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WORKING AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

24/1/2014

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In my last blog, I mentioned the value of being able to detect 'disturbed' reflex areas and knowing the appropriate contacts to make. The development of this sensitivity does take practice, but once achieved it will take your skills as a reflexologist to another level.

Giving a treatment should be both dynamic and expressive - that is to say, giving the appropriate type of treatment for the clients needs at that time.

How do you know what type of treatment to give?
The answer is that we cannot 'know' we can only 'feel'. It is this 'feeling' (without trying) which shows us the way to work at that particular time.

I compare giving a treatment to that of a concert pianist getting prepared and then giving a performance. Are they 'trying' in the true sense of the word, to play?
I very much suspect that if they 'tried' it would either ruin the interpretation of the piece, or they would make mistakes.
As an example, try  and concentrate running up a flight of stairs, you will invariably trip up!

It is this type of working with awareness but without trying, which creates the beauty of working at a higher level of reflexology. In other words, instead of us working the feet, the feet are working us!
To me this is the only way to work, instead of the rather mundane, and laborious way so many people work.
This is a subject I focus on at my seminars.
I look forward to meeting you.

Tony Porter

















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 WHAT IS 'SCANNING' THE FEET ?

16/1/2014

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One of the most common questions I am asked is, 'What am I supposed to feel in the feet'?

I know that many of you are both perplexed and frustrated at not being able to feel the 'textures' of the feet.
They are there, I can assure you, it just needs a lot of focused experience to develop the extra facet of touch required.
A scan is a quick way of an obtaining an initial and valuable overview, not just of the structure and texture of the feet, but also of the types of reflex textures present. It is also pleasant to the client.

By texture I refer to the changes which occur in the tissues of the feet, and have a different feel to the surrounding tissue. I call these areas 'disturbed'. To  my mind having the ability to detect and interpret these, combined with the way we 'treat' them, forms the mainstay of reflexology.

I have developed this extra facet of touch to the extent that sometimes I can feel the disturbed tissue feel all the way up my arm! 

What causes these changes?

The body is an electro-magnetic generator (and absorber) This 'energy' is what gives life to everything, be it animal, plant, stone and so on. In reflexology, and other therapies such as acupuncture  we work with this energy, to a lesser or greater extent. This energy is known as chi, odic energy, life force as so forth. Let us just say that it is that which gives life and meaning to our bodies. Without this 'force' a computer for instance, no matter how complex would just be a container of a dead structure.

When, for whatever reason this energy becomes stagnant or blocked, the effects are detectable throughout the body, causing a change to the electrical resistance to areas of the skin, causing a subtle 'change' to occur. It is these areas which we should be able to detect and treat accordingly. 
When this energy ends at death the cohesion of the body deteriorates and turns to dust.
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    Tony is a London-based reflexologist and founder of Advanced Reflexology Techniques (ART)

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