Hand and Foot ReflexologyHere's a revolutionary way to fine-tune your relationship with your body, reduce stress, and feel better all over: Stimulate the reflexes in your hands and feet! It's all in this hands-on encyclopedia of personal reflexology information. Here, Kevin and Barbara Kunz (authors of The Complete Guide to Foot Reflexology) bring you their unique self-health approach to wellness. Through reflexology, they teach you how to free and channel your pent-up energy -- and to prevent and correct common health problems. With more than 500 detailed instructions, this book includes: * Why your feet and hands are "important sensory organs," and their "special relationship" with your whole body. * Why reflexology works. * Specially designed pressure and movement techniques that reduce stress and actually alter the body's tension level. Fully illustrated, with step-by-step procedures, for quick and easy application! * Treatment plans for specific aliments, from acne to whiplash. * Stride Replication, the Kunzes' latest program of foot and hand relaxation. * A more in-depth look at body parts and their corresponding areas in the hands and feet -- all conveniently indexed. Whether you are using it as a quick reference or as the basis for further study. Hand and Foot Reflexology: A Self-Help Guide tells you what you need to know about the simple but potent experience of eflexology -- by yourself and for yourself. |
Contents
THEORY AND PRINCIPLES | 1 |
Learning the Bodys Language | 7 |
Putting Time on Your Side | 14 |
TECHNIQUES | 21 |
Foot Reflexology | 112 |
THE DIRECTORY | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
Adrenal glands ankle applied big toe Bladder body's Brain clockwise direction Cup the golf direct grip directional movements dorsiflexion endocrine glands energy exert pressure Eye/ear feet and hands finger grip technique finger walking technique FOOT REFLEXOLOGY Further Assistance golf ball Grasp the foot HAND REFLEXOLOGY hands and feet Head/Sinus heel holding hand Ileocecal Valve index finger joint Jonathan Miller Kidney locomotion Lower back Lymphatic system multiple finger grip multiple finger walking muscle Neighboring relationship ovary Ovary/testicle Page 70 Page palm pancreas pituitary Place the finger Place the thumb PLANTARFLEXION point of contact point technique position proprioception Referral relationship reflexology chart reiterative area Reiterative relationship sensory organ sensory system Sigmoid Colon single finger grip Solar plexus Stride replication Systems relationship Tapping page 110 TECHNIQUE SUMMARY CHART technique to walk tendon tension thumb and finger thumb walking technique Thyroid Tighten or loosen trough Uterus Uterus/prostate Variation vary pressure wrist Zonal relationship