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
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.
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.”
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.