Still Available in January...

Hello!  Hello!  I hope you are staying warm in this freezing cold weather!  Many of you know that I am a summer person, so this cold...frigid....freezing, is WAY too cold for me!!!  Oh well, I just have to keep thinking that it will make spring all the more welcome!  How many more days till spring??? :)

I still have a few days left in January, and I have my February and March schedules available.

Come in out of the cold and relax a bit.  Unwind, de-stress and detox.....let yourself drift away (maybe to a warm place).

Check out my availability calendar (above) and email me at OneToeAtATime@gmail.com to book your appointments!!

Thanks and looking foward to seeing you!  Stay warm!

Live well and be well,
Stacey

It's a New Year...

Happy, Happy New Year to you all!!

 

As we say hello to 2013, I hope that the new year will be a year of compassion, peace, renewed spirits, great health and an abundance of love and happiness!

 

Start your new year off balanced, relaxed and ready to make 2013 your best year yet!!

 

Make a committment to put your health first.  Whether that means eating more mindfully, sleeping more soundly, allowing yourself to play a little more, or taking ten minutes out of your day to meditate and deep breath.  Give yourself what you need.

 

Respect the beautiful body you have been given and treat it well.

It will return the favor, over and over.

 

I look forward to seeing you all in the new year as you strive for balance, relaxation and renewal. 

 

I do have a few dates left in January, and I have posted my February schedule.  Please take a look at my calendar and email me which dates you'd like to book.

 

As always, if nothing on my posted schedule will work for you, please email me, as I'm sure we can find something that will work for us both.

 

Thanks so much for your business and support!

 

Live well and be well,

Stacey

Gift Certificate Special!!!

Back By Popular Demand....

My Once a Year Gift Certificate Special!!!

BUY 3 GIFT CERTIFICATES AND GET THE 4th FREE!!!

(of equal or lesser value)

Gift All 4....or Gift 3 and Keep One For Yourself.....You Deserve It!!

Please email me to purchase your Gift Certificates!!

30 Minute Reflexology Session - $30.00

60 Minute Reflexology Session - $50.00

90 Minute Reflexology Session - $80.00

I also have Neck Wraps ($17) and Essential Oils (prices vary) Available.

Small Business Saturday SUPER DEAL!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed a healthy, happy, and relaxing Thanksgiving!!

 

I have an AMAZING SPECIAL for today,

"Small Busines Saturday"....

 

Between Now and Monday 11/26,

Book a 60 Minute Reflexology Session for December or January for ONLY $30!!!

(limit of 1 per person)

 

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS FANTASTIC SALE!!! 

Give The Boot to Bugs

Trying to tiptoe around this season’s cold and flu germs?  Let your feet take an active role in boosting your immunity this season.  According to the Centers for Disease Control, flu season can begin as early as October, and affects 5-20% of the U.S population every year.  Prevention is key to staying healthy and reflexology can be a very useful tool.  Reflexology helps to stimulate the immune system protecting you from the viruses which cause the common cold and influenza.

Balance. Relax. Restore.  All three are instrumental in boosting the immune system and preventing germs from taking over.  Reflexology increases circulation, detoxes the body, and helps release “feel good” chemicals in our brains, but most importantly, it helps our bodies restore and find a balance.

Ultimately, our bodies want to be healthy.  The stressors that we encounter on a regular basis, many of them unavoidable, do their best to create havoc in our systems, breaking down our immunity little by little.  Things like junk food, pollutants, stress, medications are very harsh on our bodies, often weakening our immune system enough to allow those nasty germs to take over.  Reflexology helps to get rid of those toxins, helps every system of the body to work at its full potential and helps to restore that precious balance that our bodies crave.  This is vital, so that when presented with cold and flu viruses, we can fight them off, instead of laying down and letting them take over.

For this reason, reflexology can also help you recover from colds and the flu faster and help to lessen your symptoms.  The same way popping a pill will take away your stuffy nose and take away your headache, reflexology can also clear your sinuses and dissolve your headache naturally, without the side effects of drugs.  By clearing out the toxins and increasing the circulation of the body, it allows the body to begin the healing process, the restoration to balance.

TIP:  To jumpstart your immunity at home, use a small amount of lotion or massage oil and massage your entire foot.  Start in the center, just under the ball of your foot and take a few deep breaths to increase relaxation.  Move out from the center, being sure not to neglect the top of the foot, which will help to move the toxins out of your body.   In reflexology, we always treat the entire body first and foremost.  The systems of the body do not work independently, but instead work together in harmony.  For that reason, it would be counter-productive to treat one system and not the others.  After giving your whole foot a little attention, give a few extra squeezes to the toes, which house the sinus reflexes.  This can help with head and sinus congestion.   There are a few other specific reflexes that promote the immune system and we can focus on those during your reflexology session.

Give your body the tools it needs to stay healthy and happy this winter season.  Create an environment that allows your body to stay well and heal faster.

Check out my next post to see how nutrition plays a major role in staying well through cold and flu season.  Get some tips on how “Nature’s Pharmacy” can be your best asset through the winter!

Be well and live well,

Stacey

The Feet Never Lie...

The feet are the window to the body. They tell us so much about what is going on in the body, and they can even sometimes tell us things about our bodies that we didn’t know. As Eunice Ingham, founder of modern reflexology said “ If you’re feeling out of kilter, don’t know why or what about, let your feet reveal the answer, find the sore spot, work it out.”

Reflexology is the practice of stimulating the organs and systems of the body by working reflex points on the feet. Skeptical? I’ll agree, it does sound bizarre to say that we can tell what is going on in the whole body through the soles of the feet. I’ve seen the roll of the eyes, the raise of the eyebrows, and the subtle smirks. As a reflexologist, though, I know that once you have had your first reflexology experience, this doubt will fade away and will be replaced by your “light bulb moment”.

The light bulb moment is when you think to yourself, “Wow! How did Stacey know I’ve been having sinus headaches?” or “Can she really tell that my right shoulder has been sore?” , and for a second you think that maybe there is some validity to what I’ve been rattling on and on about since you sat down in my chair. I know how it goes and I understand the uncertainty, because I have been there before myself. Often times, not all the words in the world can replace what an experience will reveal to you, and I believe reflexology is this way.

When a friend offered to do my feet to help out with some health issues I had been having, I thought, “Why not?” I was filled to the brim with doubt, but unwilling to pass up on the chance for some relaxation. My light bulb moment was two-fold. Not only could my reflexologist tell a tremendous amount about me, just by working my feet, but within a week, my body started responding to the reflexology and I felt a noticeable difference. I had less anxiety, I was more relaxed, my back and neck pain lessened, I slept better and that was just the beginning. That is the moment I thought, “What if there is some truth to this?”

The light bulb moment is when I go from having a skeptical client just looking for a good foot rub, to having a believer looking for balance, relaxation and restoration. I love when someone says, “How did you know my ear has been killing me?” because I get to say, “The Feet Never Lie”.

And it is true. The feet really never lie. We are brutal and torturous to our poor feet, squishing them into pointy toe heels, and overworking them long after they’ve started screaming for mercy. But no matter how much we use and abuse our feet, they still tell us so much about our health and wellbeing, and they still provide a means for not only balancing, relaxing and restoring, but also for detoxing and cleansing.

So, put your doubt on the back burner and make space for your light bulb moment. Open your mind to healing and wellness and see what your feet will reveal to you.

To get a start on your reflexology journey, here’s a quick way to relax yourself. Press your thumb in the center of your foot, just under the ball of the foot, and take 3 deep, cleansing breaths. This will help to not only relax you, but will allow you to take deeper breaths to get rid of some of the toxins in your body. Try doing this whenever you feel stressed or anxious, or as just part of a bedtime routine to help you unwind for a good night’s sleep.

Keep an eye out for my next blog, where I will be discussing how reflexology can help boost your immune system to get you through cold and flu season.

Be well and live well,
Stacey

Truly, One Toe at a Time

As a part of Howard County's Stress Busters program, I've had the pleasure, over the last week, of meeting some really wonderful people.  A few of them had had some experience with reflexology before, but the vast majority of the employees I met took their shoes and socks off and laid back in my chair only because someone told them, "...it feels really good", or "...you have to try to the foot thing".  I'm okay with being the girl who is doing the "foot thing" and I'm glad that people are coming to see me because they heard good things from other employees, who sat in my chair 15 minutes prior.

My hope is that I have shared the benefits and the relaxation of reflexology, as it was first shared with me many years ago.  Had someone not given "a very skeptical me" my very first reflexology session, I would not be here now and I would have not gone on the incredible journey that I have been on while learning and sharing reflexology.

My hope is that everytime I work on someone's feet, even if it is for the first time, that I am sharing, spreading and encouraging wellness, whole health, and the importance of balancing, relaxing and restoring...one toe at a time.

Be well.