Rethinking Reflexology

[vdydoszn]

Has anyone read John Moorhouse's book 'Rethinking Reflexology' ? If so, what did you think?

yasmin x

 

[prairiewife]

No. Tell us more!

 

[Euroccuff]

Hi there Yasmin - no i havent read it but have heard about it,
would be interested in what you have to say . .

thoughts free flowing rethinking reflexology
is something I would guess we all experience & have to do
each & every treatment - no organ/system nor anybody/soul
ever responds the same or text book style
each enjoying/have their own healing process/crisis depending
on what or how the body needs to process/need to respond
healing wise. Each & every client I adore working with each & every time
as never ever is the treatment requirements the same nor their response
Doesnt matter how often or not they come - they are never the same
thus emotions affect the physiological healing process quite dramatically

PS main reason why didnt buy his book was he didnt believe in any meridians, energy systems etc although my clinical teacher made us work systematically organ - reason - hormone etc via my experience working many things dont always respond simply to physiological demands - so all case studies /cleints research etc all have an element that isnt clinical, thatin essence is wondrous just like the whole body, mind & souol.
Plus silly reason I know - but because it was in Tesco I wasnt sure if it was one of those generalised health books that you can buy full of fluff & no substance
in the bargain basket at asda / tesco alike

but please, i would be interested in what you think of it if you read it.Thanks

 

[bellelayne]

I am only part way through the book myself but finding it quite interesting. He practices Neuroreflexology and debunks the notion of Reflexology as mysterious or mystic therapy, not working on meridians or energies.

He believes in holding the problem reflex for several minutes, bringing warmth to the injured/diseased site which then aids healing. This being because the nerves re-connect to the brain and the hypathalmus instructs the pituitary gland to produce ACTH .........which then instructs the adrenal glands to produce 'healing plasma'. Hope that all makes sense.

yasmin x

 

[seaDG]

irs amazing though, isnt it? all the theories of how it works and people writing books (and maybe making a few quid... dammit, why didnt we do it first!).

i just accept that it works... that we do what we do... we instinctively hold the ouch point until it stops ouching... does that mean we are infusing heat and then it aids healing? i dunno... but it works!

i think i get to saturation point sometimes with all the different theories on the same theme... if you know what i mean.

 

[Balanda_1]

I haven't read the book - it sounds fascinating but I tend to agree with Rosie - there are loads of different theories as to why reflexology works. I don't know why it does and I don't think we have to understand why something works, just accept that it does and use it

Love

Sulis xx

 

[Rick S]

Hi Shropshirelady - yes he's right & thats why we all understand & use our A&P combined
understanding the dynamics of the endocrine system etc etc ( every system thus a whole )
what chemical messenger activates what - but why isnt neurology understood
basically on the principles of energy /movement
- we all practice neuro reflexology as without that very principle
there would be NO REFLEX - ology !! But of course we then have a wee thing attached
called the soul, the emotion the person !

Thoughts free flowing & this isnt to you SL - this is generalised conversation about what he implies
not at all about how you've told it - please detach this isnt about shooting the messanger

There really seems no need for him to debunk anything -
I have never NEVER ever known or heard of reflexology
be likened to a mystic therapy.
Goodness we've spent years trying to show, prove to the Dr's, Specilaists, Consultants
we're totallay complemetary natural non invasive clinical etc -

but really we just orchestrate, just the catalyst for the body to do its own things !!
what is does best !

However it will always hold an element of mystery just as giving an anti biotic, or massage,
or eating a fruit you may be allergic to - mwill - we may know why afterwards
- may think ooh well cortisol or is it positive feedback ooh maybe steroids
mustve been stimulated etc etc point is it happens & never will we be so sure how
or what triggered what first !! - until it happens
we cant ever be exactly sure - the body is unique & how it responds wil be too !!

If he can guarantee how each body will respond purely physiologically then his middle name must be god
The bodies own innate healing ability - wow what a mystery - although yes we kinda know physiologically how
- cellualr level & all but there is just soo much we dont know for sure !!

Brave man teeeeeee heeeee I still wont hurry to read his book
ooh owch reminds me too much of college
CLINICAL physiological REASONS - cause - affect - hmmn -

Eg - fact you cant ever detatch the affect the pineal will have on the colon
althouth systematically they may not be connected - but if the person is say suicidal
& cant sleep & isnt eating properly etc so physiologially we work ALL systems
but he goes home
& his home environment is full of negative energies, upset trauma, abuse , violence & stress etc
all the neuro reflexology in the world wont make his life or pineal any better
- it may help him cope & help him bring about change
but you can bet that receiving a wonderful loving positive energy exchange,
with encouragement, love , joy support etc at home along with neuro reflex
would support the physiological changes much more - thus how can the guy say he
doesnt believe in energy , meridian pathways - what are the neurological pathways
if not a vessel for the transportation of energy matter ie chemical messengers
or the neuro thought wihtin the energy field - all in the process of energy in motion


I'll grab me coat

 

[Nick MacMillan]

Take that coat off!

I have no time for anybody who doesn't believe in energy. I am reading a good book at the moment 'Energy Medicine' written by a scientist who was ridiculed for years because he believed in the energetic field that surrounds everything.

All systems need to work harmoniously together to achieve optimum health of course and to de-bunk the whole energy theory is in my opinion madness.

Did you know that therapists have a particular energy around their hands? It has been measured in countless experiments and proved.

Wonder if this chap has it?[sm=rollaugh.gif][sm=rollaugh.gif]

 

[Cornflakes]

when i had done my reiki 2 and we were beaming energy, the lady opposite me said she saw white lights coming out my thumbs... i like to think she did )

 

[KROQFAN]

post deleted . . not reallybut it would be
with my sense of humour - or feeble attempt at
white light & places it shines from oo'er !

 

[McPerry]

watchit, you! heres athing you didnt know... my last name is light.... ahhhh rosie light, the therapist.... fits dont it!!!

lol and my soon to ex's biz partner is named white so the company name is white light.... like the old velvet underground song!

 

[animegal_cute]

Rosie Light eh?

You pay good money for that kind of effect you know!

 

[pickin5strings]

lol i used to have *let the healing rosie light into your life* on my stationery but decided it was irksome <g> plus the git at the health club kept taking the mickey out of it... i should copyright it though!

there is a company name called hands of light... dammit!