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Patricia Lavelle MAR, FHP, CNHC
Professional Foot Health Treatments and Holistic Foot Therapies for Dumfries and Galloway
It all starts from the ground up. Your feet might not seem like significant contributors to your overall health. However, when it comes to the external aspects of your body, there is no harder working part than your feet. They keep you moving, and if you take proper care of them, your feet will prevent back knee and hip pain.
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Foot Health
Good foot health really matters. It can reduce pain; improve confidence, mobility, quality of life and independence with the potential to prevent more serious health problems. Healthy feet allow you to remain physically active, which in turn improves emotional health and vitality.
Letting Go
Everything you need is within you
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are."
Rachel Naomi Remen
Foot Therapies
There are a growing number of research studies and trials in relation to reflexology and the following paper by Nancy A Hodgson RN PhD CS Reflexology Research as a Palliative Treatment in Nursing Home residents with Dementia: Pilot Study July 2006[2] suggests that reflexology “may be an effective treatment for older people.
Try Something New - The Art of Reflexology
Athletes
International track and field athlete Steve Watson was left crippled after a horrific sports injury with his 2016 Olympic dream in tatters
“I would strongly recommend alternative treatments to anyone who has been let down by conventional treatment.
“It totally worked for me and if it worked on me, it can work on anyone.”
'The Chinese believe that reflexology stimulates the body into healing itself by improving circulation, reducing stress, pain and restoring natural balance.
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Golf
Some very prominent PGA Tour Pros, also use the ancient eastern healing therapy of Reflexology. The list is extensive with such names as Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, John Daly, Fred Funk, David Duval, Fred Couples and more. Fred Funk stated in a testimonial that Reflexology has helped him deal with ‘over use injuries’ he has from playing golf.
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Well-Being
Wellness can be defined as an experience or an exploration of what makes you feel good.
Without proper fuel our bodies will not have the energy to perform at their best. Without exercise our bodies become weaker and less active. The journey through kriya yoga encompasses so much more than the ‘asanas’ or the breathing. Kriya Yoga enables us to handle and explore our attitudes towards the world, ourselves, our concentration and helps us to meditate.
Alzheimer's Disease and Reflexology Hippocampus
Vladimir Bekhterev was best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev Disease (Ankylosing spondylitis). Moreover, he is known for his competition with Ivan Pavlov regarding the study of conditioned reflexes..
Alzheimer's disease (and other forms of dementia), the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; short-term memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation (hypoxia), encephalitis, or medial temporal lobe epilepsy. People with extensive, bilateral hippocampal damage may experience anterograde amnesia (the inability to form and retain new memories).
History of Reflexology
Egyptian hieroglyphics depict the ancient beginnings of reflexology approximately 4000 years ago (Kunz & Kunz, 1995). There is evidence that some forms of reflexology were used by the ancient Chinese and early American Indian tribes (Bolting, 1997). Medical practices developed based on the notion that a stimulus applied to the body produces a response in another area of the body.
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Hippocampus
The hippocampus is that part of your brain which is responsible for long-term memory and spatial navigation. It is located in the temporal lobe, behind your ear. You have two hippocampi, one on each side of the brain.
Be Grateful. Even for a Day You’d Rather Forget
Believe beyond what you can see
There are billions of people, right now, all around the world, who – if they could swap places with you for just one day – would be living a life so far beyond anything they could have ever imagined. Your day-to-day life is someone else’s wildest dreams come true and much, much more.”
Don’t Just Think it….FEEL it
Now rather than just read that sentence, I want you to really feel it; think about those people and imagine they DO have your life for a day – no matter how dismal you think your life is. Imagine how amazed and grateful they would feel each moment for all the things you experience on a daily basis – a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, food and drinks, clean water, a safe environment.
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Reflexology
Reflexology therapy aims to stimulate the body's innate self-healing systems and meridians, thereby reducing anxiety & creating an optimal homeostatic condition to increase circulation, promote healing & improve wellbeing. Thus encouraging the body to use its intrinsic ability to heal itself and restore a natural balance, a holistic approach that is becoming widely recognised & respected in modern medical practice.
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Cancer Care Reflexology
Reflexology may be a good choice for patients who don’t want to be touched, or who can’t be touched or moved during treatment. Unlike massage, it involves only the feet, with no re-positioning or undressing required.
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Through the ages Reflexology...
Is your baby suffering with colic or teething pain? Have you a teenager studying for exams or worried about identity, friendship groups and other pressures? Reflexology is a fabulous tool that can be used to help ease many common concerns and discomforts at all stages of childhood and adolescence.
reflexology sessions are modified to suit the age of the client
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One Pair Of Feet For Your Lifetime
Unlike the tyres on your car, you only get one pair of feet for your lifetime. They are fundamental to your life and your health and should not be ignored.
I am here to help you put your best foot forward, not just today, but for the rest of your life.
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Kriya Yoga Meditation
Breathing Techniques enabling you to open to self realisation.
Peace Mission Payer
With open wings of the swan I
I radiate peace from my heart to the world
Meditation Classes and Workshops available
Kindfulness -Meditation
The key to developing a successful meditation practice is finding the right fit for you. In order to figure out what kind of meditation works best for you, you’ll have to put a few types of meditation to the test and try several tools so you can choose the practice that feels the most comfortable.
Workshops and regular classes available - kindfulness meditation is a good place to start your future focus.
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