{"id":192,"date":"2014-02-18T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T21:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2014-02-18T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T21:52:10","slug":"what-is-the-practical-application-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/18\/what-is-the-practical-application-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Practical Application? &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post, we discussed\u00a0hand health.<\/p>\n<p>As a Reflexology for the Spirit practitioner, your focus is on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of a person&#8217;s health.\u00a0 Your job is to facilitate homeostasis.<\/p>\n<p>This process begins when a person calls for an appointment.\u00a0 How did the person on the phone hear about you?\u00a0 Has this person ever received reflexology before&#8230;or any other bodywork?\u00a0 Does the person practice yoga, tai chi, etc.?\u00a0 Are there regular visits to a chiropractor?\u00a0 If the answer to any of these questions is &#8220;yes&#8221;, try to schedule your appointment within 24-48 hours of one of these activities.<\/p>\n<p>Keep the paperwork to a minimum&#8230;especially for the first 4-5 visits.\u00a0 Focus on the feet&#8230;or hands.\u00a0 You&#8217;re going to learn what you need without a lot of forms.\u00a0 After several visits, your client partner will willingly and happily tell you everything you need to know.\u00a0 Then\u00a0you can begin to build in-depth information charts and files.<\/p>\n<p>When a person arrives for the first visit, offer several cd&#8217;s to choose from, and anoint your client with an essential oil which you feel is appropriate.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t go overboard here on the oil selection.\u00a0 If the oils are good quality, whichever one you two\u00a0agree on will be good.\u00a0 There are some very professional reflexologists practicing with fewer than 5 oils in the arsenal.\u00a0 And, there is at least one who uses 2 oils exclusively.<\/p>\n<p>As you begin to offer warm ups and work the feet, please notice the spiritual health clues they will offer you.\u00a0 Are the feet a particular color?\u00a0 Do you see bruises?\u00a0 What about corns, calluses, bunions, patches of thickened skin, hammertoes, etc?\u00a0 Are the arches high or low?\u00a0 Where are your findings located?<\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking, when you encounter corns, calluses, bunions, thickened skin, swollen areas (edema), the person is in a protection mode.\u00a0 If you observe areas that are sunken, the person has &#8220;shut down&#8221; in some area.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks\u00a0again for reading this blogged book.\u00a0 If you have any comments, questions, please contact me.<\/p>\n<p>As always, this post comes to you from my Woodstock healing space.<\/p>\n<p>Peace and food for all.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman Greco<\/p>\n<p>The next post will continue with practical applications of Reflexology for the Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post, we discussed\u00a0hand health. 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