The Healing Company - Reiki and Reflexology in Pai, Thailand
About Reflexology
Reflexology is a complementary therapy in which pressure is applied to specific points on the hands or feet. The purpose of this pressure is to restore the natural balance of the body, and encourage it to heal itself.
It is a wonderfully relaxing technique, and should not be too painful. The practitioner works with the client to ensure his/her comfort and to assess feedback. We do not use anything to apply the pressure except our hands, in order to maintain sensitivity and receive information directly from the clients' hands or feet. Every recipient will have an experience that is unique to him or her.
There are a few theories about how it actually works. In the feet we have millions of nerve endings that can relay messages to and from the whole of the body. If the body is divided up into longitudinal 'zones' from head to toe, we see that pressure applied to a reflex point in a certain zone can have a direct positive effect on the organs and body parts that fall within that longitudinal zone all the way up the body.
A trained reflexologist will be able to detect minute crystal deposits on the feet, and can feel when some reflex points are more sensitive than others which can indicate imbalances. We could look upon the feet as the U-bend of the body! The vital energy pathways of the body can become stagnant and blocked due to illness, stress or injury, and working on these imbalances will restore and maintain the body's natural equilibrium.
Tension and stress are eased, circulation and elimination are improved, and a sense of well-being and restored energy can be found.