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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT REFLEXOLOGY
REFLEXOLOGY FAQs
- 01Before your session begins, we'll spend a few minutes talking about your health concerns, wellness goals, and any areas you'd like to focus on. You'll then lie fully clothed on a comfortable, massage table.Your reflexology session focuses on applying gentle but precise pressure to specific reflex points on your feet that correspond to different organs, glands, and areas of the body. The goal is to encourage deep relaxation, reduce stress, improve circulation, and support your body's natural healing processes.Many people find the experience deeply calming and even fall asleep during their session. You may notice areas of tenderness as certain reflexes are worked, but the pressure is always adjusted to your comfort level.Each session is personalized to your individual needs. I may also incorporate wellness tools, such as Young Living essential oils selected specifically for you, to enhance relaxation and support your overall well-being.Most clients leave feeling relaxed, refreshed, and more balanced. Some notice benefits immediately, while others experience gradual improvements over several sessions as the body responds to the treatment.Reflexology is a gentle, non-invasive therapy designed to complement your overall wellness and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical conditions.
- 02If you have a health condition that is being assisted with reflexology you may want to start with a session once every 3 or 4 days. As your condition improves you can increase the length of time between sessions. If you are healthy and using reflexology to maintain your health, a session once every couple of weeks or so will be sufficient. No one knows your body better than you. If you listen, your body will tell you when you need a session!
- 03A Reflexologist is not judging you or your feet! Many people are embarrassed about their feet. Don’t worry, your feet will appreciate the loving care.
- 04Everyone from young to old can benefit. Reflexology brings the body back into homeostasis. Your body is able to attain a deeper state of relaxation where the brain shifts from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic nervous system (where healing can occur). Even skeptics have become strong advocates. Try it and find out for yourself!
- 05Yes. If you are under the care of a physician, it may enhance your results. However, is not intended to replace conventional medical treatment. Its purpose is not to treat or diagnose for any specific medical disorder, but to promote better health and well being in the same way as an exercise or diet program. Reflexology can be a valuable way of indicating areas where higher stress or tension is present in the body and can assist to relieve that stress or tension which can promote or encourage the natural healing process. If a licensed health care provider such as a medical or naturopathic doctor is managing your condition, it is important that you discuss the consequences of any therapy (including reflexology) with this person before you commence treatment.
- 06No. Reflexology is a non-invasive natural therapy that relaxes the body. On rare occasions, release of toxins as a result of the body's natural healing process may result in symptoms such as perspiration, nausea or headaches. However these symptoms are temporary and not serious. It is important to drink water after your session to flush out toxins.
- 07Besides Happy feet?!? Your session will leave you feeling tranquil and deeply relaxed. In addition you may or may not feel an increase in bowel action and urination. Or you may have a heavy head or aching limbs; this is a result of toxins that have been released into your system. The above reactions are a normal outcome of treatment and often show that a positive effect has been achieved.
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