, the reflexes are found throughout the entire foot. However, the heart reflex itself is found primarily on the left foot. Working the entire foot works this system and you help to circulate new energy to every cell. Working the entire foot focuses on this system. You help circulate new energy to every cell.
Several diseases affect the heart and the circulatory system so it’s important to take care of the heart. Heart disease and stroke are major causes of death in our country.
Heart diseases do not occur overnight. By the time a person begins to suffer from high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attack and/or stroke, the problems causing these diseases have been lurking in the body for decades.
Circulatory diseases, for the most part, are preventable with lifestyle changes and regular reflexology sessions.
If a person has a “wake up call” before getting on the right path, there is still hope. As soon as the lifestyle changes begin, better health is often on the way.
When examining the feet, always note any red blotches, representing anger, callouses on the heart area of the foot, indicating concealed deep feelings or the need for protection.
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What Separates Reflexologists From Other Licensed Healthcare Professionals?
Well, for one thing, it’s our vocabulary.
Every healthcare professional has his/her own vocabulary which is unique to what s/he practices. Reflexologists have their own vocabulary.
Homeostasis is an important word in reflexology. This is the balancing of all the body systems which a session encourages.
Reflexology practitioners include body systems in the professional vocabulary: muscular system, skeletal system, respiratory system, circulatory system, urinary system, nervous system, endocrine system, digestive system, spiritual/emotional system, physical system, mental system, sense organs,
There are also several words NOT in our vocabulary. Reflexology practitioners do not treat, cure, recommend, advise, examine, prescribe, dispense, diagnose, or administer. Those ten words are not appropriate for our career field. I tell students that those ten words are “copyrighted” for allopathic practitioners.
The seven levels of illness are definitely in our vocabulary. These are the seven diseases which build upon one another as a body progresses from well to diseased. These diseases begin with fatigue, and progress to fever, irritation, inflammation, enduration, ulceration, and finally cancer.
Disease is caused, in the final analysis by nutritional deficiencies, sedentary lifestyle, poor sleep habits, improperly used prescription, over-the-counter, and recreational drugs, digestive difficulties, inflammation, toxicity, depression. endocrine system imbalances, DNA.
These words, terms as it were, set reflexologists apart from other healthcare professionals. If you ask chiropractors, massage therapists, dentists, acupuncturists what the main causes of disease are, you may hear some of the same words but I doubt if you’ll hear them all. Instead, you will hear terms that are reflective of the career field of the professional you are asking.
The same holds true for the other words in our vocabulary. Many professionals may not even be aware of the theory about levels of disease. Certainly, this concept is not widespread in allopathic medicine.
And, body systems vary from textbook to textbook. It doesn’t matter really whether or not we combine the muscular and skeletal systems or include the reproductive organs with the endocrine system.
It’s simply that these words, terms, concepts define the lens through which we view our client-partners and their physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional issues which they bring to our tables.
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