Reflexology with Ani

12/04/2026

🌿 Relationships Heal Better Than Pills!
Here's What Science Says 🌿
Do our social connections really impact immunity?
Sheldon Cohen from Carnegie Mellon University conducted an experiment with 276 volunteers – he gave them cold viruses and observed who got sick.What did he discover?
People with diverse support networks (spouse, parents, friends, work colleagues) were far better protected against serious colds.
Those with only 1-3 types of contacts were 4 times more likely to get sick!

Why is this important for reflexology?👣👣
Massage is more than just touch – it's a moment of closeness and care. When you nurture your body, you're also building a foundation for stronger immunity – emotional and physical. 🌿

10/04/2026

"The most fully-realized women hold on to their childhood pluck and spon-taneity. These are women, I have found, who can nurture themselves-women who might take an hour to read a book without feeling guilty, or call up a group of friends on a whim and convince them to go out and do something. These women retain their childhood spark."

ALICE D. DOMAR, PH.D.,
AND HENRY DREHER VIKING

08/04/2026

... from Noel B. Hershfield, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Calgary: "The new discipline psychoneuroimmunology has now matured to the point where there is compelling evidence, advanced by scientists from many fields, that an intimate relationship exists between the brain and the immune system.... An individual's emotional makeup, and the response to continued stress, may indeed be causative in the many diseases that medicine treats but whose [origin] is not yet known-diseases such as scleroderma, and the vast majority of rheumatic disorders, the inflammatory bowel disorders, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and legions of other conditions which are represented in each medical subspecialty...."

02/04/2026

Compassionate curiosity about the self does not mean liking everything we find out about ourselves, only that we look at ourselves with the same non-judgmental acceptance we would wish to accord anyone else who suffered and who needed help.

Gabor Maté

25/03/2026

Anxiety

Vitamin B complex is a natural tonic to the nervous system. Herbal medicines, including the use of valerian, scullcap, gentian, vervain are used for their sedative and calming action and also for their tonic properties in cases of infusion in cases of sleeplessness. Emphasis nervous exhaustion. Chamomile is used as an must be on strengthening the nervous system and constitution in order that life's problems can be coped with more successfully.

Nature's Secrets in Health & Vitality
Brendan Salmon

16/03/2026

Sunshine 🔆 cheers up the heart ❤️
The benefits the circulatory system derives from the sun are comparable to those gained from regular physical exercise. Like exercise, the sun reduces the resting heart rate. It "tunes" the heart muscle, increasing its output and improving its efficiency. It also helps normalize blood pressure. If your blood pressure is too low, the sun will cause it to rise. In hypertension, both systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be reduced.

Vernon W. Foster, MD

25/02/2026

19/02/2026

Gayle MacDonald, M. S., L.M.Y