Who Shouldn’t Receive a Session, and Why (Contraindications) Part 1 of 2
Cancer Patients
Reflexology for the Spirit is wonderful for cancer patients. It’s now offered in many hospitals throughout the country. However, patients receiving chemotherapy shouldn’t receive reflexology for 48 hours after the end of a chemotherapy session. This is for your protection. The theory is that the patient is toxic for 48 hours after receiving chemotherapy. If you decide to offer a session to a patient in less than 48 hours, please wear gloves.
Pregnant Women
Women in the first trimester of pregnancy experiencing an unstable pregnancy should not receive reflexology. Nothing is more wonderful than a reflexology session offered to a woman who is in her 7th month of pregnancy and has not seen her feet for a couple of months and still has 2 months to go. The rule is to avoid offering reflexology in the first trimester and stay on the bottom of the feet when you offer sessions thereafter. If you have any concerns, switch to Reiki therapy. Reiki therapy is wonderful for pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy.
With a regular Reiki therapy client, you can offer sessions weekly and can offer to go with your client partner into the labor and delivery stages of the birth process. Then, of course, you have two clients.
Clients with Infectious Diseases
Infectious disease and/or fever sufferers should not receive Reflexology for the Spirit for your protection. To offer a session to someone in a contagious condition, consider some options: gloves, mask, etc.
Severe Congestive Heart Failure
This is a good time to use your Reiki therapy skills.
Gangrene
Gangrene occurs when a person’s cells begin to die in a particular place when there is no circulation in a certain place in the body. Gangrene is fairly rare but can be seen in cases of advanced diabetes. This situation requires a physician’s attention.
Thanks for reading today’s post. We will conclude the Contraindication Section in the next post. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.
This post is coming to you from my healing space in scenic downtown Woodstock.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Colon Cleanses and Liver Cleanses: What do They Have to do With Reflexology?
Colon and liver cleanses are referred to throughout this blog/book. They’re important to one’s overall health if the goal is homeostasis. It’s very hard to achieve homeostasis with a toxic body. Diseases and health issues are easier to deal with when the body is clean.
It’s been said that health begins and ends in the colon. For me, this statement is true.
Colon cleanses are neither expensive nor complicated. Basically, you go to your local health food store, select an item from the colon cleanse products on the shelf, take it home and follow the direction. Cleanses involve taking pills or powders for a specific period of time such as a week.
For the most part, cleanse product are gentle and easy to take.
Liver cleanses are usually found on a different shelf. You do the same thing with liver cleanses that you do with the colon cleanses: Select a product, follow the directions.
Remember: Complete the colon cleanse before you begin the liver cleanse. If you take the liver cleanse before the colon cleanse, you may not feel well during the cleanse. This is also true if you take both the colon cleanse and the liver cleanse together. The uncomfortable feeling occurs when too many toxins are released at the same time.
You need to have the colon clean before you begin the liver cleanse because when the liver releases toxins, you need a clean colon to wash the toxins from the body.
That’s it.
Thanks again for reading this post. Our next post will focus on the many benefits of a Reflexology for the Spirit session. Hope you’ll join in on this post as well. As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Reflexology for the Spirit is an Attitude, Part 2
Although there are stories about people receiving one Reflexology for the Spirit session and going away a changed person, this outcome is the exception to the rule. Generally speaking, several (or many) sessions are needed before the client partner undergoes the changes necessary to bring about healing from the soul out. reflexology, spiritual or regular, is a process, not a pill.
It’s not the place of a reflexologist to provide therapy to a person who has not tried to resolve his/her health issues by visiting a qualified healthcare professional. Reflexologists are not trained to provide services to clients who have not yet received a diagnosis from the primary medical care professional.
Diagnosis is important for the healing process. A person cannot heal without having a name for a disease or condition.
People with issues, who don’t get a diagnosis, never really know what their problem is. Also, their peers never give the person or the condition/disease the credibility it deserves. So, the first step to wellness is a diagnosis.
When a person under the care of a physician comes for regular (or sporadic) sessions s/he needs to continue with whatever meds and/or therapy which has been prescribed by the MD.
This is especially true if your client suffers with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.
Reflexology for the Spirit practitioners work with the diagnosis provided by the health care professional while recognizing, honoring, and offering healing to the soul which is manifesting issues in the sole.
Thanks again for reading this blog. The next post will discuss colon cleanses and liver cleanses.
This post comes to you from my healing space in scenic downtown Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Thickened Nails and Skin – Spiritual Protection Issues Need to be Worked Through
This is protection, pure and simple. So, what is being protected?
Secrets? Thoughts? Actions? Beliefs?
It’s not important to know.
So, what are you seeing? Whatever you observe, no matter how unsightly, or benign it appears, you need to persuade your client partner to visit a podiatrist to treat the physical issues. As feet age, podiatrists become more important. There comes a point at which the nails need to be professionally trimmed regularly and the issues presenting themselves in the nails must be addressed.
Spiritual protection issues need to be worked through…especially in the older person because issues affecting the nails don’t heal overnight. It takes regular visits in addition to what the physician or podiatrist has prescribed to work through them.
Encourage your client partner to cleanse the colon and then the liver. As always, begin with a colon cleanse first before proceeding to the liver. These cleanses are important because your client may not see any improvement for months and a colon and then liver cleanse can speed up this process somewhat. Cleaning out the body is the first step in a journey to healthy skin and nails.
Where the thickness occurs on the foot offers clues to the issues beyond the physical disease. Look at the foot. Where is the thickened skin? What body part or system is represented? For example, if a person’s thyroid is out of balance, there will be a thickened place or a callus in that reflex area.
Finally, as a person’s life (lifestyle, beliefs, health) begins to change, you may see feet with peeling skin. Hurray! (Providing this is the change s/he wants.)
When working the feet of a person with thickened nails and skin, reflex the points that represent the problem area. For example, if the thickened skin is in the area of the thyroid, work that area as well as the endocrine system.
SYSTEMS TO WORK: Work the systems related to whatever diagnosis the primary medical care person has given to your client partner. Work the immune system, nervous system, urinary system, endocrine system, digestive system, liver and solar plexus.
ESSENTIAL OILS: myrrh, lemon, frankincense, tea tree, lemongrass, oregano, wintergreen, peppermint, tangerine, lavender.
Many conditions exist for which Reflexology for the Spirit is appropriate. However, there is much more information to share with you. When a client partner comes to you with an issue which you feel may have spiritual layers, contact me and I’ll write about it in a post for you.
Thank you for reading this blog. It is an honor and a pleasure to serve you in this way. As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in scenic, downtown Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Sweaty Feet can be very “trying” for a Reflexologist.
For starters, the natural inclination is to just not touch the feet. Don’t worry. Use an antibacterial spray on the feet to clean them off. Wear gloves if you are worried that you’re going to “catch” something.
Remember this: A person with sweaty feet is a person whose Adrenal glands are in serious passing gear.
There are several things your client partner can do. We can’t prescribe these things but it’s nice to know what they are: soak the feet in salt water to change the bacteria, rub the feet with alcohol and let it dry, change shoes and socks often, and spritz with cleansing spray whenever possible.
Suggest a visit to a podiatrist to make certain there are no infections, etc. Whatever the condition, you still have a person with serious spiritual conditions needing your attention regularly.
SYSTEMS TO WORK: adrenals, nervous system, immune system, urinary system, digestive system with emphasis on the liver and the solar plexus.
ESSENTIAL OILS: bergamot, Roman chamomile, frankincense, lavender, marjoram, wintergreen, myrrh, rosemary, sandalwood, thyme, ylang ylang, and spruce.
Thanks again for reading the blog. Our next post will focus on Swollen Ankles and Feet.
As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Skin Peeling is an Important Symptom in a Person’s Spiritual Life
Skin peeling on the feet or hands is a sign that the person is taking on a new life. Things are changing and this is reflected in the peeling.
Reflexology for the Spirit sessions offer support as your client partner has new experiences and takes on new beliefs. Because changes are drastic enough to encourage the skin of the feet and/or hands to peel, this is a good time for colon and liver cleanses. Encourage your client partner to take the colon cleanse first and then take the liver cleanse.
SYSTEMS TO WORK: nervous system, immune system, endocrine system, sense organs, digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, skeletal system, muscular system, liver and the solar plexus. Reiki therapy is called for here also.
ESSENTIAL OILS: lavender, lemon, tea tree, orange, geranium, rosewood, helichrysum, spikenard, ylang ylang, German chamomile, cypress, frankincense, myrrh, and oregano.
The next post will be a bit longer because it will deal with Stress.
Thank you for reading this post.
As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
Indigestion can Definitely be Treated with Regular Reflexology for the Spirit Sessions.
However, as with all spiritual afflictions, more is going to be needed than just a session or two. Lifestyle changes are needed. Does your client partner smoke, live a sedentary lifestyle, need to lose weight, or have other medical conditions contributing to the discomfort? Regular sessions focusing on the digestive tract offer support for positive lifestyle changes.
Once your client partner feels better, the motivation to eat better, get exercise, stop smoking, etc. is stronger.
The importance of working the digestive system regularly cannot be overestimated. A healthy digestive system improves how the entire body functions.
AREAS TO WORK: digestive system, immune system, endocrine system, nervous system, liver, solar plexus.
ESSENTIAL OILS: wintergreen, peppermint, nutmeg, fennel, ginger, spearmint, and grapefruit.
Thanks for reading this post.
Our next post will address Multiple Sclerosis.
As always, this post comes to you from my healing space in Woodstock, NY.
Peace and food for all.
Thurman Greco
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
