Good morning!!
Welcome to my self care blog. What have you been doing for your self care lately? I have recently been to my reflexologist Emma Turley of Healing Feet Reflexology. I want to share all about it as it is fast becoming one of my absolute favourite self care practices. I have been visiting Healing Feet Reflexology monthly since February 2022. I originally decided to try it out after I had suffered a prolonged post viral fatigue illness. I was beginning to recover and although I was making small progress I still suffered the effects of the illness and nothing the doctors had done had been able to help. I wanted to try an alternative remedy as I felt I needed to do something to realign myself. I have always been interested in alternative therapies and so thought there was no better time to try out some reflexology!
Emma is a wonderful practitioner, she is so positive and engaging, she makes you feel welcome straight away and she absolutely has a gift for understanding your energy and rebalancing you! My first ever treatment was amazing, I had standard reflexology (which I had never had before) and I was truly amazed by the things that she found out about me just by touching any feet! She was able to discuss aches and pains I had without me mentioning them to her, she could just tell by touching pressure points on my feet! It was a fantastic experience and I felt so energised for the days following which was no mean feat considering how slow and immobile the fatigue had rendered me.
I have returned every month as I honestly feel that she is helping to chip away at my fatigue a little at a time, we have moved to reiki flex which is a mixture of reiki and reflexology. This too is a wonderful treatment. As well as helping to alleviate problems with the reflex points, she uses reiki to try and rebalance my energy and believe me it works. When she stops and performs reiki at certain parts of the treatment I honestly feel a sense of calm and relaxation wash over me. It is just a gorgeous feeling.
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Reflexology is a type of massage that involves applying different amounts of pressure to the feet,hands, and ears. Itโs based on a theory that these body parts are connected to certain organs and body systems. People who practice this technique are called reflexologists.
Reflexologists believe that applying pressure to these parts offers a range of health benefits. Some of
the benefits are outlined below:
A gentle form of natural healing balancing the body physically & energetically.
Stimulates the lymphatic system, encouraging the body to get rid of toxins.
Relaxes your nervous system by 'kick starting' the parasympathetic nervous system & reducing sympathetic nervous system activity.
Improved mood, sleep & Wellbeing.
Stimulates your bodies own natural painkillers endorphines & boosts the immune system.
Helps reduce pain, inflammation & fluid retention in the body
Reduces anxiety, stress & helps balance hormones
Although there are few scientific studies which prove the benefits of reflexology in relation to certain medical conditions, it has been seen to be a valued complementary therapy which can help to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life in much the same way as other treatments such as massage. Especially as the area massaged is feet, it can provide very relaxing benefits.
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐๐! ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต! ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ!